Command the moment that counts.
Test strategy and independent V&V, defect triage, go/no-go discipline, cutover planning, the command center itself, and the hypercare that stabilizes the business after.
Go-live command center
Six deliverables for the highest-stakes hours of the program.
Go-live is the one deadline you cannot move quietly. Here is what commands it.
Prove it before production
Scope, cycles, and entry-exit criteria that catch defects when they are still cheap to fix.
A second set of eyes with teeth
Independent verification that the SI's green is really green, before you bet the business on it.
The last 48 hours, minute by minute
Every task, owner, and checkpoint sequenced so the switch flips clean.
One room, one source of truth
The nerve center for go-live, where issues surface, get owned, and get closed in real time.
Decide on criteria, not nerves
Objective readiness gates so the call to launch is made on evidence, not the calendar.
Stabilize after the switch
Structured support that catches post-go-live issues before they become business problems.
The last 48 hours, run like a mission.
Cutover is choreography. I have run the command center that made it look calm.
Prove the build
Strategy, cycles, and IV&V that find defects early.
Dry-run cutover
Mock cutovers until the real one holds no surprises.
Go / no-go
A criteria-based call, made with evidence.
Run the go-live
Command center live, issues owned and closed.
Hypercare
Structured support until the business is steady.
Go-live is won in the rehearsal, not the night.
I have sat in the go/no-go that said no, and the command center that shipped payroll on time. The difference was always the rehearsal.
Workday-deep and platform-agnostic. Every cutover is different. The discipline of proving readiness travels with you.
Get the Last 48 Hours Cutover Checklist
The cutover and command-center checklist I run go-lives from. DM me on LinkedIn and I will send it over.
Go-live on the calendar?
Start with a candid readiness read, fast, independent, and pointed at whether you are actually ready to flip the switch. Three complimentary 30-minute reviews open each month.