The Technology Plan is in place. The Challenge Grant and E-Rate Funding are secured. Purchasing has signed off on the order and 1,000 new desktops could be as little as two weeks away � and perhaps six new mail system servers, one hundred printers, ten switches, a router and four miles of CAT-5 cable. Are you ready? Are you sure?

JES & Co.�s STAIR program is designed to help you answer those questions and a few more you never thought of asking. Rolling out a significant technology project can be a daunting task for schools and other organizations already stretched thin. With years of real-world experience, JES & Co.�s senior consultants are experts at what it takes to get new technology up and running. It is not so much a matter providing answers, because answers are different in each case. The secret is knowing the questions, and listening.

STAIR is not a Needs Analysis � but it will help you determine if yours is adequate. It�s not a Project Plan � but it will help you decide whether yours is complete. It�s not staff development � but it will tell you if your planned training is responsive and on target.

STAIR is an oversight process; an overlay to the implementation plan that helps assure you are on track and ready to go, a �sanity check� if you will. We ask questions and listen to answers. It is about asking whether you are ready to manage the products, ready to manage the Process, and ready to manage the People. Perhaps most important of all, are you ready to manage everyone�s expectations - especially yours.

Make sure your Purchase Order includes STAIR � the first STEP to a successful project!