During the discovery process, the primary source of information will be stakeholder interviews. These interviews can be face-to-face meetings or can be done over the phone (or the web). Interviews are not only helpful in collecting information about the business needs and technical requirements, but also keep the stakeholders engaged in the project.
Conducting stakeholder interviews
How to do it...
The following are examples of the questions that should be asked in order to determine the business requirements that will influence the design:
- What are the business initiatives, challenges, and goals?
- Are there Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) in place? What are they?
- What are the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point...