Typical Implementation Schedule

The typical implementation schedule for Legal MacPac is designed to ensure that the customized templates and macros meet both the Firm or Department standard document requirements and usability requirements of the end-users.

The customization and implementation schedule for Legal MacPac starts with the initial customization based on Firm or Department sample documents and requirements. After the initial customization, MacPac goes through several revisions and testing by your in-house pre-pilot and pilot groups to ensure that the templates and macros are consistent with Firm or Department requirements. Once the pilot groups are satisfied, MacPac is made available for end-users for a specific period of time. After this final testing period, final revisions are completed.

Below is the estimated schedule for a typical implementation schedule.

Initial Customization Process			Five Weeks

		Senior Programmer assigned to project.
		Templates/macros customized based upon sample documents received from Firm or Department.
		Templates/macros tested by MacPac project team.

		Templates/macros installed and tested on-site at Firm or Department.
		Printouts of all templates/macros given to Firm or Department for format and stylistic review.
		Installation instructions provided to Firm or Department.
		End-User documentation provided to Firm or Department.
		MacPac Template/Macro Revision Log provided to Firm or Department.
		MacPac usability training provided to pre-pilot testing group (IS staff, trainers, etc.).

Pre-Pilot Testing, Version 1.0			One Week

		Pre-Pilot group defined -- IS personnel, trainers, etc.
		Version 1.0 testing criteria determined and includes the following:

		Format/stylistic issues for each document (compare macro results to submitted sample documents).
		Programming "bugs".
		Usability.

		Version 1.0 testing results submitted in writing using the MacPac Template/Macro Revision Log. Revision Log submitted within one week from date of installation.

		Version 2.0 revisions to templates/macros completed and submitted to Firm or Department for pilot testing.

		Pilot group defined of representative group of end-users -- secretaries, word processors, paralegals, lawyers.
		Version 2.0 testing criteria determined and includes the following:

		Format/stylistic issues for each document (compare macro results to submitted sample documents).
		Programming "bugs".
		Usability.

		Version 2.0 testing results submitted in writing using the MacPac Template/Macro Revision Log. Revision Log submitted within one week of receipt of Version 2.0 Revisions.

Revisions, Version 3.0			One Week

		Version 3.0 revisions to templates/macros completed and submitted to Firm or Department for end-user testing.

Real End-User Testing, Version 3.0			Two Weeks

		Real end-user group defined -- first non-pilot end users.
		Version 3.0 testing criteria determined and includes the following:

		Format/stylistic issues for each document (compare macro results to submitted sample documents).
		Programming "bugs".
		Usability.

		Version 3.0 testing results submitted in writing using the MacPac Template/Macro Revision Log. Revision Log submitted within two weeks of receipt of Version 3.0 Revisions.

		Version 4.0 revisions to templates/macros completed and submitted to Firm or Department.

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