Year 1: Assess Current Status & Formulate Plan (2 years)
Project Start: 01/01/2007 for a projected move date of: 07/01/2011
Administrative and Research: (Completed 6/30/2007)
Identify IT relocation teams, reliable motivated people willing to make move
Conduct and document a strategic Current Assessment Analysis
Establish and document operational goals for new IT space requirements
Research legal aspects of business moves in China (review if needed)
Research legal aspects of IT communications in China (review if needed)
Create speculated budget for move, build in contingency fund.
Review existing space leasing, cleaning, services, and access agreements
Create list of changes desired to new agreements
Set due dates for inventory team to complete: (Completed 9/30/2007)
Inventory offices for desktop PC's, laptops, printers, copiers, phones, and furniture
Inventory multimedia equipment in use
Inventory communications equipment in use pagers, phones, faxes, and cell phones
Inventory equipment rooms: Types and sizes of Servers, switches, routers
Inventory software in use and licensing assignment (create database if needed)
Inventory key skills assessment by FTE (not all workers will be able to transfer with us)
Address short falls at this time, plan for IT expansion as Riordan's strategic plan states
Set due dates for design requirements of new spaces following inventory:
(Completed 12/15/2007)
Create a master IT relocation schedule of tasks with assignments
Define space requirements using foot prints of current equipment
Define if any there are special needs such as vendor validation or warrantee voids associated with self moving equipment (identify and plan for vendor move needs)
Design optimal arrangement of information preferably in centralized data center
Develop expected IT budget for move
Human Resources: (Completed 12/15/2007)
Work with HR to identify employees that will not move with us.
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