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Centura Health Mission Statement

Centura Health Lawson 8.x Upgrade Project March 6, 2003 Presented by: Chris L’Archevesque & Paul Jensen. We extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities. Centura Health Mission Statement. Prior to Upgrade

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Centura Health Mission Statement

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  1. Centura Health Lawson 8.x Upgrade ProjectMarch 6, 2003Presented by: Chris L’Archevesque & Paul Jensen

  2. We extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities Centura HealthMission Statement

  3. Prior to Upgrade Lawson 7.2.2 applications Lawson 7.3.3 environment Lawson 7.3.3 LID UNIX S70 (12k trans/minute) Oracle Database (50Gb) Oracle 8.1.6 AIX 4.33.8 After Upgrade Lawson 8.0.2 applications Lawson 7.3.3 environment Lawson 7.3.3 LID UNIX P660 (56k trans/minute) Oracle Database (100Gb) Oracle 8.1.7 AIX 4.33.10 Centura HealthLawson Environment

  4. Centura HealthProject Organization • Project Sponsor • Steering Committee • Project Manager • 3 Core Teams (Finance, MM, HR/Payroll) • Lawson Project Manager • Lawson Consultants

  5. Centura HealthLawson 8.x Project Timeframe • Start Date: 10/25/01 • Differences Training: 11/28/01 • Application Exploration 12/20/01 • CRP 04/19/02 • System Test #1 08/23/02 • System Test #5 11/15/02 • Lawson 8.x Upgrade 01/13/03

  6. Centura HealthLawson 8.x Conversion Weekend

  7. Centura HealthLawson 8.x Lessons Learned • Planning & Organization • Leadership commitment • Evaluate hardware upgrades • No Such thing as too much communication • Evaluate Risk and re-visit it on a regular basis • Huge user commitment that needs to be agreed upon upfront

  8. Centura HealthLawson 8.x Lessons Learned (Cont.) • Testing • If you have mods, evaluate need and get rid of them • Make sure your scripts are robust enough to test EVERYTHING • Upgraded data • Hand keyed data • Interfaced data • Verify that EVERYTHING is tested • If at all possible: Your testing should be done on a different box

  9. Centura HealthLawson 8.x Lessons Learned (Cont.) • Testing (Cont.) • I.T. should perform the System Upgrade process at least 3 times • Stay on the same UIP from beginning to end • All 3rd party reports (i.e. ReportSmith, Crystal, MS:Access) need to be converted and tested • If you think you are finished testing, test again

  10. Centura HealthLawson 8.x Lessons Learned (Cont.) • Implementation • Develop a detailed Cutover document • Task list • Screen prints • 2 people teams • Develop a Back out plan and make sure it works • Arrange for Lawson support during implementation

  11. Centura HealthLawson 8.x Lessons Learned (Cont.) • Post-Implementation support • You will have issues, count on it! • Depending on your environment, you should have a plan for extended support • Application of Lawson’s CTP’s (patches) should be coordinated within the I.T. dept.

  12. Good Luck, You are going to need it!!!

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