GIL Alma Implementation Project - High Level Timeline

Pre-Implementation Phase

November 2015 – Alma Pre-Implementation Environment
Users: Implementation Team and Vanguard Institutions
Purpose: Alma Training and Hands-On Exercises

December 8-9, 2015 – Institutional Project Management Training in Macon

February 2016 – Vanguard Plans for Data Migration and Configuration Submitted

March 2016 – Alma Institutional Sandbox
Users: All Institutional Leads
Purpose: Alma Training and Hands-On Exercises

March/April 2016 – Alma/Primo Vanguard Pre-Production Environment
Users: Implementation Team and Vanguard Institutions
Purpose: Data Migration, Configuration Testing

Implementation Phase

May 2016 – Institutional Kickoff / GUGM

July 2016 – Institutional Plans for Data Migration and Configuration Submitted

August/September 2016 – Alma/Primo Institutional Pre-Production Environment
Users: All Institutions
Purpose: Data Migration and Configuration Validation

May/June 2017 – Alma/Primo Production Environment – Go Live
Users: All Institutions / End Users

May 2017 – GUGM celebration/training

Post-Implementation Phase

Summer 2017 – Support Sessions

August 2017 – Voyager Decommission

Blended throughout timeline: Best Practices Input, Training, Workflow Testing Reiterations, Documentation, and Communication