"It ain't over
  until it's cut-over"

Navigating through complex enterprise transitions and transformations, core banking migrations and deployments, SAP and Oracle ERP upgrades and migrations, Cloud migrations to Azure, AWS, GCP and Hybrid Cloud.

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Contingency Planning

Contingency Planning covers the inclusion of contingency allowances for the Production Cutover. This can include slack / additional time, identification of tasks that can extend post Go Live, backup resources, backup IT infrastructure, alternate physical locations etc. These are to be documented in detail and tested…

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Continuity Planning

Continuity Planning is to be included in the Cutover Planning, covering cutover delays, issues and impacts to the organization including business operations, IT operations, integration with external partners etc. Continuity Plans are to be defined in detail and tested prior to the Production Cutover.

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Cutover Communication Plan

Cutover Communication Plan covers all aspects of communications through all the steps of the cutover. Cutover Communications include daily status cutover calls, cutover status updates / reports, organization-wide communications, and external party communications.

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Cutover Logistics

Cutover Logistics covers the physical and IT related setup, tools and equipment required to support the Production Cutover. This can include items such as physical location for the Cutover Team (sometimes referred to as a “Mission Control”), physical and IT systems access and authorizations, IT infrastructure…

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Cutover Project Plan

Cutover Project Plan is utilized during Production Cutover (and Simulation) as the mechanism to orchestrate the cutover activities; communicating when to start, receiving updates when completed and then initiating the next activity in the sequence. The Cutover Project Plan is defined and reviewed prior to any…

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