Sun Microsystems Portal Server 6 - Manual (Page 51)

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Chapter 3
Identifying and Evaluating Your Business
and Technical Requirements
The first step in planning your deployment is identifying your Sun Java™ System
Portal Server business and technical requirements.. You need to gather both
business and technical requirements before you can address architecture and
design issues.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Business Objectives
• Technical Goals
• Mapping Portal Server Features to Your Business Needs
• Understanding User Behaviors and Patterns
Business Objectives
Your business requirements address your organization’s problems and
opportunities, and include such factors as:
• Services
• Service availability
• Future growth
• New technologies
• Capital investment
To be useful in formulating design requirements, the business requirements must
address detailed goals and objectives.