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by Drake Settsu
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Implementations in a 24 x 7 x 365 organization needs to be planned out carefully to ensure minimal down-time to the organization.
1. Test Test Test in an environment that resembles your production environment to ensure a successful implementation in your production environment. Get your sign-offs to document that the objectives have been met.
2. Change Management approves the project to go live, but there are some risks that need to be addressed in a Risk Assessment meeting. This meeting requires an audience that represents key players from all departments that will be or could be impacted by the implementation to give their feedback on the implementation. Present a timeline of the implementation tasks. Set a point of no return that means no looking back. You are committed to finalizing the implementation. Set a backout point to return the original system back to users if the implementation is encountering issues. You will need to know how long it takes to restore your system. Provide an estimated time when users can expect the system back. Pad your timeline to not take all day, but allow for the things that go bump in the night.
3. Have your standby spreadsheet of contacts that do not need to be onsite, but could be consulted during the implementation.
4. Send out periodic status updates on the progress of the implementation.
I wrote about the risk assessment and going-live on my blog Just Drake's View:
The Risk Assessment
It's the 11th Hour the Curtain is Going Up
Posted on: January 08, 2018 07:10 AM |
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You didn't add that it should be done once Mr Murphy is on vacation (just kidding).
It's a moment of truth and a little tense too, that can be dealt with by testing your product rigorously and addressing all if's.
Great tips Drake for getting project "go live" and how to manage down time.
Thanks Najam for your nice feedback.
Frederick Oware
Senior Systems Analyst| Social Security and National Trust, Ghana.
Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Thanks. It was helpful reading.
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