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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.