Microsoft Word Hardware Reconfiguration Methodology V final2

Deployment plan

It is important to develop a deployment plan. The plan will examine many issues that must be resolved in order to appropriately plan and deploy the various updates and/or upgrades. Not doing so leaves many complex variables to chance and can considerably increase the probability that a deployment effort will go amiss. A non-exhaustive list of potentially contentious issues to consider has been provided below:

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   How many systems will the update, upgrade or manual system maintenance are deployed? Is the deployment to be broken into small or large groups or done across many systems simultaneously?
   

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   Are there enough available resources to proceed with the deployment?
   

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   Does the organization have a policy in place for deployments? Does the proposed deployment coincide with existing policy or other frameworks?
   

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   What will be the effects on the other systems that will not be directly involved in the deployment and will not receive a given set of modifications? This should have been tested in a lab setting, documented, and approved.
   

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   Will the operational network or infrastructure be destabilized by the deployment? This issue should have been tested in a lab. It may be necessary to temporarily disconnect the network so not affect other systems, networks, and services.
   

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   Will the deployment be performed during time allotted for routine system maintenance (weekends, holidays, etc.)?
   

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   Will deployments be done one system at time, in groups, or all at the same time? Each option will require its own specific planning.
   

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   How will deployments be done? Will update or upgrade-based deployments be done in part, starting with the kernel, then libraries, services, and finishing with applications to minimize user downtime and impact? Alternatively, will the deployments be done by implementing the complete update and/or upgrade at the same time? These scenarios should have been tested in a lab setting.
   

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   Can users continue to work during the deployment? Will they be able to access their data and applications and perform their routine tasks? This should have been tested in a lab setting with the test users.
   

Once the deployment plan has been developed, it should be approved by both management and reaccredidation and recertification officials. The modifications as laid out in the deployment plan are made in the following section.

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