CLIFFORD CHANCE Moving into a Multi-site environment Sara Berry EUUG Conference 5th September 2001

CLIFFORD CHANCE OFFICES

CLIFFORD CHANCE * 30 Offices in 19 countries * Around 6,000 staff worldwide with nearly 2,500 partners and lawyers * Clifford Chance London first NT Unicorn user in UK * Three ways merger with German/East European firm Punders and New York firm Rogers and Wells on 1st January 2000 * Followed by a merger with Luxembourg firm Kremer et Associes in March 2000

CLIFFORD CHANCE * Multi-site project began Oct 2000 * Sites selected were large and medium offices on different continents * Planning involved project meeting in London initially with representative from US and Netherlands * New York and Amsterdam using different systems

CLIFFORD CHANCE Technology issues: * Test Workflows in a WAN environment * Multiple IT departments * Servers, back-ups and time zones * Incorporating an existing shared catalogue/non-compatible

CLIFFORD CHANCE Communication issues: * Communications between offices * Different approaches and culture * Planning a timeline for the project * Talking to Sirsi

CLIFFORD CHANCE Data issues: * Mapping fields * National bibliographic standards * See database in situ with owner/operator (especially if not MARC) * Talking to Sirsi

CLIFFORD CHANCE Things you really should do... * Decide you really, really, really want to go multi-site! * Different approaches and culture * Planning a timeline for the project * Talking to Sirsi

CLIFFORD CHANCE ….. and things you should not! Do not do an upgrade at the same time!

CLIFFORD CHANCE Have a party!