Smart Home Project Phases

We follow a three-phase project process to define what smart devises you want and need in your home.  We then work with you to define what smart devices will meet your goals, plan how to get these devices installed in your home.  Once the planning is completed, we work with you to have them installed, tested, then train your family and offer on-going support.

1. Definition Phase

We start by helping you define the goals you wish to achieve in a smart house and a budget.

• Clearly define all your wants and needs.
• We review all the smart devices you already have.  
• Determine an initial budget.  
• Define constraints.  We look for anything that could impact delivery or choice of devices.  
• Define type of products that fit you and your family. 

Each one of these items will be adjusted in later phases as needed.

At the end of this phase, you can expect a document that:

• List your wants and needs.
• List of type of smart devices needed to match your wants and needs.
• List constraints that could impact this project.
• An initial budget.

2. Planning

This phase is intended to be an interactive process.   Which device we choose is based on discussions of ease of use, level of meeting your needs and wants, cost, installation cost, time to deliver, time to install and so on...

• Determine which smart devices are needed.
• Build out device ordering schedule.
• Installation schedule.
• User training schedule.
• Define user training and post-install support.

At the end of this phase, you can expect a document that includes:

• Budget.
• Install schedule the list of type of each smart device:

o functional description

o customer needs met

o estimate cost

o link to where you can buy the device (if available)

o who will install the device?

o estimate cost of install

o when it should be installed

o what integration can be done

o who, if anyone, will integrate the device?

o user training needed

o ongoing support needed and by whom.

o How to test device

• List of any constraints that will impact this project.
• Describe user training and post-production support

3. Execution

• During installation:

o Ensure that smart devices are being install when schedule

o Address install that are not occurring on time

o Install devices assigned to HHD

o Test all smart devices

o Integrate smart devices as defined by schedule

• Post-Installation

o User Testing

o Customer Support

o User Documentation Supplied by the Manufacture of each Smart Device