As Director of Development and Lab Services, Michael Hayes brings 25 years of product development, systems integration, technical instruction, and leadership experience. For the last 17 years, he has worked with the IBM Maximo product. Prior to joining Aquitas, Michael was a Senior Solution Architect for IBM. He came to IBM through their acquisition of MRO Software in 2006. While at IBM, Michael was a lead architect for many of IBM’s Smarter Planet Solutions. He was also a lead architect in other IBM Smarter Solution products for the Chemicals and Petroleum, Aerospace, Utility, and Transportation Solutions. Since joining Aquitas, Michael has continued architecting and leading the development of IoT solutions and adding additional functionality to Maximo for Health, Safety and Environmental processes. Michael completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Our Approach
EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE
Implementation Approach
Implementing the Maximo product is a multi-step, collaborative process between Aquitas and the customer project team that will utilize various Maximo Subject Matter Experts (SME) based on functional role(s) and project activities.
Aquitas consultants provide the highest level of service, and our attention to detail on deliverables and milestones proves its value as soon as the project kicks off.
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Aquitas executes a well-developed and proven project methodology that is both highly structured and flexible to meet the needs of our clients.
Our “PADEO” Methodology
We use the acronym “PADEO” to describe our methodology and the typical project phases:
Prepare, Appraise, Define, Execute, and Operate
Prepare
Appraise
Define
Execute
Operate
Prepare
The Prepare Phase is the initiation of the project.
- Core and extended project teams finalized
- Working environment logistics established (access to systems, workspaces, etc.)
- Project schedule created and agreed upon
- Kick-off meeting conducted
- All related project material collected and reviewed
Appraise
The Prepare Phase is the initiation of the project.
- Existing business process gathering and documentation
- Maximo installation and deployment requirements and options determined
- Assess existing system and environments if applicable
- Infrastructure requirements addressed
Define
The Prepare Phase is the initiation of the project.
- Process specific workshops
- Detailed examination of business processes mapped to requirements and functionality
- Determine any customer-specific configurations and/or customizations needed
- Legacy data assessment
- Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) used to trace each line item through each subsequent phase to go-live
- Functional and technical specification documents created including:
- Design details for application configurations
- Reports
- Start centers
- Workflows
- Data mapping & migration requirements
Execute
- Configuration and testing of the solution per the approved specifications
- Test scripts created if non-standard testing scripts are needed
- System and End User testing
- Documentation, updates/fixes, and re-tests until design compliance is achieved
- Formal training on new Maximo system
Operate
- Final Maximo application and database are migrated from DEV/TEST environment to Production (PROD) environment
- Any final transactional data captured and loaded into Maximo Production Database for go-live
- Post go-live support to troubleshoot and resolve any issues
- Final project documentation and closeout session