Can the journey be simplified?  Yes..

In these very informative & useful guides you can accelerate your implementation & deployment of vPro.  These documents were prepared by EDS.

Planning an Intel® Active Management Technology Implementation (1 of 5)

Maximizing the Benefits of Intel® Active Management Technology: A Solution Guide (2 of 5)

Getting to Pro: An Enterprise Approach to Deploying Intel® Active Management Technology (3 of 5)

Intel® vPro™ Technology Pre Pilot Questionnaire (4 of 5)

Intel® vPro™ Technology Project Plan for Implementation (5 of 5)