Maximo Application Suite 9 Upgrade
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview TasWater is seeking a suitably qualified delivery partner to undertake a technology-led upgrade and cloud migration from IBM Maximo 7.6.1.3 to IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS9). Purpose The engagement is intended to establish a modern, secure, supportable and sustainable Enterprise Asset Management platform through migration to MAS9, reduction of technical debt, rationalisation of customisations and assessment of supporting platform capabilities. The primary objective of this engagement is the successful upgrade and migration of the existing platform. Broader business transformation, functional uplift and large-scale process redesign are outside the intended scope of the initial implementation and should only be proposed where specifically requested by TasWater. Scope The scope includes: Discovery activities Design activities Implementation activities Testing activities Deployment activities Transition to Support Knowledge transfer activities Assessment of key areas of the current environment, including core mobility solutions, customisations and integrations Provision of recommendations, implementation options and associated commercial impacts arising from the assessment
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