01 / PLANNING

Start with a business consequence

A Bend office losing a cloud application and a rural operation losing dispatch access have different priorities. Describe the outage problem, existing provider and systems that need a fallback. This keeps the specification tied to useful work instead of a theoretical maximum download speed.

02 / PLANNING

Confirm who manages the network

Identify the MSP or internal administrator who owns the router settings. Provide the equipment model and planned Ethernet handoff. Ask for a separate line item if automatic failover, monitoring or network policy changes are needed; those tasks are not implied by mounting a satellite terminal.

03 / PLANNING

Approve a controlled acceptance check

Schedule a safe window to simulate loss of the primary link, test agreed workflows and restore normal service. Record any applications that behave differently on the backup connection. Include the power path for the terminal, router and essential network equipment.

What to include in your project brief
Part of the projectInformation that helps
Business inputOutage impact and priority applications
Technical inputRouter owner, handoff and backup power
Acceptance inputFailover observation, application checks and return to primary