Implementation Plan Checklist

Document Purpose
This checklist is a brief document listing the items to be noted, checked, remembered, and delivered when completing the Implementation Plan.

Activities Checklist
This section provides a checklist related to the Implementation Plan. The checklist can be used to assure that the project has successfully completed the activities related to effective implementation planning. Implementation Plan Checklist
Have the Implementation Plan objectives been clearly defined? Does the Implementation Plan describe the specific strategy and associated steps for going operational with the solution? Have the implementation impacts on staff roles and responsibilities and/or job functions been identified? Have the activities to implement changes to roles and responsibilities been executed? Have plans been put in place for training employees on the new system? Have changes to the business processes (policies and procedures) been considered? Has the documentation indicated if the system is a new, enhanced, integrated, or a migrated version of an existing system? Has a list of the activities required for deployment and the project staff (HUD or contractor) responsible for the activity and its completion been included? Have the systems that directly or indirectly interface with the solution been identified? If the solution is to be deployed incrementally in multiple builds or releases, has this been documented in detail for each build or release? Does the plan document the necessary coordination with the owners of other systems, applications, or databases with which this system interfaces? Have the changes to the technical environment been considered? Has the data conversion approach been documented? Has the minimum anticipated hardware and software configurations and associated version numbers necessary to operate and use the system been described? Has the framework for conducting an Operational Readiness Review been included in the Implementation Plan? Has the process for reviewing the success of the deployment effort and for generating lessons learned that can be used to improve future deployments been described? Have the objectives of implementation training been described in the plan? Has the plan described the approach that will be used to achieve the training objectives and provide a brief overview of the training activities? Has the team that will operate and maintain the system, including key members of the support staff been identified? Version 1.1 6/2/2011 Page 1

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Implementation Plan Checklist

Has software maintenance environment, including a list of software components that require maintenance, the date installed, and the maintenance procedures and schedule been described? Has the hardware maintenance requirements, including the hardware components that require maintenance, the date installed, and the maintenance procedures and schedule been described? Have the requirements and the procedures necessary to check the performance of the solution following modification or maintenance of either software or hardware components been included? Has new/updated technical documentation been provided to the support team? Have any changes that are needed to existing service level agreements or any new service level agreements that may be needed to operate and maintain the system been documented?

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