ions, 242 requirements work activities, 242 defining, 162-163 initiating, 244 financial considerations, 164 executive briefing content preparation, template, 164 245-246 Bytes, 28, 31 next steps, 247 INDEX overall, 247-250 Contracts, 204-206 seven steps, 250-255 Contribution quality, 5 analysis of spending and resource Coordinated Universal Time; see CUT utilization, 252 Coordination, 186 annual budget and business plan, 253 Corporate network, 162 day-to-day order administration, 251 Cost, 69 development and ownership, 253 Cost allocation, 235 invoice validation against standard cost, CPE, 76 250-251 CPU, 26 long-range strategic plan, 253-255 Cream skimming, 44 supplier evaluation and selection, Cross-connect switching, 104-105 252-253 CSU, 50 solutions, 235-241 Customer automated invoice validation system, 236 premises equipment; see CPE establishing standard unit cost, 238-239 services unit; see CSU resources required, 239-241 CUT, 91 telephone billing, 237 Cyan, 15 Compatible color television, 15 Competitive local exchange carrier; see CLEC Composite digital video, 16 D/A, 28 Compression, 6, 14, 20, 24 Data, 70 techniques, 21 communications, 51 standards, 21 recovery, 89 Computer communications, 50 services, 50 Consolidation redux, 51-54 sheets, 212 Constant bit rate; see CBR DBS, 9, 56 Consultants, 172-174 DC, 26 Content, 3-4, 142 Decode, 20 audio, 11-14 Decompression, 6, 20, 24 characteristics of, 10-18 Definitions, 1-36 audio, 11-14 acronyms and key terms, 25-32 video, 14-18 cell capacity, 31 creation, 33, 62 channel capacity, 31 delivery, 6-7, 35, 62 file capacity, 31 distribution, 6, 33, 62 movement, 32 nature of, 10-18 packet capacity, 31 audio, 11-14 payload size, 31 video, 14-18 rate of delivery, 32 sources, 18-25 units of measurement, 31 transport, 63, 81-82, 170 analog to digital content transportation, video, 14-18 Content transportation, 3-4 content, 3-4 analog to digital, 9-10 content transportation defined, 3-4 network, 61-82 design parameters, 32-35 design consideration and criteria, 69-79 key s