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Win 7 Deployment – Closed Pilot

By tbalsillie | Published: July 15, 2009
I am currently blogging about my Windows 7 Deployment experience. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Following Data#3’s predICTor methodology, we are currently in the ‘Design – Closed Pilot’ phase of the Win 7 Deployment Project.  Activities under the Closed Pilot have included: The establishment of [...]
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Win 7 Deployment Design Phase

By tbalsillie | Published: June 25, 2009
We are currently working under the ‘Design-Design’ phase of the Win 7 Deployment Project.   The design phase involves compiling the technical detailed design, identifying training requirements and a closed pilot deployment plan.  In order to achieve this, some of the activities we are working on include: Shaun Duncan reviewing the outputs of the discovery phase in [...]
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Win 7 Deployment Discovery Phase

By tbalsillie | Published: June 17, 2009
This blog will touch on the ‘Plan-Discovery’ Phase of the Win 7 Deployment Project.  The purpose of this Phase was to qualify the project information and assumptions that may impact design and deployment.  Some of the activities covered under this phase included: Shaun Duncan as the technical lead for this project collected and qualified information from Data#3’s System [...]
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Initiate Phase: Requirements, Objectives, Benefits

By tbalsillie | Published: June 15, 2009
In the Plan-Initiate Phase we focused on validating the definition of the Win 7 Deployment Project.  Also included under this phase was discussions on the Requirements, Objectives and Benefits of the project. This blog will touch on a few of the Requirements, Objectives and Benefits. Some of these Requirements, Objectives and Benefits are common under any standardised desktop environment deployment, regardless of what OS [...]
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Data#3’s Project Management Methodology – PredICTor

By tbalsillie | Published: June 15, 2009
The Win 7 Deployment Project is being delivered under Data#3’s Project Management Methodology – PredICTor.    PredICTor uses a phased approach in which a number of quality checkpoints and milestones are achieved throughout the project lifecycle.    The PredICTor phases are listed below.  My subsequent blogs will refer to these phases.    PredICTor Phases:   Plan Phase The Plan phase is divided into two distinct project [...]
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Who is Trish?

By tbalsillie | Published: May 28, 2009
Well …. Where to start…   I’m Trish Balsillie and have been with Data#3 for over four years now.  I am currently working in the Data#3 Project Management Office as a Project Manager.  My job involves managing IT projects for our customers, along with Data#3 internal IT projects  - which brings me to why I am here…   Data#3 [...]
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