It looks like I won't be able to go until Sunday, October 22nd. Siemens is pissed, but they are asking me to bring something we don't have yet, so I'm creating it. They should have had this years before I got here, but nobody did it, so now it's up to me.
They want a list of every application the company uses (including at least a dozen home developed applications with extremely complicated install procedures), a list of which departments use each application, why they use it, where the files are located, what the install procedures are, and who to contact if we run into problems with it.
Besides compiling and organizing all this information, I also need to put everything on a removable drive to take with me over there.
Then I need to test all of our software with their computer images, and build custom desktop images for each department, and then come home and deploy everything.
I have to have the information extremely detailed so I can answer anything they ask without going "Duh....I don't know".
I'll be the representative for the whole IT & IS Departments and the worst part is I don't actually use any of this software so even if I get it all installed correctly, I can't test it without calling someone in California, and having them walk me through it.
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