Phase Purpose Key Activities Key Deliverables
Diagnostic Understand the customer’s needs and define the project scope.

- Perform high-level business and technical analysis.

  1. Develop a solution concept.
  2. Define project scope and approach.
  3. Perform a Fit-Gap analysis. | - Proposal and Statement of Work (SOW).
  4. Project charter.
  5. Decision Accelerator deliverables (optional). |

| Analysis | Define the detailed requirements and identify gaps. | - Conduct requirements workshops.

  1. Document business requirements.
  2. Perform detailed Fit-Gap analysis.
  3. Create a high-level project plan. | - Functional Requirements Document (FRD).
  4. Updated Fit-Gap analysis.
  5. Risk and issue log. |

| Design | Create the detailed system design to meet the defined requirements. | - Develop solution architecture.

  1. Design business processes.
  2. Configure the system.
  3. Design customizations and integrations (if needed).
  4. Create test scripts. | - Solution Design Document (SDD).
  5. Technical Design Document (TDD).
  6. Data migration plan.
  7. Test plan. |

| Development | Build and test the solution according to the design specifications. | - Configure the system as per design.

  1. Develop customizations, integrations, and reports.
  2. Conduct unit testing.
  3. Prepare for user acceptance testing (UAT).
  4. Develop training materials. | - Configured system.
  5. Customizations and integrations.
  6. Unit test results.
  7. Training documentation. |

| Deployment | Transition the solution into the live environment. | - Perform user acceptance testing (UAT).

  1. Migrate data to the production environment.
  2. Conduct end-user training.
  3. Deploy the solution.
  4. Stabilize the environment. | - Go-Live checklist.
  5. End-user training completion.
  6. Data migration completion.
  7. Deployed solution. |

| Operation | Support the live solution and ensure it delivers value to the customer. | - Provide post-go-live support.

  1. Conduct performance monitoring and optimization.
  2. Transition to the customer support team.
  3. Conduct project closure. | - Project closure report.
  4. Lessons learned documentation.
  5. Transition to support documentation. |
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