Fast, successful deployments are made possible with three key ingredients:

• Technology
• Process
• People

Technology

Clearly, choosing the right product is a key component of any successful deployment. The vendor selection process itself is key in this decision – by looking at the needs of the organization in order to determine which product(s) are the best fit. Part of the selection process includes aspects of technical fit – for example does the solution fit into your technical infrastructure? Can your department support the solution? Is the technology a fit from a feature/function perspective? Does it satisfy the requirements outlined by the business users?

Process

Being able to organize a team of people working towards a goal is an essential part of a successful implementation. All projects have a goal – either to reduce cost, improve accuracy or some other tangible benefit. Projects usually (correction – always) have a budget and a timeline, which means there needs to be a plan on how the solution is going to be delivered in that timeline, within that budget. There needs to be a process to capture requirements, translate them into a technical design, perform the implementation and deploy it into production.

People

In the context of CPM implementations, “good people” means individuals that have the skills, experience and balance of business & technical savvy to properly implement a CPM solution. Good implementation people know how to deploy technology by following a defined process. They have also bring real-world experience of what works and what doesn’t, and can adapt to the realities of real-life implementations.

About AppVine

AppVine is an integrated software & services organization that provides implementation expertise in the deployment of our own solutions. Our consultants are experts on the technical and business aspects of AppVine’s solutions.