Upgrade Analysis Services Package for

CSols’ STARLIMS Upgrade Analysis Services Package is designed to provide you with comprehensive information as to the value, benefits, effort, and risks of upgrading STARLIMS to the latest version.

Our best practices developed process will additionally highlight opportunities for improving your STARLIMS implementation, to assist you in improving your productivity, quality, and user satisfaction.  The end result will be that you will have everything you need to make an informed decision as to whether or not you should upgrade your STARLIMS system; as well as, all the documentation necessary to assist you in achieving project acceptance from management.

Services

Deliverables

Upgrade Assessment Document
The Upgrade Assessment Document will clearly document the findings from the Laboratory Workflow Review, STARLIMS Assessment, and the Upgrade Risk Assessment.  The opportunities, value, benefits, and risks for all proposed upgrade driven changes and improvements will be documented.  Additionally, this document will provide a proposed upgrade strategy and the essential tasks required to complete your upgrade. 

Upgrade Road Map
The Upgrade Road Map Document is your guide to upgrading your STARLIMS.  This essential tool will detail the sequence and timing of tasks that will need to under taken to successfully upgrade and improve your STARLIMS implementation.  The categories of tasks on the Road Map include; Project Management, Technical, Training, and Testing.  Additionally, this document will provide upgrade team composition recommendations and team member time commitment estimates to assist you in properly resourcing your upgrade. 

Upgrade Effort Estimate
The Upgrade Effort Estimate will clearly delineate the effort (time) that will be needed to perform all the tasks to accomplish your STARLIMS upgrade.  Tasks will additionally be categorized with respect to the recommended team role best suited to accomplish the task. 

Effort & Cost

The STARLIMS Upgrade Analysis Services Package includes five (5) days of consulting services which includes one (1) day of on-site services. The cost of this package is $6000*, not including travel and living expenses which shall be charged at cost. If you decide to go forward with upgrading and improving your STARLIMS implementation; and contract with CSols, Inc. to perform your upgrade, then the Full Fee will be credited toward the cost of your CSols delivered Upgrade Services.

*Assumptions

• One geographic location and one production instance
• XFD form conversion analysis to RAD or HTML5 is out of scope (can be added for additional fee)
• One STARLIMS LIMS instance v10.x or greater
• IT infrastructure (physical and logical) as current install, e.g. servers, web and database changes out of scope
• Upgrade to start within 30 days of delivery of the Analysis Services
• Reasonable and timely access to personnel, as needed
• Travel expenses are passed through and not part of service fee