Advice: Top tips for successfully implementing a new IT project

Implementing a new IT project like moving to the Cloud or starting to use Office 365 for your business can feel like a daunting task, especially if your company doesn’t have a designated IT department.

Here at Stonehouse Logic, we’ve learned that there are things you can do to make the implementation process run more smoothly.

1. Appoint a project team

• Well organised
• Predominantly office-based
• Have the extra capacity needed to be able to drive the project forward

• The sponsor (typically the decision maker or head of the business)
• Project manager (usually a member of senior management)
• An administrator (responsible for on going maintenance)
• A report designer (with experience of Excel and accounts)

2. Create a project plan

Your project plan will set out the different stages of the project and detail the main activities within them.

3. Assign responsibilities

4. Create a timescale

• Set realistic and manageable timescales
• Break your project down and spread it out
• Try not to undertake too much change in one go