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Project Structure & Governance

Mercans staffs your implementation with a structured, expert-led team — a PMO for governance, an Implementation Consultant as your single coordinator, and specialized workstreams behind them. A two-level governance model keeps your leadership and the project team aligned at every step, so risks surface early and you always know the exact status of your project.

PMO — governance & risk
One Implementation Consultant
160+ in-country experts
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Who shows up

The Integrated Workstream Model

One coordinator, backed by every specialist your implementation needs. Your Implementation Consultant orchestrates all expert teams, the PMO tracks milestones and manages risks across every workstream, and specialized teams run in parallel — no single local resource stretched across every discipline.

THREE SPECIALIZED WORKSTREAMS — IN PARALLEL
Product & Compliance
Configuration & Integrations
Local In-Country Experts
GO-LIVE
PMO — PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Project governance · milestone tracking · risk management across all workstreams
OVERSEES ALL WORKSTREAMS
YOUR SINGLE COORDINATOR
IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT
Your primary liaison and project coordinator — keeping every team aligned with your objectives
SPECIALIZED WORKSTREAMS — RUNNING IN PARALLEL
SPECIALIZED WORKSTREAMS — RUNNING IN PARALLEL
Product & Compliance
Defines core product capabilities
Ensures statutory compliance for all countries
Manages global solution standards
Configuration & Integrations
Builds the platform on the blueprint
Configures all interfaces and reports
Conducts technical unit testing
Local In-Country Experts
Provide local SME knowledge
Validate country-specific data and configurations
160+ countries, Mercans-owned

This is an expert-led model. Global teams bring deep expertise and best practices; parallel workstreams accelerate delivery; and you engage directly with experts in focused, workstream-specific meetings with clear agendas — for faster, more accurate decisions.

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Two levels. One live picture. No surprises.

How the two organizations work together

Our governance model runs on two connected levels. The Steering Committee sets direction, monitors, and signs off; the project team delivers the nine-phase journey. Defined interaction points connect the two — instructions down, confirmations and escalations up — so risks are identified early, and the green light into go-live is a formal decision, not an assumption.

STEERING COMMITTEE
Project launch
Roles · schedules · timelines
Project coordination & monitoring
Progress · risks · decisions
Sign-off & go-live
Formal green light
↓ Instructions ↑ Confirmation ↑ Status & escalation ↓ Go-live check ↑ Green light
PROJECT TEAM
Kick-off & planning
Discovery & requirements
Configuration & testing
System integration
Data migration
Parallel testing
Go-live & sign-off
STEERING COMMITTEE
Project launch
Roles · schedules · timelines
Project coordination & monitoring
Progress · risks · decisions
Sign-off & go-live
Formal green light
↓ Instructions ↑ Confirmation ↑ Status & escalation ↓ Go-live check ↑ Green light
PROJECT TEAM
Kick-off & planning
Discovery & requirements
Configuration & testing
System integration
Data migration
Parallel testing
Go-live & sign-off

The green light into go-live comes from the Steering Committee after the go-live check — the project then exits into hypercare, described in the Go-Live & BAU tab.

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The governance rhythm

Three tiers. A fixed cadence. Nothing hidden.

Mercans assigns a dedicated, senior implementation project manager to your engagement — no pooled resources for enterprise migrations. Around that PM runs a fixed three-tier rhythm, from weekly working-level technical meetings to a monthly executive steering committee with Mercans and your leadership.

ISSUES ESCALATE IMMEDIATELY — NOT HIDDEN
MONTHLY once a month
EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE

Mercans and your leadership at one table — reviews progress, clears decisions, removes blockers.

CONTINUOUS always on
DEDICATED SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

A named senior PM leads the engagement day to day — your single owner, never a pooled resource.

WEEKLY every week
WORKING-LEVEL TECHNICAL MEETINGS

With your local teams — keeps configuration, data, and testing moving week to week.

Weekly technical meetings with your local teams keep delivery moving; your dedicated PM leads the engagement day to day; and a monthly executive steering committee brings Mercans and your leadership together to review progress and remove blockers.

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A dedicated, senior PM

Your project is led by a named senior implementation project manager — never pooled resources shared across enterprise migrations.

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Total transparency

Shared project management dashboards give both teams the same live view. You will always know the exact status of your project.

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Immediate escalation

Issues are escalated the moment they appear — up the governance tiers, not hidden in a status report.

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Over-communication by design

We would rather tell you twice than surprise you once. Alignment across every stakeholder group is the PM's standing job.

Under Instalaunch, Mercans staffs your side of this structure too — the embedded project leadership described in the Instalaunch tab sits inside your organization and runs your half of the governance model.

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Instalaunch

The flagship model where Mercans owns both sides of the plan — including yours.

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