Identifying and Correcting Deficiencies in Integration Plan

If you have chosen your pilot carefully, you can offer the option of reverting to the old way of doing things when the pilot is complete. Not only are you unlikely to be taken up on your offer, you may turn the pilot facility into a real advocate for the new, integrated approach. 

The most important objective of the pilot study is testing and improving the integration plan. Deficiencies may be uncovered in the design or installation process. Problems with the installation will usually be evident immediately, as will some design problems other design problems may not be evident for sometime. 

The integration team should review the design and implementation process. This will usually consist of two steps  

Some deficiencies in the integrated systems may be seen at once others will be visible only after project resources have been withdrawn and the system is self-supporting. It is important to examine the integration straight after installation and a few months later. These reviews should draw on the results of the independent audits and should involve staff from the pilot 

Keep in regular contact with key managers at the pilot location throughout the installation of the full project. The need for some modifications may take some time to become apparent. By keeping in regular contact, you will learn of these as early as possible. 

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