Success Stories: Project Management
Cash Australia - Head Office Relocation
Everyone from time to time runs a
little short of cash. Cash
Australia provides it’s customers with a private, confidential and safe
way to get a short-term advance on their income. CashOz.com is a secure
Internet service that provides cash loans quickly and conveniently from the
comfort of your home or office. Cash Australia also has 2 walk in shops to
allow customers to borrow cash instantly.
Cash Australia’s head office was
based at Daveron Park until recently when they relocated to their long
awaiting shop front in the Elizabeth Shopping Centre. This relocation
included co-ordinating cabling and phone lines, servers, electricity and
communications. Moving servers and communications meant that the other shop
at Christies Beach would also be affected.
Backup and fail over plans ensured
that even though the broadband connection was not operational when
requested, staff at both shops could still operate their business, albeit a
little slower than normal, but still operational.
Cash Australia now enjoys their new office and the additional walk in traffic
generated by having an excellent location and shop layout.
Living Choice Australia - Server Relocation
Australian owned company Living
Choice has come a long way since its first retirement village opened in
Kincumber on the picturesque NSW Central Coast in 1992. Today Living Choice
villages can be found throughout the Central Coast, in Sydney and
Queensland, offering the best choice of retirement lifestyles and homes in
great locations and providing quality service and care.
Head Office operations in regional
NSW were relocated to the state where most of the new development is
occurring, Queensland. HP were contracted to pack all servers, ups and
relative equipment, transport, unpack and re establish operations in
Queensland. Computer Image project managed all aspects of this relocation
from Adelaide including obtaining quotations, co coordinating the best times
for relocation to reduce the impact on the business and meet the deadlines
of the business.
Staff
experienced very little down time (few hours on a Friday and a few hours on
the following Monday) and by lunchtime on Monday, it was business as usual.
Servers and networking equipment where reconfigured at key times to ensure a
smoother and faster cutover
The company has over 1000 dedicated, professional staff, plus
specialists and technical contractors, working to meet specific customer
needs. Success depends on the full commitment of all employees so the
SGS Group's future depends on the ability to attract, develop and retain
talent.
Computer Image was contracted to project
manage the merge of two offices into one. Working together
with the SGS IT department to ensure infrastructure requirements were met as
well as company deadlines, the project included;
- Co-ordinating Telstra & Optus installations
- Designing and coordinating the installation of data cabling
- Co-ordinating the relocation of servers
- Co-ordinating the relocation & reinstallation & reconfiguration of a phone
system
- Reporting to senior management within SGS
- Meeting deadlines & project budgets
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