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title: "The Project Team"
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One of the most important facets of installation, yet one which is frequently overlooked, is the involvement of others within your company in the installation of the computer system. It is natural to have certain resistance among staff to a new concept being introduced into the company, and a computer system is no exception. As soon as possible, you should set up a Project Team consisting of middle management and representatives from as many areas of the company as possible that will be affected by this system. This team should: Elect a non-computer person as the chairman and attempt to make this installation a successful product from the team. Set up an implementation timetable which has time allocated to the various functions and steps which are detailed in the rest of this document. Then detail responsibilities to various team members to complete certain functions by a date specified so that the timetable is adhered to. The by-product from this team is that all relevant areas of the company have contact with the system long before it is operational and 'live', and this helps the acceptance of the system by the whole company. Before the computer system can save you effort and provide facility and benefits, it must become operational as quickly as possible. The speed with which this happens is directly proportional to the effort put into it and the manpower allocated. If some of the steps in the installation schedule require quite a bit of effort, they will not be performed if they are to be done on top of the individuals normal workload. The project team should be aware of this and have the authority and be prepared to either move some of that individuals workload to someone else in the organisation and/or employ casual workers to lift part of that individual's workload.