Following the best practice adoption rules is crucial for a successful Office 365 deployment. To have a successful project, you will need to adopt Office 365 workloads. When adopting Office 365 workload, you will need to have several phases based on best practices; those phases are represented in the following diagram:
This cycle can be used in the adoption phase at your organization. You can use this process in the full implementation of Office 365 or on a specific workload. Going deeper into the cycle of adoption of Office 365, it is suggested to use the process described as follows:
When you are facing an adoption project, it is advised to have a change management strategy:
- Set your approach and vision for each scenario that is needed
- Make a logical connection to your scenario and create an adoption plan
- Put your adoption plan into practice and measure it
- Make it a cycle of best use and share the successes
Use the SMART mnemonic. This term first appeared in the November 1981 issue of Management Review by George T. Doran, in a paper titled There's a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management's goals and objectives, to understand your success criteria better:
