The High-rise company had developed a new system that they wanted to implement. Currently, the system used by the company is manual, and the shift to an automated one could lead to increased production and efficiency. As a member of the management team, we were to decide about the best implementation strategy to choose. The objective of the team was to implement a new system without failure.
The implementation team was to select either, direct changeover, parallel running or phased implementation. The consequence in direct changeover was data loss in case of data failure. In parallel running, the consequence was increase in effort and time taken. On the other hand, phased implementation also had the consequence of data loss.
In order to reduce critical uncertainties, we backed up data to an external storage. Data security was maintained and any data loss could not affect the company. In addition, we agreed to appoint a specialist in order to ensure that the changeover was smooth and that it done correctly. The subsequent decision was to hire a team that could maintain the system almost in any decision adopted. In addition, staff training is also a crucial factor in any of the decisions adopted. Thereafter, we developed a relationship in linked decisions. Ultimately, we selected phased implementation since it was less costly and did not pose a great risk of data loss as direct changeover.
Flexible plans keep your options wide (Hammond, Keeney, & Raiffa, 1999). Our team used all-weather flexible plans. When implementing a new system the risk of outright failure is great. Thus, all-weather plans are the safest plan in this case since they are used in situations that are very volatile. In addition, they work well in most situations.
References
Hammond, J. S., Keeney, R. L., & Raiffa, H. (1999). Smart choices: A practical guide to making better decisions. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Press.
Strategic decision making. (2013). S.l.: Av Akademikerverlag.
