Go Live planning and execution

Putting together a detailed plan that can be used for multiple simulations prior to Go Live is important. It gives you an opportunity to get the Go Live plan validated and address any bugs/issues due to missed steps in the release plan. It also allows you to make changes to the plan, allows more time to review with multiple groups and identify the missing elements, and helps educate the team about the dependencies and the big picture.

Planning

As part of the release, you may be performing hundreds of tasks, so it is important to track their progress, dependencies, and corrective actions. Go Live planning involves the following:

• Putting together all the steps in the plan
• Defining the sequence...