Conducting high-level discovery workshops
Solution architects plan and conduct discovery workshops, asking relevant questions to gain an understanding of the success criteria, high-level business processes, and data models within an organization. The following diagram illustrates the three stages of a discovery workshop:
Figure 4.1 – The three steps to conducting discovery workshops
The first step to a successful discovery phase is planning, which is the subject of the following section.
Preparing discovery sessions
As a solution architect, you will work with key stakeholders, project managers, and other interested parties to plan discovery sessions.
Planning activities can be broken down as follows:
- Define the purpose and desired outcome for the discovery sessions
You will define a high-level goal and desired outcome for the discovery exercise and each workshop or session. Depending on the scope of the project, a single discovery...