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Phase 3: Global Go-Live

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Complete & execute the support plan | Best practices

Some best practices for designing your support strategy with

your project team:

Define the role of the Google Guides, the help desk, and the project
team at Go-Live.

Identify the escalation path for issues.

Communicate the Go-Live support strategy to everyone involved in
providing assistance at Go-Live.

Find a way to make support resources visible to users at Go-Live.

Keep your Google information updated: Add to your FAQs, and
communicate when global issues are resolved, etc.

Set up a walk-up help desk where users can work with support staff
to set up Gmail and Calendar on a mobile device or tablet.



























A mobile station is a great way to help people quickly set up Gmail and
Calendar the day of Go-Live.

“We used 10-person video conferences

during Go-Live, and because we have

five different floors, we decided to have

hangouts with the different IT people on

different floors.
It worked so well that we’re already

planning to use it when we deploy for

our broadcast division.”

—Chris Blanding, IT and End User

Services Director, Journal

Communications

Journal Communications is a media

company based in the United States. It has

2,250 Google Apps users.