Assumptions are made by the architect and have not yet been validated. Assumptions are not accepted as a fact until they have been validated. As part of the design process, each assumption needs to be validated as a fact. If an assumption cannot be validated, a risk will be introduced into the design.
Any assumptions that are made will need to be defined and documented as follows:
Identify any assumptions that have been made about the design
Document the design assumptions
Common assumptions relate to power, space, and cooling. A common example of an assumption that an architect may make is as follows:
There is sufficient power, cooling, and floor/rack space available in the datacenter to support both the existing and consolidated environment during the migration
When working through the physical design, the power, cooling, and space requirements will need to be identified and the assumption validated. A goal of this project is to consolidate...
