Project Transition Into the Operational Activities

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Project Transition Into the Operational Activities
If you have achieved project support, and you had a good project leader who managed the project through to delivery that's great.
But often times the acceptance of the intended change is only achieved when the project has become part of the operational way of 'doing business'.
The most successful projects are those where the transfer to and transition into the operational activities of the business has been taken up and owned by the people who receive it.

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		Doug Fitzgerald, Australia
	8 Project Transition and Project Success The first level of success of a project - delivery of fit for purpose products on time and within budget - is only useful to the business to the extent it also achieves three other levels of project success: 1. USER ACCEPTANCE - people use it to support their day to day work. 2. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT - the product improves efficiency and makes a return on the investment made in its development. 3. STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE - use of the products gives the organization an edge against its competitors. Project managers can only directly achieve the first level of success. The other levels are achieved by good design and implementation - aspects within the control of the project manager but whose effects will not be achieved during the life of the project.

		Brendan Dunphy Business Consultant, France
	5 Project Transition: Delivering the Corporate Benefits I agree we need to recognise that the decision to implement a project is a corporate one and though the project manager plays a key role that he/she is not responsible for that decision or the ultimate outcome. Research shows that many projects (regardless of size or type) do not deliver the corporate benefits predicted for a variety of reasons and poor project management is only one reason of many.

		Pornpunsa Wuttisanwattana Management Consultant, Thailand
	2 Knowledge Management in Project Transition Phase I am doing a thesis in the topic of KM during the transition from the project to operations. I recommend asking some questions: 1. HOW DOES THE TRANSITION BEGIN? How to get it started, who is responsible to start it. 2. How does the successful transition process look like? What are the indicators? When is the transition is complete? How is the working environment during the transition state? 3. What could be the FACTORS TO FAIL THE TRANSITION? Who will be key persons for which process that the transition has the possibility to fail? What could be mechanisms to prevent the transition failure?

		Ivy Teacher, Netherlands
	1 Phases in Transition Process of a Project to the Standing, Regular Organization The transition (transfer) process of a project to the main, regular, standing organization hands over a completed project to the organization’s operational teams, ensuring that the project’s outcomes (...)

		Ivy Teacher, Netherlands
	1 Common Issues in the Transfer Process of a Project The transition or transfer process of a project into regular operations often encounters challenges that, if not effectively managed, can reduce the value of the project’s outcomes and disrupt ongoing (...)