Solution Delivery Process
EMC Document Sciences team of consultants are guided by our solution delivery methodology. Our proven process ensures we define your exact business needs, and work with you through all phases to ensure project success.

Step 1: Requirements Analysis
- Gain an understanding of business and technical requirements for filing regulations; data feeds; content assembly business rules; and output management issues for finishing equipment, electronic distribution, print, and archival
- Review workflows and processing flows in both development and production environments, to identify significant efficiencies and performance improvements
- Prioritize forms migration based on usage and need
Step 2: Infrastructure Design
- Gain an understanding of the existing IT infrastructure
- Design an xPression/Autograph infrastructure specific to your business requirements
- Focus early on issues such as server clustering, failover requirements, risk factors and risk mitigation
Step 3: Technical Design & Pilot
- Plan the conversion process using automated conversion tools
- Validate technical design and end-to-end conversion on a subset of documents previously selected during the requirements analysis
- Demonstrate success via a pilot process which leverages the new xPression/Autograph functionality
Step 4: Application Development & Implementation
- Apply feedback from the design and pilot step to guide the conversion of the remaining selected documents
- Focus on business processes and workflow improvements
- Implement tested documents in your technical environment for final validation and acceptance
Step 5: Knowledge Exchange
- Knowledge exchange occurs throughout the project, keeping the joint project team in close communication
- At project turnover, your dedicated Solution Consultant provides on-site training sessions and technical support relating to maintaining documents within EMC Document Sciences' technologies

