Chapter 3: Planning and Assessment
The Definitive Guide to Successful Deployment of VoIP and IP Telephony

The third installment in the 8-chapter eBook by PROGNOSIS and Realtimepublishers

Following on from the life cycle discussion provided in chapter two, this third chapter of The Definitive Guide to Successful Deployment of VoIP and IP Telephony describes the ‘Planning and Assessment’ phase, providing granular detail into the processes, best practices, and pitfalls you will need to consider.

This latest chapter examines the business drivers for change, how to set realistic expectations, taking stock of your existing telephony capabilities and synchronizing these with new requirements. This chapter also provides valuable information on how to assess your network’s readiness for voice over IP.

Published in installments, this eBook will also provide checklists and electronic “Report Cards” to help you select and deploy the right telephony solutions, applications, services, and testing and monitoring tools.

Future chapters will explore the next stages in the life cycle, including design and pre-deployment testing, implementation, ongoing operations and optimization.

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