Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

The Design Phase: Documenting the Vision and the Plan

With the completion of the discovery process and documentation of the results, it should now be clear what you have to work with in terms of the foundation on which the new solution will be implemented. Essentially, the research is all done, and now you need to make many decisions and document them.

By now, a dozen documents could be written; however, the most important document that needs to be created is the design document. This document is a log of the salient points of the discussions that have taken place to date; it should make clear why the project is being invested in, describe what the scope of the project is, and provide details of what the results will look like. A second document ...