Artifact: Vendor Deployment Plan
This describes the set of COTS package specific tasks, necessary to install and test the COTS package, as prescribed by the COTS package vendor.
Domains: Project Management
Purpose

The purpose of the Vendor Deployment Plan is to ensure that the system successfully reaches its users.

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Description
Main Description

The Vendor Deployment Plan is integrated into the Deployment Plan in order to provide a comprehensive detailed schedule of events, persons responsible, and event dependencies, specific to deployment details as prescribed by the COTS package vendor, required to ensure successful cutover to the new system,

Deployment can impose a great deal of change and stress on the customer's employees. Therefore, ensuring a smooth transition is a key factor in satisfying the client. The Deployment Plan should minimize the impact of the cutover on the client's staff, production system, and overall business routine.