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OPTAS® is deployed in four phases: Discover, Assessment, Configure and Implement. A graph of the OPTAS® deployment model and a brief description of each phase of OPTAS®are provided below. The four phases are:

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Discover - during this phase of OPTAS®, the project team learns about a company's corporate strategy, its organizational structure, its business processes and its technology and most importantly, data are collected.

Assessment - during this phase of OPTAS®, the data are analyzed and problems are identified.

Configure - during this phase of OPTAS®, business process improvements are and software solutions are identified.

Implement - during this phase of OPTAS®, improvements are made to business processes and enabling software is installed and tested.

OPTAS® can be used in its entirety or it can be used selectively, depending on the needs of a company. However, in either case, the Discover and Assessment phases should always be undertaken to ensure complete understanding of the situation at hand.

After completing the Discover and Assessment phases, you should decide if a Configure phase is needed. If so, you can proceed with a complete Configure Phase or you can proceed with just a Configure-Strategic Planning phase, just a Configure-Organization phase, just a Configure-Process phase or just a Configure Technology phase. Combinations of each of four sub-phases of Configure can also be undertaken successfully.

After completing the entire Configure phase or some combination of its sub-phases, you can stop, you can proceed with the Implement phase of OPTAS® or you can continue with the appropriate set of Implement sub-phases: Implement-Strategic Planning, Implement-Organization, Implement-Process and Implement-Technology. As an example, if a Configure-Process sub-phase was conducted and you decide to implement the identified improvement, then it would be appropriate to continue with an Implement-Process sub-phase of OPTAS®.

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