Transition to SaaS
More service modules (continued from Transition to SaaS)

5. Planning
Goal –
create a detailed project plan, roles and responsibilities to deliver a (pilot) on-demand offering
Participants - R&D, QA, Sales, Finance, PSO, CSO, IT
•        Strategy
•        Development path
•        Application management solution
•        Marketing
•        Staffing
•        Project plan

6. Operations – build a 24x7 SaaS Operation
Goal –
build the operations group, processes, procedures and tools for running a highly available and
cost efficient
SaaS operation
Participants -
R&D, QA, Operations, PSO, CSO, IT
•        Staffing
•        Hosting
•        Staging/Testing environment
•        Define Processes
•        Performance testing and monitoring
•        Monitoring
•        Triage
•        Reports
•        Dashboard
•        Best Practices

7. Expert services
Goal –
build the Managed Services offering to allow an added value service and revenue stream
Participants - Operations, PSO, CSO
•        Define services
•        Define expertise
•        Staffing
•        Build knowledge base
•        Productivity tools
•        Marketing / Branding