Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine operating system and software and hardware requirements
- Assess client software and licensing requirements, considering compatibility with existing application software and operating system
- Assess hardware requirements
- Analyse requirements against local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and wireless networks within organisational guidelines
- Evaluate client requirements according to organisational guidelines, corporate purchasing procedures and budget
- Obtain deployment software to automate deployment
- Evaluate deployment software according to client requirements and organisational guidelines
- Contact vendors and obtain technical specifications, including support arrangements and licensing
- Acquire software and licences, according to organisational procedures
- Store software licences and manuals, according to organisational guidelines
- Automate installation of operating system via network
- Automate installation of software packages via network
- Test and sign off