SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE GROUP

· Workshops should work through the design of the solution support for each client product, for each high level business process. These should be carried out daily with workshops each afternoon and the design architects spending the morning communicationg the emerging solution/high level package design to their team. Detailed package designs and configuration cannot begin until this process is complete and the solution framework defined

· It is essential that the design architects from each team participate in these sessions

· Create a client Design Authority Group. The role of this group is to provide a single client decision making entity who are empowered to make requirements and design decisions. It should comprise key client subject matter experts and stakeholders and the solution architects. It should not contain more than 6 dedicated client staff. Additional staff can be invited to a particular meeting to talk on a particular subject