This phase is where the production deployment is planned. The plan should do several things:
Confirm the desired outcomes of the preceding activities and agreement is obtained for the production rollout
Confirm server platforms, software revisions, and service packs
Confirm the general environment
Confirm the design of the Identity Vault in a mixed coexistence
Confirm that the business logic is correct
Confirm that the data synchronization is occurring as planned
Plan the legacy process cutover
Plan a rollback contingency strategy
Quality assurance is the first step in migrating into a production environment. During this phase, there might be additional customization that occurs. The desired outcomes of the preceding activities are confirmed and agreement is obtained for the production rollout. This step provides live proof of concept and validation for the data model and desired process outcomes of the plan that has been created to this point in the process.
NOTE:This phase can provide the acceptance criteria for the solution and the necessary milestone en route to full production.
After the quality assurance step, proceed to the production deployment.
The deployment plan needs to contain implementation and completion dates for each step in the rollout. Each stakeholder provides input for these dates and agrees that these dates work for them. This allows each person involved in the rollout to know when the changes are coming and when they should be completed.
With the production rollout plan completed, proceed to the Production Deployment.