Make sure that everyone at your client's office knows well in advance what days they can expect to be down or interrupted.
Lack of communication is what causes most of the difficulties in such moves.
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Thought that it was a given.
I've always said that there's more paperwork involved with I.T. than there is actual I.T. work. We wrap processes around everything.
I've always said that there's more paperwork involved with I.T. than there is actual I.T. work. We wrap processes around everything.
... how many times "We've come for your systems" is greeted by a look as if you'd said "We've come for your liver."
that if at all possible try to have the moving scheduled to happen before a weekend, with the monday being the day the new office officially starts up.
give your team the weekend to fix the inevitable glitches before the office needs to be ready.
If you get friday to set up the racks and put the networking devices in, on top of plugging the cables in, those mis labelled jacks, cross wired outlets can be dealt with by monday easily.
give your team the weekend to fix the inevitable glitches before the office needs to be ready.
If you get friday to set up the racks and put the networking devices in, on top of plugging the cables in, those mis labelled jacks, cross wired outlets can be dealt with by monday easily.
... as long as the team doesn't mind working through a holiday.
What is a holiday? Oh yeah, I remember...
that's all those extra paid days off that the government gets, while the rest of us are either working or "on call"!
that's all those extra paid days off that the government gets, while the rest of us are either working or "on call"!
.... I can actually get work done without being interrupted.
if you have truly qualified people doing the initial stasks, like running the wires etc, it should all be completed quickly on Sat.
it''s the unexpected that is the killer for eating time.
and I would also schedule the team into 24 hour timing for it.
so that the problems can be addressed continually until resolved, yet no 16-24-48 hour marathons needed.
sorry, having done many special events in Hospitality and Tourism, things like moving an office are simple for me to come up with e plan to address everything short of a man-made or natural disaster. [ dam breaking, earthquake, bombing. ... ] just way to many different events I had to handle to not have the skills for it.
it''s the unexpected that is the killer for eating time.
and I would also schedule the team into 24 hour timing for it.
so that the problems can be addressed continually until resolved, yet no 16-24-48 hour marathons needed.
sorry, having done many special events in Hospitality and Tourism, things like moving an office are simple for me to come up with e plan to address everything short of a man-made or natural disaster. [ dam breaking, earthquake, bombing. ... ] just way to many different events I had to handle to not have the skills for it.
that moving the office, datacenters etc. could be a convenient time to consider those upgrades to hardware that have probably been put off for too long. Install the new hardware, software, get it hooked up and perform a "dry run" prior to any "real world" usage.
Oh, about those chairs...Erik, I think you sent mine to Chip (Sterling) or maybe it was Santee!
Oh, about those chairs...Erik, I think you sent mine to Chip (Sterling) or maybe it was Santee!
get all the new hardware and software delivered to the new location and go for it, well ahead of the scheduled move date.
then it's all there, and all new.
then it's all there, and all new.
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