Re: [tdf-discuss] Proposal of workgroup creation...

Oh yes, don't get me wrong, I am OK with the workgroup. We will collect 
a set of best practices in migration projects. Just that it will not 
lead to a single push of a button.

Olivier

Em 16-01-2011 09:49, Charles-H. Schulz escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> I believe that Olivier has a point here, but Francesc (welcome,
> Francesc!) has an interesting idea. Wiki pages collecting
> methodologies, feedback on migrations, knowledge, etc. can only help
> rising the level of service providers and help even our developers and
> marketeers gain a deeper understanding of these issues. In fact I could
> go even further and claim there aren''t many people who have a solid
> understanding of these matters, even here.
>
> So I would like to support the creation of this "workgroup" (let's be
> informal here), knowing that indeed it cannot replace actual
> consultancy but can generate interesting and valubale materials.
>
> Francesc, please feel free to open page(s) on the wiki:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org, I'll be glad to help if I can , and
> perhaps would Olivier add some more content too :-)
>
> Best,
>
> Charles.
>
>
> Le Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:03:48 -0200,
> Olivier Hallot<olivier.hallot@documentfoundation.org>  a écrit :
>
> > Francesc,
> > I am working on a 120.000 desktop migration. I think I saw many
> > things that is good and evil.
> >
> > This is a change management project, and you can put it entirely into
> > a PMBOK vanilla change management project. That does not means it
> > will be easy to execute.
> >
> > Vendor lock-in thru specific proprietary extensions in migration
> > projects is the holy grail of all users that hate the idea of loosing
> > their beloved old and costly proprietary suite. If you fix this, they
> > will cut their wrists and bleed to death. Beware! :-)
> >
> > You may publish tons of recomendations in a workgroup for this
> > purpose, it will not avoid the need of a high qualified consultancy
> > in migration. Whoever attemps to migrate large corporation just
> > reading a couple of pages if doomed. You don't do change management
> > that big without external help.
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> > Em 15-01-2011 12:30, Francesc Mediterranean escreveu:
> > > Dear colleagues,
> > >
> > >
> > > I write to you to ask for your opinion relating to the evolution of
> > > libreoffice. I believe that could be very interesting to create a
> > > group for the creation of the methodology of migration of
> > > libroffice . I propose that the group should be called "Process&
> > > Methodology"
> > >
> > > In my opinion, we must create the element to solve the change
> > > between MS office to Libre office, that is the methodology of
> > > migration / implementatin, defining the phases to developing, the
> > > content of this phases, the priorización, and other.
> > >
> > > >  From here I offer volunteer to initiate the development of this
> > > > methodology, because I believe that it will be the tipping point,
> > > > to promote the presence of libreoffice in the companies and public
> > > > organizations,
> > >
> > >
> > > I will be grateful for your comments
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Francesc X. Berjano
> > > Mail:francesc@mediterranean-consulting.com
> > > Twitter; @fxberjano
> > > Skype: FX_Mediterranean

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