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1. Introduction / Registration
   (Day 1)
   1. Goals of documentation
   2. Basic netViz overview

2. Working With Projects
   1. Setting up diagrams
   2. Manipulating objects
   3. Interdiagram links and hierarchies
   4. Using data-driven graphics

3. Object Relationships
   1. Aliases/arrays/containers
   2. Link propagation
   3. Basic drawing tools

4. netViz Views
   1. Summaries
   2. Displayed data fields
   3. Logical vs. physical views
   4. netViz Views: table, connectivity, preViewer, composite
   5. Searching

5. Catalogs and Visualization
   1. Catalog tools
   2. Defining visual overrides
   3. Replace type
   4. Hiding and filtering

6. Graphic and Data Interchange (Day 2)
   1. Data Import
   2. Filling list fields from external databases
   3. Launch fields
   4. Connecting and refreshing from external databases
   5. Network discovery

7. Publishing netViz Projects
   1. Printing
   2. HTML vs. web publishing vs. Viewer
   3. PowerPoint

8. Advanced Features
   1. Managing a large project
   2. Building projects through import

9. Critique Sample Documentation Strategies (Day 3)
   1. Asset management
   2. WAN management
   3. Strategic planning
   4. Help-desk application

10. Catalog Development
    1. Identify existing data sources
    2. Develop standards: use of colors, types of symbols, background images
    3. Identify objects to be documented: sites, processes
    4. Catalog synchronization
    5. Using Internal and external catalogs

11. Construct netViz Documentation
    1. Define hierarchical structure
    2. Populate key diagrams with objects, links, and data
    3. Integrate external databases
    4. Develop proof-of-concept project hierarchy

11. Define Corporate Roll-Out + Maintenance Plan

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