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Connected Construction Whitepaper | 8 Creating a connected construction experience can be easier than you might think—with the right approach. Start by becoming a connected construction and technology advocate within your organization and build your case for change. Here's what to look for when considering a move to connected construction: 9 A tech partner with experience in delivering consistent construction innovation Get started with connected construction 9 A vendor with a full complement of construction technologies to meet the needs of your entire organization 9 A vendor who has a thorough understanding of your project management needs and who can provide solutions rather than stopgaps 9 Proof that their technologies are truly connected, with real-world use cases 9 A flexible, scalable licensing structure that allows your company to grow as needed You've chosen to move to a connected construction solution and have the support of your leadership. What's next? Based on extensive experience with cloud transformations for the construction industry, below are some best practices to ensure your transformation success: 1. Develop a clear understanding of your company's critical business concerns. Obtain alignment across your company on your security, hardware, software, business processes, data and customer success needs. 2. Kick off your transformation. Work with your vendor to determine data needs and fields. Prepare your data for upload and set your go-live date. In this process, you'll need to verify any necessary integrations (including those with third-party applications). 3. Set up the infrastructure and migrate your data. Choose an implementation partner who is able to migrate your data on your schedule, with minimal downtime and no reimplementation required. 4. Validate and test your implementation. For this step, it's critical to have a well-qualified transformation team that can handle any testing concerns. 5. Go live. With the support of a proven construction technology partner such as Trimble, you'll have full access to continually refreshed data, all ERP modules, and cloud- only features such as on-demand licenses, single sign-on, multifactor authentication and much more—often in as little as a few weeks. 6. Evaluate and ensure success. A good vendor will also work with you for an established period during a post- go-live stage, where you can ensure that data backups and workflows are working correctly, data fields and processes are correct, and more. The ideal vendor will provide continual customer success resources and tools over the course of your contract. 6 steps to bring connected construction to your company Connected Construction Whitepaper