SyteLine Go-Live Readiness Checklist
This free interactive checklist tells you whether your Infor SyteLine or CloudSuite Industrial go-live is genuinely ready, or just scheduled. It covers the thirty checks that separate smooth cutovers from disasters, organized into five workstreams: data readiness, process and testing, people and training, technical infrastructure, and cutover and support. It is built for project managers, IT leaders, and executive sponsors approaching a go/no-go decision who need an objective standard rather than optimistic status reports. Critical items are flagged; leaving any of them unchecked is a data-backed argument to delay.
0 of 30 items complete
8 critical items still open - these are the highest-risk gaps.
Data readiness
Process and testing
People and training
Technical and infrastructure
Cutover and support
A team is genuinely go-live ready when at least 90% of all items are checked and every critical item is complete. Any unchecked critical item is a strong argument to delay: the cost of a two-week slip is almost always lower than the cost of a failed cutover.
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How to use this checklist
Work through the checklist with your full project team four to six weeks before the planned go-live date, not the week before, so there is still time to close gaps. Score each item honestly against evidence: 'training is done' means completion is tracked above 95%, not that sessions were offered. Re-run the checklist weekly as cutover approaches and watch the trend. The critical items are flagged because they correlate most strongly with failed go-lives; a single unchecked critical item, like unreconciled inventory or an untested restore, has sunk otherwise healthy projects. Use the 90% threshold plus all-criticals-complete as your formal go/no-go standard.
Why go-lives fail: the evidence behind the checks
Post-mortems of troubled ERP cutovers converge on a short list of causes, which is exactly what this checklist targets:
- Data problems, especially inventory and open-order accuracy, are the top cause of week-one chaos on the shop floor and in shipping.
- Skipped or shallow integration testing produces failures that surface only under real transaction volume.
- Training measured by attendance rather than competence leaves users unable to ship, receive, or invoice on day one.
- Missing rollback plans turn recoverable problems into prolonged crises because nobody can decide to retreat.
How Netray de-risks your go-live
If your checklist shows gaps with the go-live date approaching, you have three options: close the gaps fast, delay, or go live anyway and absorb the damage; the third is always the most expensive. Netray provides go-live readiness assessments that independently verify each workstream with evidence, not status-meeting optimism, and deliver a clear go/no-go recommendation to your steering committee. We also staff hypercare: senior SyteLine consultants on your floor for the first weeks, resolving issues before they become backlogs. For teams mid-project, our specialists can parachute into the weakest workstream, most often data migration or integration testing, and pull it back on schedule.
Frequently Asked Questions
When should we make the go/no-go decision for a SyteLine go-live?
Hold a formal go/no-go review two weeks before cutover, with a preliminary checkpoint at four to six weeks out. The early checkpoint matters most because it leaves time to actually close gaps. Define the criteria in writing before emotions run high: our recommended standard is 90% of checklist items complete and 100% of critical items, verified with evidence rather than verbal assurances.
Is it better to delay a go-live or push through with known gaps?
Delay is almost always cheaper. A two-to-four week slip costs some consulting fees and momentum; a failed cutover costs weeks of firefighting, shipment delays, customer trust, and often a partial re-implementation. The exception is minor gaps in non-critical areas with strong hypercare coverage. Any unchecked critical item, unreconciled inventory, failed integration tests, no tested restore, justifies a delay on its own.
How long should hypercare last after a SyteLine go-live?
Plan four weeks of structured hypercare as a baseline: intensive floor support and daily issue triage in weeks one and two, tapering to on-call specialist coverage in weeks three and four. Keep elevated support through your first month-end close, which is where the last major issues typically surface. Multi-site rollouts and heavily customized environments should extend hypercare to six or eight weeks.
Get a free go-live risk review: send us your checklist results and a senior SyteLine consultant will flag your highest-risk gaps within two business days.
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