Phew…the great weight
Implementation Day!
We finally went live with the application I’ve been writing at Citigroup. The project had been delayed after some production issues over the weekend. People seemed slightly disappointed as expectation has been building since before I came onboard. There was a lot of fanfare today with balloons and posters and little freebie gifts for everybody. Much more hoopla than I’m used to or prefer.
All in all the program was well received and people seemed to enjoy using it. A minor bug surfaced but out of roughly 200 or so users today only 3 trouble tickets were issued and they were all related to the same defect. 1.5% isn’t too shabby for the ‘fng’.
The project sponsor has been talking this application up to the whole company since I started so the pressure has really been on to deliver. It also didn’t help that I’m new to the team so my performance here would really make or break my reputation. Like I said, things went well and we got tons of positive feedback. Hopefully I’ll be able to sleep tonight…for a change.
