1. Flows
   1. Individual and Composite Flows
      1. Upstream&Downstream
   2. Critical Flows
2. Identifying and Developing Flows
   1. Focusing on a Particular Application(s)
      1. flow aggregation point
   2. Developing a Profile
   3. Choosing the Top N Applications
3. Data Sources and Sinks
   1. Data Source
   2. Data Sink
4. Flow Models
   1. Peer-to-Peer
   2. Client–Server
   3. Hierarchical Client–Server
   4. Distributed-Computing
5. Flow Prioritization
   1. Business objectives
   2. Political objectives
   3. Performance requirements
   4. Security requirements
   5. The number of users/applications/devices
6. The Flow Specification
   1. Flowspec Algorithm
      1. Best-effort flows
      2. Predictable requirements flows
      3. Guaranteed requirements flows
   2. Capacity and Service Planning
      1. Capacity Planning
      2. Service Planning
   3. Flow Specification Type
      1. One-Part
      2. Two-Part
      3. Multi-Part