JENNIFER POTTER FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
A Rollout That Netted Good Results
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ish & Richardson participated in the Office 2010 Early Adoption Program (EAP) with Microsoft in Spring 2009 and was selected to participate in the Rapid Deployment Program (RDP) in November 2009. The RDP
consisted of rolling out Office 2010 and, by choice, Windows 7 x64, to 10 percent of our firm by April 2010. We did have a leg up somewhat due to EAP
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participation, but four to five months is not exactly ample time to pull off a major upgrade in a multi- location law firm. For a high-level overview of Fish culture and the approaches we took on this project, read “Early Adopter Tales: Piloting Office 2010.” I was challenged with managing the Rapid
Deployment with the goal of full Windows 7/Office 2010 migration within the firm by Fall 2010. There were
