Upgrading to a New Release › Plan for an Upgrade › Construct an Upgrade Plan for Your Organization › Identify Roles and Responsibilities for the Upgrade Team

Identify Roles and Responsibilities for the Upgrade Team

When upgrading a CA Gen project, you identify who is responsible for each task. The number of individuals depends on the tasks in your detailed plan and the extent to which your organization uses CA Gen.

Address the roles and responsibilities as you assemble the upgrade team. The roles and responsibilities are as follows:

• Project Sponsor

  Overall responsibility for the upgrade

  Understands business drivers that determine the need for an upgrade

• Upgrade Team Manager

  Responsible for the planning, coordination, and day-to-day management of the upgrade

• Application Specialists

  Available to the project as knowledgeable individuals in the functionality of the application being upgraded

• Systems Administrator

  Responsible for installing and maintaining the encyclopedia environment

• Database Administrator

  Responsible for general database preparation, maintenance, and support during the upgrade process

• CA Gen Specialist

  Responsible for knowing all new functionality within CA Gen, and how to take advantage of it, for upgrading the application, and for support when required

• Workstation Administrator

  Responsible for installing all workstation software