Deployment Management

We help you manage the risk of deploying your systems so you can deliver On Time and On Budget.  
As well as architecting the appropriate solution for your environment, we can assist you with the deployment management of the solution.    Our main value is to isolate project and technical issues early.   RDF will follow up with impact analysis and mitigation options.    We review your deployment plan and strategy to ensure that all aspects of the infrastructure have been considered.    Our clients achieve their desired results with confidence and peace of mind.   As we are vendor agnostic,  we will provide you with independent feedback and also ensure that all vendors adhere to our rigorous design and deployment principles and standards.  

Cost and Duration Analysis 
RDF can provide detailed costs and duration analysis associated with deploying the solution as designed.   You can use this analysis during the business case establishment phase for review (assurance) or construction of the deployment cost.   The cost compilation includes items such as software licensing, hardware and technical resource effort estimation (i.e. how many days to install, configure, for the equipment to be delivered once ordered, etc).

Project Plan Creation 
Drawing from our extensive experience in deploying medium to large scale projects, RDF can create a deployment plan most appropriate to your requirements.    When creating a project plan,  we draw on Best Practices templates for many of our typical deployments.   These templates are the result of a combination of previous deployments, internal processes and skill-sets to ensure that the developed project plan is professional, exhaustive and low risk to deploy.    We can highlight any concerns or vulnerabilities that may affect the success of the project.    These will be documented and reviewed with you. The end result is an external certification on the current plan and early isolation of problems, thereby minimizing risks.

Project Management   
According to a Standish Group study of IT projects in Fortune 500 companies, more than 90 out of 100 projects initiated require restarts. The average project is completed at nearly double the original cost, and it typically takes more than twice as long to complete as planned.    These are grim statistics.    RDF has the project management experience and proven methodologies to ensure successful deployment of solutions.