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Introduction
In this brief document, we try to identify the different tasks involved in the implementation, which the customer needs to undertake, and the type of people required for each. It also points out the project management role.
The Work to be Undertaken
The work to be undertaken falls into the following categories:
Each of these is discussed in more detail below.
Equipment Installation Supervision
This task falls into a number of areas as follows:-
This requires three different inputs:
supervision - somebody who can tell the office junior what to do, agree things like socket locations, argue, if needs be, with the supplier, and, generally, ensure that the job happens.
Software Installation Supervision
This task falls into a number of areas as follows:-
This requires four different inputs:
Project Management
This heading covers the tasks of overseeing the whole process and ensuring that both parties (you and the supplier) are kept in line. This is a management task and, unlike your own, virtually full-time manager, does not, usually, involve much detailed work. The list of tasks is as follows:-
supervise the production of an implementation plan, setting out the timescale and resources required to bring both manual and computer systems into use. This will identify where training is required and any gaps in skills or resources which may need to be filled;
monitor progress and chase both your people and the suppliers to ensure that targets are achieved. This will probably require meetings every four weeks or so, which the consultant would chair, which would allocate tasks, setting responsibilities and timescales, then monitor progress and review priorities when problems arise.