International project management to boost your global leadership

EDICOM performs B2B project management based on an analysis phase in which the scope of the project is defined and key information is provided in full coordination with the client. The aim is always to control possible risks during the migration phase in which both platforms will probably have to coexist.

In a migration project, it is essential to study and analyze in detail the relationship between:

• Integration flows and User Guides (EDI message versions) to achieve an optimization in the developments, trying to unify the integration flows.
• Mensajes para intercambiar.
• Business partners. 
• Countries and their legal particularities (compliance).
• Business units involved.

From these elements, EDICOM develops a specific migration procedure based on the identified requirements.

One of the most critical phases in a migration project is the coordination with all partners for the platform migration. Exactly how and when the change is to be notified in line with the defined migration strategy must be defined.

In the case of a communications network migration, each partner must establish the protocol change and/or gateway request in advance, hence the importance of the planning and accuracy with which EDICOM Project Managers work. Communication with partners and coordination between the three parties (EDICOM-Customer-Partner) is a key factor that will define the success of the project.

The communications testing phase and message testing are fundamental and are carried out beforehand in the test environment prepared prior to migration of the system to production.

In addition, EDICOM has tailor-made services and tools to which you can delegate an onboarding project of your B2B partner community before, during or after the migration of your EDI platform. For example, our EDI Partner Certification Portal offers an autonomous space where users can verify the quality of the processes implemented in their Electronic Data Interchange projects.

In the migration project of an EDI platform, not only the technological solution that implements the functionality is fundamental. The management, advice and experience that will ensure the success of the migration project and its execution are critical.

The quality of the service provided by EDICOM is audited under the terms of ISO20000, which establishes the mechanisms for measuring and monitoring service quality.

All management methodologies applied by EDICOM follow best practice procedures such as ITIL. The project management methodology followed is based on the PMBOK.

With our project management model, once the initial phases of discussion and validation with sales managers have been completed, EDICOM appoints a project manager from the technical department. The project manager will oversee internal and workgroup coordination tasks, assigning as many technicians from the consulting department as the project requires according to the needs of the project: languages, compliance legislation in each region, regulatory issues...etc. He/she will also be the main and specific contact with the client's project manager.

Weekly meetings (by videoconference or telephone) are planned between the EDICOM Project Manager and the client's Project Manager. The number of meetings is increased depending on the project development.