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Table of Contents
$"stem Re8uirements $ummar"......................................................................................
$"stems and $er%ices 1ependencies...............................................................................
,nteroperabilit" Re8uirements.........................................................................................
7etwork ,mpact Assessment...........................................................................................
2ersioning59ife;6"cle ,mpact to $"stems and <n%ironment..........................................
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%Intro'uction to t(e Tem)*ate+
#escri)tion& The #stem 'e(uirements define the current state of the )T
infrastructure *cable, routers, bridges, etc. that provide a service+ and how that
current state will be impacted b the new solution. )t identifies how the new solution
will interact with the e,isting sstem and where critical dependencies e,ist that must
be carefull managed.
,usti-ication+ The nature of the current infrastructure must be understood so that a
solution can be developed and deploed with a minimum of negative impact.
-Team Ro*e Primary+ Pro.ram Mana.ement is responsible for ensuring that the
sstem re(uirements are completed. #e/e*o)ment has the primar responsibilit for
creating the content of the sstem re(uirements. Re*ease will participate with
.evelopment both in content creation and review to ensure operational, deploment,
migration, interoperabilit and support needs are addressed within the sstem
re(uirements document.
Team Ro*e Secon'ary+ Pro'uct Mana.ement will review and understand the
sstem re(uirements in order to conve those re(uirements to parties e,ternal to the
team. Test an' %ser E0)erience will review the sstem re(uirements to understand
their content and have conte,t for developing their plans./0
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System Requirements Summary
%#escri)tion+ 1rovide an overall summar of the contents of this document. This
should include the criteria b which the sstem re(uirements were established and
how the were validated.
,usti-ication+ #ome pro2ect participants ma need to know onl the document3s
highlights, and summari4ing creates that user view. )t also enables the full reader to
know the essence of the document before the e,amine the details.0
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Systems an' Ser/ices #e)en'encies
1#escri)tion+ The #stems and #ervices .ependencies section identifies and
describes in detail each service$feature dependenc. )s should also describe the
processes that need to be in place to ensure that the solution3s design *and ultimatel
the deploment+ doesn3t improperl impact an e,isting sstem$service.0
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Intero)era2i*ity Requirements
1#escri)tion+ The )nteroperabilit 'e(uirements section identifies all e,ternal
sstems and services with which the solution will interact. )t should also describe the
nature of the interaction.0
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Net3or4 Im)act Assessment
1#escri)tion+ The 5etwork )mpact Assessment section describes how the solution
will impact the e,isting network environment. )t should describe the changes re(uired
to the e,isting network environment in order for the solution to be accepted into
production.
)t should also describe the processes that must be in place to minimi4e disruption of
e,isting infrastructure services.0
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5ersionin.6"i-e7Cyc*e Im)act to Systems an'
En/ironment
1#escri)tion+ The !ersioning$6ife7Ccle )mpact to #stems and 8nvironment
section describes the processes that must be in place to ensure that future solution
versions will not impact the e,isting environment.0
<<Begin tet here!!
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