This template is a great tool for planning a desktop virtualization implementation. Use it as a living document: fill it out before piloting a desktop virtualization solution, and update it before a full-scale implementation to incorporate lessons learned. Some of the sections covered in the template include:
- Project overview, scope, and high-level IT goals
- Project team
- Organization’s current state
- Project purpose: drivers, goals, and success metrics
- User-group persona profiles
- Project risks and mitigation measures
- High-level budget and TCO
- Solution specifications and requirements
- Plan the pilot: test group and applications
- Lessons learned and modifications
- Initiatives and project timeline/roadmap
- Communicating the solution
Use this project plan to develop a framework for future decision making and to focus and organize the entire desktop virtualization implementation process.