Implementation Plan
The implementation plan is drawn up by the SJS Project Manager; presented at the Project Launch Meeting and is used throughout the project to ensure that all objectives are met.

Project Launch Meeting
The purpose of this meeting is to launch the Project in such a way that all members of the Implementation Team clearly understand what the goals of the project are, and how they will be achieved. The following points are normally covered in the meeting:

	Any issues arising from the previous Sales Handover or Project Initiation Meetings
	Agreement of objectives
	Results of the hardware audit
	Agreement of target dates, in particular the go-live date, and any project phasing
	Nomination of key project members and responsibilities
	Nomination of teams
	Resource planning, e.g. PCs for training, staff holidays etc
	Presentation of the Implementation Plan
	Identification and quantification of Risks

Project Meetings
The purpose of the Project Meetings is to keep all interested parties fully informed of progress of the Project.

The frequency and content of Project meetings will depend on the size of the implementation and the requirements of the Client, but as a guide, internal meetings should be held each week and full project meetings, where SJS Personnel attend, should be held each month.

Prototyping
The aim of the prototyping sessions is to allow each element of the business process to be checked with the software solution prior to taking data on and using it.

In effect prototyping is the dual running of the new Access Accounts system in parallel with the existing system to allow the new methods and procedures to be verified in advance of live running.

User Training Guides
The outcome from the Prototyping sessions is an Operational Manual that documents all of the key business processes.

User Training
In order to simplify and speed up the training process users are only trained on what they want the new system to do. The operational manual provides the material for this stage of the project.

Go-live Support
Standard with the Sanders Jones project planning is to have SJS people on your site(s) during the initial go-live and at the first month-end for the new system.