Planning for Deployment

After you have determined the project management structure you will use for planning your deployment, it is time to start addressing the details of your plan. This chapter provides information about how to create specific sections of your project plan. For example, project managers need to determine their personnel requirements, deployment teams, the types of deployment documents to create, a gap analysis, and a functional specification.

While Microsoft has found that the methods described in this chapter contribute to a successful deployment, they are recommendations that can be adapted to the needs and structure of your organization.

In This Chapter

Detailing Your Project Plan

Testing and Piloting Windows 2000

Creating Project Planning Documents

Windows 2000 Deployment

Deployment Planning Task List

Chapter Goals

This chapter will help you develop the following planning documents:

Project scope and objectives
Personnel requirements and project teams
Gap analysis
Administrative plans
Communications strategy
Education and training plan
Risk assessment matrix

Related Information in the Resource Kit

For more information about developing your project plan, see "Creating a Deployment Roadmap" in this book.
For more information about how to run a successful Microsoft® Windows® 2000 pilot project, see "Conducting Your Windows 2000 Pilot" in this book.
For more information about designing a test lab and evaluating Windows 2000 features, see "Building a Windows 2000 Test Lab" in this book.