2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Adopting new technologies

A guide for a happy life

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

David Nudelman

Microsoft MVP since 2010

STEP Member

Lord Nudelman of Glencoe

ITPro.es

TheDesktopTeam.com

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Life influences

• How stupid things affect your life

• Vista

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Case – Windows XP

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Back to the future - 2001

• 911 Attacks

• Wikipedia is launched

• iPod is released

• Mac OS X released

• HP and Compaq merge

• Cc the cat, the first cloned pet, was born

• Less than 1% of UK households had DSL connection

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Monsters, Inc.

• Shrek

• A Beautiful Mind

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Windows xp

• Reasons to stayIt works!

No budget for the migration

I don’t like Windows 8

• Reasons to migrateHardware compatibility

Performance on the same hardware

Support

“Includes” XP - XP mode and SA

More control

Embrace the Consumerization of IT

“Finally, perhaps the best reason to start moving to Windows 7/8 is to give your users some love. ” Don Jones

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Exit strategy

Get me out of here, now!

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

WHAT IS A PROJECT?

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Why projects fail

• Hakuna Matata

Discovery

Strategy

Pilot

Implementation

Suport

• YOLO

Just do it! Good luck

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Why is it hard to deploy new technologies?

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Discovery

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Strategy

• Technology review

• Match technologies with business cases

• Plan and scope

• Application delivery

• Packaging

• OS delivery

• Security

• Benchmarks

• Make the most of your licence agreement

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

PIlot

• Process

• Technology

• Get people involved

• Train the staff

• Engage friendly users

• Identify evangelists

• Record results

• Initial staff training

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Mind the gap

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implementation

• Leverage technology

• KPI

• Booking resources

• Booking migration appointments

• Dealing with exceptions

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Support and BAU

• Support staff fully trained

• BAU for new infrastructure

• Contingency staff

• End user training

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Success!

• Early planning

• Realistic timescales

• Application discovery

• Manage expectations

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Success!

• Early planning

• Realistic timescales

• Application discovery

• Manage expectations

• Report success

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Success!

• Early planning

• Realistic timescales

• Application discovery

• Manage expectations

• Report success

• Praise friendly users

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#FAIl

• Leave applications for when it is too late

• Rely on users to obtain recovery data

• Underestimate resource commitment

• Poor project management

• Forget the reason for the project “Happy users”

• Lack of infrastructure preparation

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Questions?