Project Phases—Avoiding Phase Overlap

There is much to be said about Project Phases – we all know that these are typically PLAN, DESIGN, BUILD, TEST, TRAIN, ACTIVATE. There are many variations to these phases and each of us is free to insert more phases to our plans if it makes sense.

Without getting into great detail about what goes into these phases, I want …

Activation Planning—Cross the Finish Line in Style

Activations come at the end of many, many months of hard work. There’s a lot at stake and you need your activation to be well planned.

I’m going to list a sampling of the key things Atlanticon follows when involved in Activation Planning. Hopefully, these “top 20″ will aid you in your thinking process:

1. Create A Small Activation Planning …

Training Strategy—An Important Step

Honestly, I could write for days about the importance of a good training strategy. When Atlanticon is asked to lead a training effort, we begin with our standard 40 page strategy and adjust it for each client. I’m not trying to impress you with the number of pages, but I do want to make you aware that training is no …

Preparing For Your Go/No-Go Meeting

We’re all familiar with a Go/No-Go meeting – the event whereby key personnel sit around a table and give the “okay” to proceed to activation. This is an extremely important milestone, and you want to make sure that everyone is truly ready. When your people give you the thumbs up, you want to feel confident that they are basing their …

Defining Project Success

Shortly after your project goes live, you’ll want to determine if your activation was a success.  The overall value of a new system is measured by the sum of its parts.  There are ways to quantify “success” objectively and subjectively.  Both can be used to your advantage if done properly.

Objective measurements of your success may consist of the following:…

Vendor Built System—Is It Right For You?

Anyone with an HIS has faced this question: Should we do our own tailoring, or utilize the vendor’s “rapid build” process?  Whichever way you choose, you have much work ahead of you.  If you believe that contracting with the vendor to do the build for you will make your job easier, you’ll want to pay attention to this article. 

Once …

Team Hierarchy—Stacked to Succeed

When establishing a functional team for your HIS project, take the time to outline the hierarchy and clearly define the roles.  We recommend a structure that covers all levels from the Executive level down to the Team Member level.  The responsibility for members at each level should be clear.

The Executive Level is responsible for providing overall support, serving as …