Vantage 5-steps Methodology

Project preparation

Project planning includes setting timeframes and resources on the various phase’s activities and the information must be accumulated, includes client company background, project plan,project organization, project risks, implementation strategies, change control procedure, testing procedure and sign off procedure.

Project kick off will be launched as the first day of the project, the objective is to ensure management commitment and user participation during implementation, and promoting management and user ownership through the project and after the implementation. To get together understand Vantage 5 steps implementation that will be used as implementation method.

Hardware, network and software installation To run the application successfully , we will make schedule of software installation services within one or two days at the client site but before installation, the clients should be recommended infrastructure assessment for analyzing the current infrastructure and compare to the requirements of implementation with recommendation for the future infrastructure.

Defined business flow (model)

Training

Key users training to meet skill of clients’ key people as soon as possible, training from our professional consultants is the way to learn fast. There will be extensively training courses provided to client key users. The course includes both technical and application by our consultants who certified in each area of their knowledge and expertise. Our course objective is to train our key users to be able as consultants to retrain their users.

Advance course training

To advance skill of clients’ key people in specific area for example advance course of application customization training to improve clients’ business software processes can be provided as your request.

Custom training - Retrain the trainer

Most of the trouble in the project is the clients’ key users left the company that may need help from us to retrain the new one to be the trainer.

Solution Approved – Map and verify Business Process

This is to agree the clients’ business process requirement with the Dynamics AX application, the draft work flow (Blue Print) will be generated to the clients to confirm the acceptance of the requirement business process for minimizing the risk of misunderstanding and the issue must be described. After the business system has been simulated, the change may happen and can be concluded finally. The Finalized Blue Print will be written.

Data Conversion

After the model is finalized, the real system will be set up. The actual plan and schedule of data preparation will be released. Vantage Business Solutions will help to prepare a template for transferring the client’s excel files. For the valued data that clients cannot transfer in excel, we can offer the service by technical team. After the master data has been entered and verified, there is opening balance transaction, and Transactions will be entered and verified, the reports will be verified.

Go Live

The new business management system will be operated daily and parallel with the old system. The actual plan and schedule for cutting off the old system will be committed by clients. Solve final critical issues. The new system is fully operating smoothly, the project will be accepted and signed off by clients. The post implementation review will be recommended and be scheduled upon the client request