Phase 1 - Planning

The Software License Management process starts with the planning phase.

1. In the planning phase, Calbro Systems makes a list of all product titles that require a license and vendors who need to be managed. They then summarize this information in the following table:

   Manufacturer	Title	Versions
   Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Project Standard Edition	2007, 2010
   Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise Edition	2010
   Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server	2005, 2010
   Adobe Systems Inc.	Adobe Acrobat	9.0 and 7.0

2. After identifying the product titles and vendors, Calbro Systems gathers information about the contracts and license types that are required based on information like the overall software contract details, terms of the contract, whether it is a fixed, continuous, or rolling contract, the time period for fixed contracts, and if the contract covers purchases of all the product licenses.

3. The licensing terms, or rules that define how licenses for each product are charged vary from company to company. Calbro Systems has purchased licenses as per the agreements described in the following table:

   Manufacturer	Product Name	Licensing Rules	Out of the box license model
   Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Project Standard Edition	Every instance of the software deployed consumes a license regardless of the system, physical or virtual, and regardless of the user.	Per instance
   Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise Edition	Every instance of the software deployed consumes a license regardless of the system, physical or virtual, and regardless of the user.	Per instance
   Microsoft Corporation	Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server	Every instance of the software deployed consumes a license regardless of the system, physical or virtual, and regardless of the user.	Per instance
   Adobe Systems Inc.	Adobe Acrobat	Licenses are tied to the user regardless of the number of devices	Per Copy

After the planning stage is complete, Calbro Systems moves to Phase-2-Discovery.