White paper · 14 min read
Switching your lab system without stopping the lab
A vendor-neutral guide to defining requirements, testing candidates, moving data and cutting over in stages.
Most lab software projects go wrong before the first demo and after the contract is signed, not during the demo itself. This paper walks through how to write down your current workflow, score candidates fairly, decide what data to move, and cut over one workflow at a time while samples keep arriving.
Who it is for: Lab managers and owners at commercial environmental and building testing labs who are replacing Excel, paper or an older LIMS.
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What is inside
- Why labs switch, and why the trigger is strain, not size
- Write down how the lab works today, before you look at any product
- Separate must-haves from preferences, and score before the demos
- Configuration, customization and who keeps it running
- Test on your own samples, talk to similar labs, and ask what the quote leaves out
- Moving the data: what to migrate, what to archive, what to leave behind
- Cutting over in stages while samples keep arriving
- Validation, sign-off and retiring the old system
- Switching checklist for a testing lab
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