CCDE v2.0

1.1 Analyze business requirements, conflicts, and constraints

• 1.1.a OPEX and CAPEX
• 1.1.b Project goals
• 1.1.c Lifecycle and return on investment (ROI)
• 1.1.d Business environment
• 1.1.e Compliance and policy

1.2 Analyze technical requirements, conflicts, and constraints

• 1.2.a Application requirements
• 1.2.b Compliance and policy

1.3 Analyze physical requirements

• 1.3.a Topology implications
• 1.3.b Operational requirements
• 1.3.c Analyze business and technical risks

1.4 Analyze existing network

• 1.4.a Network documentation
• 1.4.b Network infrastructure and its effect on network design

2.1 Identify the technology to resolve a specific design problem

• 2.1.a Functional specifications
• 2.1.b Network designs
• 2.1.c Operational considerations

2.2 Analyze the effect on the existing network and services

• 2.2.a Functional specifications
• 2.2.b Network designs
• 2.2.c Operational considerations

2.3 Incorporate best practices within the network design

• 2.3.a Avoidance of over-engineering
• 2.3.b Consistent and modularized solution sets throughout the network
• 2.3.c Industry best practices

2.4 Incorporate business requirements within the network design

• 2.4.a OPEX and CAPEX
• 2.4.b Lifecycle and return on investment (ROI)
• 2.4.c Compliance and policy

3.1 Analyze implementation options

• 3.1.a Effect on design
• 3.1.b Effect on performance, availability, and network management
• 3.1.c Effect on the business
• 3.1.d Risk and consequence for a given implementation plan

3.2 Design an implementation plan

• 3.2.a Interdependencies between services, failure domains, and other architectural elements
• 3.2.b Implementation timeline and steps
• 3.2.c Contingency plans for network restoration

4.1 Analyze design choices based on specifications

• 4.1.a Effect of implementing changes to the original design
• 4.1.b Effect of different design solutions created by new drivers

4.2 Validate design

• 4.2.a Test strategy
• 4.2.b Performance metrics and baselines

4.3 Optimize design

• 4.3.a KPI
• 4.3.b Baselines