MVP Open day- 2014 adopting new technologies

2014 - MVP Open Day 2014 - Barcelona – David Nudelman

Adopting new technologies

A guide for a happy life


David Nudelman

Microsoft MVP since 2010

STEP Member

Lord Nudelman of Glencoe

ITPro.es

TheDesktopTeam.com


Life influences

• How stupid things affect your life

• Vista



Case – Windows XP


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


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


Exit strategy

Get me out of here, now!


WHAT IS A PROJECT?


Why projects fail

• Hakuna Matata

Discovery

Strategy

Pilot

Implementation

Suport

• YOLO

Just do it! Good luck


Why is it hard to deploy new technologies?

http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2011/01/11/guest-blogger-david-nudelman-it-manager-advisory-council-discusses-approaches-to-new-technologies.aspx


Discovery


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


PIlot

• Process

• Technology

• Get people involved

• Train the staff

• Engage friendly users

• Identify evangelists

• Record results

• Initial staff training


Mind the gap


implementation

• Leverage technology

• KPI

• Booking resources

• Booking migration appointments

• Dealing with exceptions


Support and BAU

• Support staff fully trained

• BAU for new infrastructure

• Contingency staff

• End user training



Success!

• Early planning

• Realistic timescales

• Application discovery

• Manage expectations


Success!

• Early planning




• Report success


Success!

• Early planning




• Report success

• Praise friendly users


#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


Questions?