Preliminary Cutover Plan

 

Description

 

The output is to prepare the system cutover plan and sequence the activities required to complete the preliminary work. The cutover plan includes transfer of data from SAP quality assurance system and legacy system(s) to the SAP production system. The cutover work activities include setting up and initialization of production system, closing legacy systems, and manually entering the data in the new system. The cutover plan should also include but not limited to:

 

·         Define staffing requirement, duration of the process, process definition

·         Define estimates for data conversion, types of data and normal processing time

·         Define teams and their responsibilities, and working hours

·         Define involvement of company staff and their responsibilities

·         Final checklist

·         Create contingency plan

·         Define data transfer plan and schedules

·         Define plan for testing the new production system

 

Process

 

Refer to the References tab below for information on method of output creation.

 

Additional Information

 

The cutover plan for the production system is crucial steps in going live. It is important to ensure that all the necessary data including master data and transaction data is available, analyzed, cleansed and uploaded into the production system before go live. Check the data quality that is entered manually. Review the cutover plan with the project manager, core team leads and key company senior management.  Also consider including contingency plan for any last minute delays caused by data conversion programs, manual entry of data or any other types of delays. Data reconciliation must be done before releasing the production system for go live.