How to Conduct Retail Technology Deployment Design Workshops When preparing for your retail technology deployments, a great way to facilitate and organize the development of the Deployment Design is to conduct a Design Workshop with the core Project Team. Either, an experienced Deployment Designer can be brought in to facilitate the discussion and fully document… Read more »
Category: Retail Deployment
Top 9 Tips for a Successful Retail Technology Deployment
I absolutely love retail technology deployments! Why? Because they are so challenging. I’ve been in IT for almost 30 years. And have done just about every type of deployment you can imagine – business application rollouts, infrastructure replacement, upgrade, bug patches, and new installations, desktop refreshes, software upgrades, and on and on. All of them are challenging… Read more »
The Components of a Retail Deployment Design
A Retail Deployment Design is a document that outlines exactly how all tasks included in the Retail Deployment Plan will be executed. It is a written document that covers every aspect of the Who, What, When, Where, and How of the deployment. The collection of all these details are usually collected as part of the… Read more »
Things That Can Derail Even a Mature Technology Deployment
This group has been waiting for a long time to get these new machines. Their old machines are very long in the tooth. Planning has been going on for months, meetings, testing, back and forth. The deployment was scheduled for the 4th quarter of last year, but supply problems from the vendor caused delays in… Read more »
Scheduling Retail Technology Deployments Stressing You Out?
. Imagine you work for a national retailer and your boss calls you into their office to give you a new project. They need to quickly update all the wireless infrastructure in the entire portfolio of 2,000 stores and you have six months to complete! You have to complete a site survey, implementation review, configure… Read more »
The Financial Benefits of Designing Retail Technology Deployments
When I initially start talking to people about designing their retail technology points, they very quickly get to the question of how does it benefit my bottom line? The biggest impact of designing retail deployments is that it eliminates the unknowns. And provides a mechanism to conduct dress rehearsals for the deployment and all related… Read more »
Are Call Aheads Really Effective for Successful Retail Technology Deployments?
Have you ever heard the saying “Never let your boss be surprised”? Well, it is a saying that has served me well throughout my career. To me it simply means that great communication is the key to success. Everyone knows that communication is important when executing projects, but this is especially true for retail technology… Read more »
How to Properly Set Up and Run a Successful Retail Technology Deployment Help Desk
As the project leader you’ve designed and planned your complex retail technology deployment down to the last detail. You have perfected your equipment configurations and installation script. You’ve performed your call aheads and trained your Deployment Technicians. You have worked and reworked your deployment schedule and received sign-off from Store Operations. You’ve even developed a… Read more »
How Site Surveys & Installation Reviews Can Reduce Risk for Your Retail Technology Deployment
How Site Surveys & Installation Reviews Can Reduce Risk for Your Retail Technology Deployment One of the best ways to reduce risks for your retail technology deployments is to make sure you know all the various aspects of each of the stores in your portfolio. There are few things worse than sending a pallet… Read more »
Why You Must Design Your Retail Technology Deployments—Not Just Plan Them
Why You Must Design Your Retail Technology Deployments—Not Just Plan Them Plan vs Design Webster’s dictionary defines Plan as “to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for any work, enterprise, or proceeding”. Webster defines Design as “to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the… Read more »