With many years’ experience it is important to plan the work, create the plan and then work the plan, ensuring all parties have visibility and buy-in.  When any task slippage occurs it is vital to create a corrective action plan as soon as possible to bring the plan back on target.

Other aspects of project managing during the implementation are regular reviews with the project steering committee, usually comprising the project sponsors.  This gives them the visibility that the project is moving ahead according to plan.  More importantly it gives visibility to any problems that cannot be resolved and details corrective action plans that have been identified.

It is also important to ensure that the business process if fully tested within the Conference Room Pilot.  This ensures that Dynamics Nav will deliver a fully working system for their business.  At each stage of the walk-through of the business process, there is a formal sign-off by all areas of the business. 

Finally. during the implementation, the transfer, validation and screening of existing data is also key to a successful implementation.