Project Roll Outs. Project Implementation. Whatever you want to call it, the process can be evil. Even the best laid out test and implementation plan can cause long days, long nights and stress. You get confined to the smallest conference rooms in the building for weeks on end (18 for us!). You eat junk food they bring in and you gain 10 pounds. You put your life on hold. Then slowly a light comes on at the end of the tunnel. You get closer to the roll out ....and closer.....and closer....and closer.....and it gets moved. It starts again. Then, once again the light gets brighter....and brighter....and....oops, there it goes again. You start one more time. Tension is higher. Leadership is nervous as the upper levels look and ask what's going on. Then, as the stress is reaching maximum levels, hell week arrives. The teams rally the troops. You call in the reserves and go from 32% complete to 95% complete. The infamous Go / No-Go meeting comes and ...... it's a GO! Whew!
The project goes out. Leadership is happy. But, is it done? No, there's that last 5% to finish up. Oh, and don't forget to train everyone! Sigh. And the cycle begins again........
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