Research paper

RP02: Technology Transition Plan

Dr. Patrick Offor ITMGMT-575 1

Students will complete a plan to transition a technology implementation to steady

state operations.

The plan will be based on a transition case provided by the instructor or using a

transition case known to the student with permission of the instructor. This exercise can

be done individually, or in pairs, at the discretion of the instructor.

Based on their analysis of the case, students will determine what actions are needed to

convert from an implementation to steady state operations. The plan will also provide

communications section which will detail how the transition will be communicated to the

affected stakeholders.

The instructor may provide additional guidance on the format of the deliverables.

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Specific Guideline

The main goal of this assignment is for students to write on technology implementation

they are very familiar with in order to provide substantive reflective insight and value to

the exercise. However, I am also aware that some of the students may not have been

involved in a system implementation. Therefore, students are free to use the technology

implementation and transition plan (knowledge transfer) they were involved in or write

about any of the following recent technologies’ transition to a steady state or

sustainment below:

• Transition of the Global Combat Support System-Army sustainment from

Northrop Grumman Inc. to the Army Shared Services

• Transition plan for any of these technologies at Boeingi:

▪ Sharing digital information between air traffic control, the flight deck and an

airline's operations center to optimize routing efficiency and safety.

▪ An electronic flight bag application that uses next-generation communications

to automatically provide rerouting information to pilots when weather

conditions warrant.

▪ Connected cabin technologies that make galleys and lavatories smart and

monitor cabin conditions such as temperature and humidity to facilitate

automatic adjustments.

▪ Cameras to provide more passengers with a view outside the airplane.

• Amazon Rekognition

• Google Vision

RP02: Technology Transition Plan

Dr. Patrick Offor ITMGMT-575 2

Outline

Whether you choose from the list above, or use a familiar technology implementation in

your organization or use a change implementation you are aware of, the goal of the

paper is for you to discuss the implementation plan in relation to the followingii:

• The teams/organizations doing and receiving the knowledge transfer

• The tools that were used for transition

• The techniques they used

• The methodologies

• The contingency plan

• The risk mitigation plan

The discussion should include the following:

• Transition plan

• The steps used in the transition

• The checklist

• The Application Management Tool for the transition

• Governance

• Others

*Use extant literature at the CityU library and from any other database of your chosen.

i https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2019-07-01-Boeing-takes-new-technologies-out-of-the-lab-and-onto- ecoDemonstrator-flying-test-bed ii https://reqtest.com/blog/project-transition-plan-implementation-maintenance/