IBM MAXIMO SG24-7645-00 ユーザーズマニュアル

Draft Document for Review May 23, 2008 10:14 am

Maximo Essentials V7.1 - Implementer’s Guide

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Customer will follow processes as the tool guides them

Although the tool also support other operating system, database platforms and 
leading application servers, these combinations can greatly impact the project 
schedule. These parameters shall be carefully examined during the requirements 
gathering. 

Keeping the project simple, typically there will be the following phases in an 
implementation:

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Phase 1: Requirement Gathering and Analysis

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Phase 2: Solution Design

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Phase 3: Deployment

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Phase 4: Testing and Go-Live

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Phase 5: Support

The subsequent sections will talk about the people, process and technology that 
are required in each of the above phases.

The project delivery team is most fundamental to success of a project. The exact 
number of people required will vary with project, organization experience, 
reusable components and methodology. Nevertheless, the people comprising the 
team shall be playing the following roles:

The project manager shall perform the following activities:

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Own the implementation end-to-end.

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Be the single point of contact for the customer

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Facilitate customer interactions.

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Project status reporting.

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Monitor project progress on regular intervals.

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Escalate issues to the right people.

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Change control agent for scope creep.

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Make available resources, man and material, for the project.

The business analyst is a functional person who understands the product and 
also the customer’s domain. This person can speak with the customer in his 
language and have the ability to translate customer’s requirements to the 
technical team. This is a very key role and is vital to success of the project. The 
following are the attributes of this role: