| Sometimes, project risk assessment, no matter how | | | | implementation satisfies the business requirements of |
| well it is done, still doesn't provide the necessary level | | | | the project. |
| of comfort for stakeholders of upcoming project. | | | | Second, if new technology involved, you will get |
| Especially if this project is large enough and potentially | | | | proof of technology (PoT) that has not necessary |
| challenging the thousands of affected customers. Or, | | | | affected customers, but brings the assurance that |
| this can be due to concerns about newest | | | | business model is supported by technical feasibility. |
| technologies, or, due to involving new social or even | | | | This will be quite different from technical feasibility |
| sociological factors that were not brought up before. | | | | study, because the assessment will be based not on |
| The best option, in that case, is to break the main | | | | the outline design or system requirements, but on |
| project apart and scale the scope down to develop a | | | | real performance results in your project environment. |
| smaller, so called pilot project, that will be much easier | | | | And the third, pilot project may be and often will be |
| to handle and complete with success. This small scale | | | | done in production environment, with real users |
| implementation will be the first part of large project, | | | | group, that will stay with you in the bigger rollout and |
| your first ball to play, and, with proper planning, your | | | | will become your valuable band of supporters and |
| chance to reach the same goals and outcome as a | | | | priceless source of user feedback, suggestions and |
| big project, but with less risks impact and with | | | | lessons learned. |
| shorter deadline. | | | | Basically, the pilot project will give you much more |
| The advantages of the pilot approach are often | | | | correct estimates, than any other studies, whether |
| worth to try. | | | | the new implementation will perform adequately or |
| First of all, you will get the proof of concept (PoC) | | | | not. And if you scale the scope down, the impact of |
| for business model to be implemented during the | | | | risk factors is also scaled down and often, so |
| project and gain confidence that main idea will work | | | | drastically, that you can easy get buy-in from |
| again in the large scale. It will involve a relatively small | | | | stakeholders and champions to go ahead. They also |
| number of customers and you will have chance easily | | | | will love availability to get results sooner, as pilot will |
| to establish and prove whether the deployment or | | | | be not so long as the main part. |