It seems like a no-brainer that you must clearly define scope when working on your retail technology deployment. I’m constantly surprised at how many retailers do not take the time to fully define up front. At best, retailers usually define which stores are included. When the deployments must be completed. A very general overview of… Read more »
Why Not Designing Your Technology Deployments Drives Techs Crazy
Some of the things that happen when you don’t, and they all cost you money!! You’ve known this time was coming for a long time. You thought about it for months, maybe years. The old equipment the users in your stores are using is getting old. It is now out of warranty. The costs of keeping it going is becoming 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 »
Defining Resources Required for a Successful Retail Technology Deployment
Defining Resources Required for a Successful Retail Technology Deployment You know that old saying, “It takes a village to raise a child”? Well, I say “It takes an army to have a successful Retail Technology Deployment”. It can be staggering the number of people that need to be involved in even a seemingly small… Read more »
Key Considerations for Developing Your Retail Technology Deployment Scope Definition
Key Considerations for Developing Your Retail Technology Deployment Scope Definition It seems like a no-brainer that you must clearly define scope when working on your retail technology deployment. I’m constantly surprised at how many retailers do not take the time to fully define up front. At best, retailers usually define which stores are included… Read more »
How to Conduct Retail Technology Deployment Design Workshops
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 »
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 »
Items Often Overlooked Before and During Technology Deployments
These Create Unhappy Users, Technicians, and Cost Money! We have all been there. Regardless of your capacity during the Technology Deployment, we have all experienced the pain of things not being designed, planned, or thought through before going live with the deployment. Some of these things should be addressed during the design stage, yet a lot… 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 »