• Performing a gap analysis against Windchill PDMLink, including:

◦ Required business objects and attribute extensions.

◦ Aspects ofWindchill ESI services that need to be customized to support new objects and attribute extensions.

• Performing a gap analysis against the distribution targets, including:

◦ Determining required business objects and attribute extensions.

◦ Evaluating your existing distribution target configuration against the assumedWindchill ESI baseline configuration.

◦ Evaluating the existing distribution target API set against the assumedWindchill ESI API set.

• Performing a gap analysis against the EAI software components, including:

◦ Mapping new business objects and attributes.

◦ Evaluating the following features and processes:

▪ Common Business Object schema extensions. For more information, see Common Business Object Data Model.

▪ Transaction management. For more information, see Transaction Management.

▪ Special business rules.

▪ Systems monitoring and notification.

▪ Error handling and Logging. For more information, see Message Logging, Error Handling, and Return Messaging.

▪ Defaults and cross-referencing. For more information, see Defaults and Cross-Referencing of Data.

▪ Internationalization (I18N) and localization (L10N). For more information, see Internationalization Considerations.