Chapter 13. Preparing for the Pilot Deployment

With the successful completion of the POC, the project now moves into the pilot phase. During this phase, the foundation laid by the POC is expanded as the basis for the pilot. The pilot tests the biometric system in terms of scale and deployability. Depending on the size of the company, the pilot may need to be multi-phased. In a multi-phased pilot, the follow-on pilots involve more users and additional applications for integration.

In preparing for the pilot phase, the following steps need to occur:

  1. Define the group of stakeholders

  2. Put in place a project management team that can see the solution through to rollout

  3. Form and charter the pilot group

  4. Develop policy documents

  5. Summarize daily reports weekly ...

Get Biometrics for Network Security now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.