After lab testing, the implementation team requires precise, validated information to build the solution in the production environment. A list of tested and approved versioning and code (the "bill of materials") is fundamental to ensure component compatibility and stability, replicating the successful test environment. Tested procedures for failover and redundancy are equally critical, as they form the basis of the operational runbook for configuring and managing the solution's high-availability and business continuity features. These two deliverables provide the "what" to install and "how" to make it resilient, which are the core responsibilities of the implementation team.

B. Performance metrics are an outcome of testing, but the implementation team needs the configuration that achieved the desired performance, not just a single maximum value.

C. TCO and ROI documentation is a business-level justification for financial stakeholders and management, not a technical deliverable for the implementation team.

1. SNIA Press: In Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information in Classic, Virtualized, and Cloud Environments, 2nd Edition, Chapter 15, "Storage Infrastructure Management," discusses the implementation phase. It emphasizes that implementation follows a validated design derived from testing, which includes the specific hardware/software components (versions/code) and the operational processes (failover/redundancy procedures) required to build and maintain the environment. (ISBN: 978-1118094839, Chapter 15, Section: "Implementation and Maintenance").

2. Vendor Documentation (Validated Design): VMware Validated Designs, which serve as a blueprint for implementation teams, exemplify this principle. Each design guide contains a mandatory "Bill of Materials" section listing the exact software versions tested (e.g., vSphere, NSX, vSAN). It also includes detailed chapters on "Availability" and "Recoverability" that document the tested failover and redundancy mechanisms. For example, see the VMware Validated Design for SDDC documentation, which consistently includes a "Software Components" or "Bill of Materials" table and sections on High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) procedures. (Reference: VMware Validated Design Documentation, any version, e.g., 6.2, typically in Chapter 2 "Solution Design" and Chapter 4 "Availability").

3. University Courseware: MIT's OpenCourseWare for 6.033 Computer System Engineering emphasizes the principle of building robust systems. The course materials cover the design and implementation lifecycle, where testing failure modes (failover/redundancy) and documenting the exact system configuration (versioning/code) are critical outputs of the testing phase before a system is deployed for operational use. (Reference: MIT OpenCourseWare, 6.033 Computer System Engineering, Lecture Notes on "Reliability and Availability").