Project Phases
Project Phases
Once the initial project setup is complete, we can move through the various phases of the project. This chapter gives an overview of the phases; in subsequent chapters we will cover each of these in more detail.
The phases themselves are divided into three groups:
- Setup Phases: during these phases, work will be undertaken to initiate and define the scope of the project, and to agree on a high level plan for the project.
- Build Phases: these are the phases during the work to prepare the system for launch, and to do any necessary setup and verification of the environment in which the system will run.
- Launch Phases: these phases handle the launch and post-launch activity associated with the project.
Deliverables
The tables below show the main deliverables associated with each of the phases.
Setup Phases | Deliverables |
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Project Setup | Agreed roles and responsibilities, your dedicated Redmine project and RemoteMan configuration, agreed Rules of Engagement and your vanilla OrderFlow test environment |
Project Scoping | A Requirements Document, with an itemised summary of your requirements |
An itemised Task Schedule, with provisional man day estimates covering each area of activity | |
A Project Plan with dates and dependencies of the key deliverables required to meet your target Go-Live date | |
Sign-off from you on all of these deliverables | |
Further Requirements Scoping | Additional tickets to cover further requirements in detail, with proposed solutions and man hour estimates of the additional work involved |
Sign-off on the proposed solution and time estimate for each of these tickets | |
An updated Project Plan, with revised time estimates based on any additional requirements captured |
Build Phases | Deliverables |
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Build | An OrderFlow instance, configured by us to meet agreed requirements, running in our laboratory environment |
An Offsite Handover, during which we do an end to end run through of every operational process | |
A Test Plan, provided by us, to aid you in further testing the work we have delivered | |
Sign-off on all processes, integrations and paperwork in scope for launch | |
Testing | Verification of behaviour in live environments using Targeted Live Testing |
Verification of Printed Courier Labels with carrier | |
Instructions on how to complete Labelling of your warehouse | |
An Onsite Handover of the OrderFlow Build Instance to your environment | |
Sign-off on completion of testing using the Test Plan and against launch requirements | |
Preparing for Launch | A Dry Run of the data migration from your existing system |
A Go-Live Launch Plan, covering the timing and mechanics of migrating of from your existing system | |
Sign off on the Launch Plan, with an agreed actual Go-live Date and onsite presence |
Launch Phases | Deliverables |
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Go-Live | A smooth and orderly transition with no disruption to your operations |
A live OrderFlow instance, despatching orders | |
A very happy customer | |
After Go-live | Resolution of all remaining launch issues |
Sign-off on completion of launch phase |
Post Launch Phases | Deliverables |
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Post Launch | An SOP document |
A test OrderFlow instance(s) | |
A positive, ongoing, working relationship | |
A business running more efficiently and effectively |
During the project, we will make up to three on-site visits - depending on your needs - to scope detailed requirements or provide supervision during testing and user training. We will always make an on-site visit for the Go-Live phase.