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What it is: Transition to Support Organizations

Description
All documents necessary for a product or service transition are complete and available by the Close stage. This step confirms that support organizations have accepted the documentation and have been notified of the transition timeframe.

Rationale/Purpose
Ownership transfers from the project team to the appropriate support organization.

Who is involved
Project Manager
Support Organizations

Result
Successful product and/or service transition to appropriate support organizations

 

How to: Transition to Support Organizations

Recommended actions and strategies
The table below describes actions you can perform to transition to support organizations.

 

What to do

How to do it

1

Ensure DoIT Operational Framework activities are complete.

Finalize Incident Management process and documentation:

  • Review process/documentation
  • Meet with responsible individual
  • Secure signature on Approve Project Transition to Support Organizations

Finalize Configuration Management process and documentation:

  • Review process/documentation
  • Meet with responsible individual
  • Secure signature on Approve Project Transition to Support Organizations

2

Ensure DoIT Systems, Engineering, and Operations (SEO) is ready

Verify SEO’s Change Management is complete and ready:

  • Is Change Record created?
  • Is Change Record approved?
  • Meet with responsible individual
  • Secure signature on Approve Project Transition to Support Organizations

3

Ensure DoIT Help Desk’s product roll-out process is ready

Verify Help Desk product roll-out process is ready to go live:

  • Review process/documentation
  • Meet with responsible individual
  • Secure signature on Approve Project Transition to Support Organizations

4

Ensure DoIT Systems and Network Control Center (SNCC) is ready.

Verify Systems Management documents/guidelines are complete:

  • Ensure Systems Management has transitioned support roles and responsibilities
  • Review process/documentation
  • Meet with responsible individual
  • Secure signature on Approve Project Transition to Support Organizations

 

Templates/Examples: Transition to Support Organizations


The table below provides several templates you can use to help manage the project scope and requirements for your project.

Template

Example

Transition Checklist

 
 

 

 

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Updated June 1, 2006 - v1.1