4. 4
Participant introductions
• What experience do you have?
• Why are you attending this workshop?
• What do you expect to achieve?
Project goals and objectives
• Project direction
• Timeline
Introductions
5. 5
Account team
• <Name>, VMware sales account executive
Sales Engineer (SE)
• <Name>, VMware Sales Engineer aligned to the account
Technical Account Manager (TAM)
• <Name>, VMware TAM aligned to the account
Engagement management
• <Name>, VMware engagement manager and the VMware escalation point-of-contact for the project
Consultant
• <Name>, VMware Professional Services will lead the knowledge transfer workshop, requirements
gathering, design sessions, and deliver the design documents
Roles and Responsibilities
7. 7
The table below lists the scope of the engagement in the context of the VMware journey model.
These are the IT Capabilities that have been determined as the focus for this engagement.
Solution Set Scope
IT Capabilities in Scope
Automatically recover from hardware failures
Abstract and pool compute and storage resources
8. 8
The table below lists the scope of the engagement in the context of the VMware journey model.
These are the IT Problems that have been determined as the focus for this engagement.
Solution Set Scope
IT Problems in Scope
High CAPEX and OPEX for dedicated infrastructure
Single point of failure
Unexpected infrastructure outages
Long wait time for hardware purchases
Performance bottlenecks
Not enough data center resources or space
9. 9
The table below lists the scope of the engagement in the context of the VMware journey model.
These are the Solution Elements that have been determined as the focus for this engagement
Solution Set Scope - Solution Elements
Solution Element Product or Process Related
Upgrade vSphere Upgrade vSphere
Design vSphere for virtual infrastructure vSphere
Deploy vSphere for virtual infrastructure vSphere
10. 10
Solution Set Required Customer Stakeholders
Key Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts
Stakeholder Title Name Phone Email
Network Architecture
team leads
Infrastructure Architect
VMware operations
team leads
Enterprise Architect
PS Consultant: Please fill in the contact information
for each stakeholder.
11. 11
Solution Set Required Customer Stakeholders
Key Stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts
Stakeholder Title Name Phone Email
Storage team leads
Change Manager
Application operations
leads
Backup/Recovery team
leads
PS Consultant: Please fill in the contact information
for each stakeholder.
12. 12
Project Timeline
Activities / Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Phase: Initiate
Phase: Plan
Phase: Execute
Activity: Assess
Activity: Design
Activity: Deploy
Activity: Functional Testing
Activity: Knowledge Transfer
Phase: Close
Consultant:
This is a Solution Set focused example timeline. Use
the time line provided by the project manager.
Note: Hide this slide if it does not provide value for this
solution set.
16. 16
Solution Set Delivery Methodology and Deliverables
Engagement Phase Associated Deliverable
Initiate Delivery Reference Guide
One (1) project initiation call
Plan Requirements Traceability Matrix
Project Plan
Communications plan
Solution checklist
One (1) project kickoff meeting
Solution overview presentation
17. 17
Solution Set Delivery Methodology and Deliverables
Engagement Phase Associated Deliverable
Execute: Design Design decisions workbook
Solution design document
Diagrams
Design Workshop
Up to XX hours of design workshops
Implementation Plan
Execute: Implement Solution verification workbook
Up to XX hours of implementation workshops
Solution specification workbook
Reference Design Document
18. 18
Solution Set Delivery Methodology and Deliverables
Engagement Phase Associated Deliverable
Execute: Knowledge Transfer Knowledge transfer workshop presentation
Up to XX hours of knowledge transfer sessions
Adoption guide document
Close One (1) closure meeting
Engagement summary presentation
