RE: HA frame work

["Rob Mouser" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For my 2p's worth I would say its somewhere in the middle. Really depends
i=
f
you want to be a consultant, installer/engineer or both. IMHO one thing
tha=
t
often lacks is a full understanding of a clients needs (Whether HA or
anything else for that matter.) and then poor delivery of that information
back to the customer in a language they understand.=20
I agree that simply handing a client a questionnaire would not be good, but
following a precise scoping framework certainly has merits. There's a
hundred and one books on the subject and as many 'models/opinions' :-)

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J=
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@ Home
Sent: 20 June 2005 17:35
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HA frame work

Apologies if this sounds out of terms, but surely if you're going to
start a business in HA you need to be aware of what is available to you,
how the process of designing a solution for your clients works?

Although if you're following something on the lines of ITIL then perhaps
a 'best practice' document would help.

If I was a potential client and interested in spending =A380 or =A380,000
with you, and you handed me a questionnaire... I would be on the phone
to a.n.other HA company.

Please don=92t take the above as personal, its not intentional - more
constructive criticism.

Regards,
Jonathan.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Sadeq Shehabi
Sent: 20 June 2005 15:27
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HA frame work

Yes it answers my question, thank you for your help, and it can be in
a summarized way: As is =96 Want to Be =96 Implementation.
I am thinking of starting my own business in HA, so what I need to
develop is a questioner or a survey form to let the client fill it, I
don't think this is a ready made one, I think I need to build it from
scratch and add on it all the time. And it goes with out saying with
my business plan.

Cheers

BinShehab

On 6/20/05, Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) <haweste@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>  I treat my HA-projects similarly to other problems I need to solve. I
>  follow the general procedure below:
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>  Problem statement - what do you want to do?
>  Problem brief - apart from the immediate problem, describe what else
you
>  want the product / system to do, how much should it cost?
>  Research - does the solution to the problem already exist ? Or by
>  combining existing solutions can you make them do what you want? Do
they
>  do most of your wishes but fall short in other areas? Do you need to
>  redefine the brief?
>  Solution - if there's already a commercial solution at the right
price
>  then buy it, unless you enjoy developing your own systems just for
fun
>  :-) If there's no commercial solution, you'll need to develop your
own.
>  More research, plenty of time  and lots of trial and error later,
you'll
>  come up with a prototype solution. That may be good enough for what
you
>  want, or you may want to refine it based on what you've learnt
through
>  it's development.=20
>  Implementation - put your product to the use intended
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>  Does that help ?
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>  Cheers,
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>  Tim.
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>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Sadeq Shehabi
>  >=20
>  > Tim,
>  > Thank you for your response, what I am after is something=20
>  > like a blue print to follow when I need to kick start the=20
>  > project, lets say as a best practice that not need to be=20
>  > technical. Or question that I need to ask my self before=20
>  > considering any Hardware or Software solution/project.
>  >=20
>  > I hope you got my question.
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>  > Regards,
>  > BinShehab
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>  > On 6/20/05, Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)=20
>  > <haweste@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > >  Hi BinShehab,
>  > >=20=20
>  > >  What sort of project are you thinking of? Hardware,
software,=20
>  > > starting  to wire your house etc? I'm afraid I don't
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>  > understand=20
>  > > your  question.
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>  > >  Thanks,
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>  > >  Tim.
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>  > >=20=20
>  > >  > -----Original Message-----
>  > >  > From: Sadeq Shehabi
>  > >  > Sent: 20 June 2005 10:57
>  > >  > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  > >  > Subject: [ukha_d] HA frame work
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Good day to all,
>  > >  >
>  > >  > I am posting my question for the second time.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Is there any HA frame work, or a guidelines to start
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>  > HA project?
>  > >  >
>  > >  > I appreciate your answer on this.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Regards,
>  > >  > BinShehab
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