MoveIT: Table of Contents

Introduction
Your move
How this book is organized
What to do if you are not moving immediately
Basic information about the book, office and data center moves, and what you can do to protect yourself now against future moves.

Part 1 – The office move Moving offices, staff and computers.
Plan
  • How it begins
  • The Basics
  • Planning checklist
  • Who and When
  • Tell
  • Control
  • Plan
How to plan the move and get everything (and everyone) prepared
Do
  • The Move
  • Mend
  • Rectify
How to conduct the actual move: organising people and things and coping with problems.
Review
  • Measure and Report
  • Recognize
  • Document
  • The last word
What to do when the dust settles, how to report on your success and prepare for next time.

Part 2 – The Data Center move Moving Data Centers.
Basics
Planning the move
Types of move
Planning the new Data Center
Communication
Testing
If things go wrong
Problem solving
All stages of preparation, planning and implementation. Includes discussion on how to plan for and minimise the impact on your computer services.

Part 3 – Project Management Guidelines on project management.
Basics
Role of the Project Manager
Project Definition Document
Creating a Help Desk
Satisfaction Survey
Meetings
Bullets and Rations
Practical advice on how to be a project manager and how to document your work officially. How to set-up and run a temporary Help Desk during the disturbance. How to find out how well the move went. How to run meetings and influence people!

Appendix and Index Sources of information
Action Points
Sources of help
Index
Points for immediate action taken from the text, sources and a proper index.