Using The Solution Life Cycle

The Solution lifecycle is a useful tool for keeping a deployment project on track. This guide uses these steps in presenting the information. The steps are the following:

• Business Analysis

• Technical Requirements

• Logical Design

• Deployment Design

• Deployment Implementation

• Operations

The following figure depicts the steps in the planning, design, and implementation of enterprise software solution based on the Java Enterprise System. Each enterprise has its own set of goals, requirements, and priorities to consider. Successful planning begins with analyzing the goals of an enterprise and determining the business requirements to meet those goals. The business requirements must then be converted into technical requirements that can be used as a basis for designing and implementing a system that can meet the goals of the enterprise.

For information see the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Deployment Planning Guide.