Slow and steady wins the race—an old adage, but extremely pertinent. Many of you would definitely agree that the key to successful project implementation is a good design. The more robust, flexible, and scalable the design is, the smoother its development turns out to be and further still its maintenance. A good, well-thought design (no matter what technology you may choose) avoids glitches in the later stages of the software development lifecycle.
Documentum is still not a very widely understood technology and thus necessitates building upon a good design. This chapter contains some basic guidelines to be followed and some good design practices that will ensure that a Documentum solution meets acceptable standards and does not cause any known issues during the varied stages of development, deployment, and maintenance/future releases.
Documentum is an exciting technology but needs to be understood and designed well. Look at the following points...