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Project delivery · 12 min · methodImplementation methodology and project roles
Phases of an Odoo implementation, agile delivery in sprints, roles and governance.
In this lesson
- Phases of an implementation
- Iterations and agile delivery
- Roles and governance
Key points
- Initiate → analyse → configure/develop → migrate → test/UAT → train → go-live → hypercare → support
- Short iterations with demos of working processes
- Business prioritises the backlog; change requests priced
- Sponsor, PM, process owners, key users, consultants, developers, IT; weekly and monthly governance
Real-world example
A project stalled for six weeks waiting for the CFO to approve chart-of-accounts changes. The new PM added a fortnightly steering committee with the CFO as decision-maker; the next three blocking decisions were made in one meeting and the project caught up.
Questions and answers
What does a steering committee do?
Makes decisions, resolves escalations, approves major changes.
Which role is not expected to be the developer or consultant?
The project manager.