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Maximo Essentials V7.1 - Implementer’s Guide
There is a management buy-in for this project.
A dedicated single point of contact and project manager is appointed from the
customer to manage interactions with end users
Historic data migration can be done by implementation team but data
cleansing and scrubbing needs to be owned by the customer.
3.3 Task Break Down
The standard phases of a Maximo Essentials implementation project are:
Phase 1: Requirement Gathering and Analysis
Phase 2: Solution Design
Phase 3: Deployment
Phase 4: Testing and Go-Live
Phase 5: Support
The key activities in each of the phases are explained in the following sections.
Phase 1: Requirement Gathering and Analysis
Roles Involved: Project Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect
Key Activities:
Understand current business processes for
– Maintenance Management,
– Procurement,
– Inventory Management
– Asset Management
Document pain areas with existing business processes
Demo the vanilla product
Understand and document the end goal and vision of the customer
Document ‘To-Be’ business processes for each of the functions mentioned
above
Analyze the points of integration
Analyze the current data sources
Creation of a SRS (Software Requirements Specification) document
Phase 2: Solution Design
Roles Involved: Project Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect
