2.3 Proof of Concept

The outcome of this activity is to have a sample implementation in a lab environment that reflects your company’s business policy and data flow. It is based on the design of the data model developed during the requirement analysis and design and is a final step before the production pilot.

NOTE:This step is often beneficial in gaining management support and funding for a final implementation effort.

Section 3.0, Technical Guidelines contains information that can help you validate your proof of concept. It contains technical guidelines to help make your Identity Manager deployment successful.

As you create the proof of concept, you need to also create a plan to validate the data that you have in your systems. This step helps you make sure that conflicts don’t occur between systems. Proceed to Section 2.4, Data Validation and Preparation to make sure these conflicts do not occur.