Preparing a Go-Live Checklist

Once you have completed the initial planning:

  1. Create a checklist of criteria to guide deploying the upgrade.
  2. Assess appropriate “go/no-go” criteria based on your planning activities.
  3. Organize project goals.
  4. Identify your success criteria.
  5. Validate your plan.
  6. Keep the checklist updated as the project progresses and document completion times for individual tasks.

Related Topics

Upgrade Best Practices

Determining Your Upgrade Path

Treating Your Upgrade Activity as a Formal Company Project

Using an Appropriate Change Management Strategy

Building an Upgrade Team with Broad and Complementary Skills

Utilizing Peer and Oracle Resources

Deciding When to Change or Add Business Processes

Managing Issues

Preparing the Organization

Ensuring the Quality of Your Data

Taking Inventory for Your System

Understanding and Mitigating Project Risks

Evaluating Your Architecture

Calculating New Hardware Sizing

Identifying Custom Code and Scripting

Adhering to Current Tested Configurations Requirements

Implementing the Current P6 EPPM Release and Patches

Minimizing Application Data to Upgrade

Testing a Copy of the Production Database

Leveraging Existing Test Scripts and Plans

Performing Index Management

Training End Users on the New Solution


Last Published Tuesday, December 12, 2023