Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

The Modernization and Migration Management (M3) Playbook has a new look! Explore our new features here.

M3 Playbook > Phase 4: Migration > 4.16 Assess Readiness for Go-Live

4.16 Assess Readiness for Go-Live

Program Management

Task Activities

  1. Shared

    Finalize Go/No-Go Criteria, which may include program readiness, system readiness, workforce readiness, and operational readiness

  2. Shared

    Identify deliverables/milestones required to demonstrate successful migration

  3. Shared

    Develop Contingency Plan to prepare in case a No-Go decision is made or solution needs to be rolled back to existing environment

  4. Shared

    Perform Go/No-Go Assessment using criteria and develop Go/No-Go Assessment Report and preliminary decision 30 – 60 days prior to Go-Live

  5. Shared

    Present Go/No-Go Assessment to customer and provider leadership, along with key stakeholders, to review decision and finalize

  6. Shared

    Document results of Go/No-Go decision, including mitigation steps for risks for deploying the solution or executing the Contingency Plan

4.16 Best Practices

  • Define Go/No-Go Assessment Criteria upfront and define measurable criteria to make decisions
  • Use the Contingency Plan to account for all decision scenarios resulting from the Go/No-Go assessment (e.g., No-Go Decision, Roll-Back Decision). For each scenario, this includes completed plans for required communications and activities, detailed analysis of impacted systems and interfaces, and defined roles and responsibilities for re-planning activities and managing legacy systems

Stakeholders

Customer

  • Executive Sponsor
  • Business Owner
  • Business Standards Lead
  • Program Manager
  • PMO Lead
  • PMO Team
  • Functional Lead
  • Technical Lead / Solution Architect

Provider

  • Executive Sponsor
  • Business Owner
  • Business Standards Lead
  • Program Manager
  • PMO Lead
  • PMO Team
  • Functional Lead
  • Technical Lead / Solution Architect

Inputs

Outputs

  • Contingency Plan
  • Go/No-Go Readiness Criteria
  • Go/No-Go Assessment Report
Return to top