Transition overview, Transitioning a company of 250+ employees – Google Apps Technical Transition Guide For Business, Education, and Government User Manual
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Chapter 1
Transition Overview
Chapter 1
Each task associated with your Google Apps transition corresponds to one of three
categories: technical configuration, change management, or project management.
Before you begin your Google Apps transition, you should designate an appropriate
individual in your organization to lead each of these three initiatives.
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Technical configuration encompasses the technical tasks required to migrate
your users and data from your legacy system to Google Apps. Your IT team is
primarily responsible for this initiative.
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Change management consists of corporate communication and user education
for your transition. Change management coordinators post company
announcements, distribute user documentation, and organize training courses for
users.
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Project management consists of coordinating and communicating the progress
of the other teams responsible for your transition. Project managers interface with
Google Apps partners, the IT team, change management coordinators, and
executives to ensure that everything is running smoothly and on schedule.
This guide focuses primarily on the technical configuration portion of your Google
Apps transition, although it does touch on the other two as well. For more in-depth
information on change management and project management, consult the resources
Transitioning a company of 250+ employees
For a company of 250 or more employees, a standard Google Apps transition is
divided into three phases of roughly equal length: