Team Member ICEflo Implementations in a Controlled Environment

Team Member

Every successful implementation of a time-constrained change is the result of a team effort. The expertise, knowledge and skills of all team members contribute to the success of the change. ICEflo brings a number of benefits to members of the implementation team both when you prepare the implementation plan in advance of the change and when you carry out your personal tasks during the execution of that change.

Until now, the tools available to implementation team members haven't been ideal. ICEflo changes this with a range of features specifically designed to help all team members.

Some benefits to team members are listed below:

• Efficiency - the ability to define in detail your own tasks - in parallel with your colleagues
• Visibility - all team members can review the entire plan online, identifying dependencies and reflecting this in the SoE structure
• Status - all team members have full visibility of the status of the plan, both during construction and the actual implementation itself
• Re-use - ICEflo provides easy access to proven implementations and team members can use this to accurately and reliably define the tasks you are responsible for - with reasonable estimates for the task duration
• Forecast Activity - when an implementation is running, team members can see at a glance how the schedule is evolving - and be constantly appraised of when your own particular tasks are forecast to start (no more hanging around waiting for hours to do your work)
• Communications - ICEflo provides real-time, automated communications which means that all team members will find it much easier to know exactly what is going on. Every user sets their own communications preferences
• Global reach - as a web based service, it doesn't matter where an individual is located - the plan is available in real-time to everyone. What's more, all users can operate ICEflo based on personal timezones (i.e. no more translating times)
• Inclusive - in many implementation scenarios, the team is made up from a mix of colleagues, suppliers and other partners.Traditionally, not everyone has the same access to the same information, at the same time, in the same format. This disconnect leads to inefficiencies at best, unplanned service outages at worst. With ICEflo, anyone can be defined in the system and obtain the range of benefits that ICEflo delivers