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-rw-r--r--docs/userguide/general-system.rst4
-rw-r--r--docs/userguide/introduction.rst61
-rw-r--r--docs/userguide/onos.rst2
-rw-r--r--docs/userguide/opendaylight.rst2
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diff --git a/docs/userguide/abstract.rst b/docs/userguide/abstract.rst
index b7b22aa5b..502c3fb5f 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/abstract.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/abstract.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
Abstract
--------
-This document provides guidance and instructions for using
-features delivered in the Brahmaputra release of OPNFV.
+OPNFV is a collaborative project aimed at providing a variety of virtualisation
+deployments intended to host applications serving the networking and carrier industry.
+This document provides guidance and instructions for using platform features designed
+to support these applications, made available in the Brahmaputra release of OPNFV.
-This document provides a guide for the usage of features and the
-needed selection of tools and components as prerequisites.
+This document is not intended to replace or replicate documentation from other open
+source projects such as OpenStack or OpenDaylight, rather highlight the features and
+capabilities delivered through the OPNFV project.
diff --git a/docs/userguide/general-system.rst b/docs/userguide/general-system.rst
index 3865f3dd7..b62d723c9 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/general-system.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/general-system.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-General system usage
-====================
+Usage of platform components
+============================
This section of the user guide provides general system component user guides and references.
This provides user information for common components of the platform where as a user you may
diff --git a/docs/userguide/introduction.rst b/docs/userguide/introduction.rst
index a492c6efb..9ac9f0814 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/introduction.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/introduction.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,59 @@
-OPNFV User Guide
-================
+Overview
+========
-Outline the structure and composition of the User Guide in this section.
+OPNFV provides a variety of virtual infrastructure deployments designed to
+host virtualised network functions (VNFs). This guide intends to help users of
+the platform leverage the features and capabilities delivered by the OPNFV project.
+
+OPNFV Continuous Integration builds, deploys and tests combinations of virtual
+infrastructure components in what are defined as scenarios. A scenario may include
+components such as OpenStack, OpenDaylight, OVS, KVM etc. where each scenario will
+include different source components or configurations. Scenarios are designed to
+enable specific features and capabilities in the platform that can be leveraged by the
+OPNFV user community.
+
+OPNFV Scenarios
+----------------
+
+Each OPNFV scenario provides unique features and capabilities, it is important to
+ensure you have a scenario deployed on your infrastructure that provides the right capabilities
+for your needs before working through the user guide.
+
+This user guide outlines how to work with key components and features in the platform,
+each feature description section will indicate the scenarios that provide the components
+and configurations required to use it.
+
+.. include:: ../scenario/featurematrix.rst
+
+For details on which scenario's are best for you and how to install and configure them
+on your infrastructure the `OPNFV Configuration guide
+<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/opnfvdocs/docs/configguide/index.html>`_ provides a definitive
+reference.
+
+The user guide will describe how to enable and utilise features and use cases implemented and
+tested on deployed OPNFV scenarios. For details of the use cases and tests that have been run
+you should check the validation procedures section of the features configuration guide. This will
+provide information about the specific use cases that have been validated and are working
+on your deployment.
+
+General usage guidelines
+------------------------
+
+The user guide for OPNFV features and capabilities provide step by step instructions
+for using features that have been configured according to the installation and configuration
+instructions.
+
+This guide is structured in a manner that will provide usage instructions for each feature in its own
+section. Identify the feature capability you would like to leverage and read through that user guide
+section to understand the available usage. The combination of platform features, if available in a given
+scenario and not otherwise indicated, should function by following each features section.
+Dependencies between features will be highlighted in the user guide text.
+
+You may wish to use the platform in a manner that the development team have not foreseen, or
+exercise capabilities not fully validated on the platform. If you experience issues leveraging the
+platform for the uses you have envisioned the `OPNFV user mailing list <"mailto:opnfv-user@lists.opnfv.org">`_
+provides a mechanism to establish a dialog with the community to help you overcome any issues identified.
+
+It may be that you have identified a bug in the system, or that you are trying to execute a use case
+that has not yet ben implemented. In either case OPNFV is in essence a development project
+looking to ensure the required capabilities for our users are available.
diff --git a/docs/userguide/onos.rst b/docs/userguide/onos.rst
index 0806caae5..d4fdb59c1 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/onos.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/onos.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
ONOS User Guide
-=======================
+---------------
Add ONOS specific user guide information here.
Needs to include OPNFV default ports and addresses and
diff --git a/docs/userguide/opendaylight.rst b/docs/userguide/opendaylight.rst
index 6e43c05c5..3616307e7 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/opendaylight.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/opendaylight.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
OpenDaylight User Guide
-=======================
+-----------------------
Add opendaylight specific user guide information here.
Needs to include OPNFV default ports and addresses and
diff --git a/docs/userguide/openstack.rst b/docs/userguide/openstack.rst
index daeb5240f..069dc4b76 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/openstack.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/openstack.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
OpenStack User Guide
-====================
+--------------------
Add openstack specific user guide information here.
Needs to include OPNFV default ports and addresses and
diff --git a/docs/userguide/ovs.rst b/docs/userguide/ovs.rst
index 9209ac61c..10e65baeb 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/ovs.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/ovs.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
OVS User Guide
-==============
+--------------
Add OVS specific user guide information here.
Needs to include OPNFV default ports and addresses and