This chapter introduces you to a fictitious company that is used as an example throughout this book. It summarizes a simple business case giving you a sense of the objectives, requirements, and the details of the company's solution design.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Goals and Scope of Developing and Deploying Siebel Business Applications
• Introducing NREC
• NREC's Business Objectives
• NREC's User Profiles
• Siebel Business Functionality
• NREC's Implementation Strategy
• Introduction to Application Software Testing
• Overview of the Siebel Testing Process
• Project Team
• Sample Project Design Documentation
• NREC's Business Requirements
• Reviewing NREC's Design

The NREC example is a simple example used to highlight particular tasks. It is not intended to present a solution design or suggest a comprehensive implementation methodology. Rather, it highlights particular aspects of NREC's solution design to present tasks in a real-world context.