ABSTRACT
Going live is seen as the culmination of everything that the project has been working towards. The project viewpoint on going live can be more complex and nuanced than the business viewpoint. This reflects the fact that the project has a fuller appreciation of the nature of the deliverables that it has just provided and what needs to be done to turn them from a set of deliverables into a successful working solution. In addition, project teams have often gone through many go-live situations before, whilst this may well be the first time for a significant number of people from the business. From the project viewpoint, go-live may actually be somewhat different from a business perspective. The moment the solution is made available for use, it can be said to have gone live. There will need to be all of the support structures and arrangements fully in place. However, the actual usage of the solution may not happen immediately.
