Chapter 4: Preparing Your Organization for an On-Demand Access Implementation

OVERVIEW

Constructing an access platform requires extensive planning and resources. In addition to the technical challenges, political and cultural factors inevitably play a part in an enterprise Citrix Access Suite implementation. This chapter covers the steps involved in building a Citrix access platform. We start the process with a small proof-of-concept pilot program to ensure application compatibility with Terminal Server. We then look at putting together a feasibility committee to define the project's scope and objectives as well as to seek executive sponsorship and determine financial justification. A guide to performing an infrastructure assessment is followed by a project-planning outline. The steps involved in planning an access platform are as follows :

• – Establish a nonproduction proof-of-concept pilot program.

• – Establish a production proof-of-concept pilot program.

• – Assemble a feasibility committee.

• – Recruit an executive sponsor.

• – Justify the project financially .

• – Assemble a project planning team.

• – Create a project definition document.

• – Perform an infrastructure assessment.

• – Generate a project design plan.

• – Expand the pilot to beta stage.