Summary

We started this chapter by learning about one of the final phases of the implementation project, go-live. Go-live is exciting but is also the most hectic and intense period of the project. The cloud has changed the way a production environment is managed and updated. Roles and responsibilities have changed. We started by understanding how a production environment's responsibilities vary based on the deployment model you selected for your project. We discussed go-live activities to understand what goes on during the go-live phase of the project. The decision of going live or not is not easy and needs many considerations. We went through everything you need to understand to make that decision, the different sign-offs you need, how it can be difficult for project managers and stakeholders to make a decision to not go live if things are not good, and the importance of...