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Creating a Project Plan 13
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Creating a Project Plan
This planning material provides an overview of the activities that are usually part of an Identity
Manager project, from its inception to its full production deployment. Implementing an identity
management strategy requires you to discover what all of your current business processes are, what
are the needs for these processes, who the stakeholders are in your environment, and then design a
solution, get buy-in from stakeholders, and test and roll out the solution. This section is intended to
provide you with sufficient understanding of the process so that you can maximize the benefit from
working with Identity Manager.
This section is not exhaustive; it is not intended to address all possible configurations, nor is it
intended to be rigid in its execution. Each environment is different and requires flexibility in the type
of activities to be used.
 Section 2.1, “Discovery Phase,” on page 13
 Section 2.2, “Requirements and Design Analysis Phase,” on page 17
 Section 2.3, “Proof of Concept,” on page 21
 Section 2.4, “Data Validation and Preparation,” on page 21
 Section 2.5, “Production Pilot,” on page 22
 Section 2.6, “Production Rollout Planning,” on page 22
 Section 2.7, “Production Deployment,” on page 22
2.1 Discovery Phase
The Identity Manager solution affects many aspects of your business. In order to create an effective
solution, you must take time to define all of your current business processes, then identify how an
implementation of Identity Manager changes these processes, who these changes affect, and how the
changes are implemented.
The discovery phase provides a common understanding of the issues and solutions for all
stakeholders. It creates a plan or road map that contains the key business and systems information
that are affected by the Identity Manager solution. It also allows all stakeholders to participate in the
creation of the Identity Manager solution so they understand how it can affect their area of the
business.
The following list indicates the steps needed to have a successful discovery phase. There might be
additional items you find that you need to add to the list as you proceed through the discovery and
design phases.
 Section 2.1.1, “Defining Current Business Processes,” on page 14
 Section 2.1.2, “Defining How the Identity Manager Solution Affects the Current Business
Processes,” on page 15
 Section 2.1.3, “Identifying the Key Business and Technical Stakeholders,” on page 16