Cutover
April 26, 2021
While the bulk of public attention falls on the IPO launch date, the monumental efforts to handle the volume and intricacy of preparations beforehand go largely unseen. Hundreds of activities must be coordinated, involving different disciplines from bankers to technology experts to senior stakeholders. Getting to go live is dependent on these many steps being orchestrated effectively. Enter Cutover.
Cutover helps ensure the success of highly publicized IPOs by effectively orchestrating complex preparation activities, across multiple teams and organizations.
Develop robust, detailed runbooks to map out all necessary activities, complete with user assignments, dependencies, timings, and critical paths. Run full-scale rehearsals to hone and perfect the IPO launch ahead of time, ensuring a smooth performance ‘on the night’.
Execute the sequence of tasks with precision and control, from the pre-launch preparations to the high concentration of activities on launch day itself, to post-launch tasks. Automate routine manual processes and communications to conserve resources and speed up delivery.
Detailed event progress is observable in real-time, keeping stakeholders updated and able to proactively address any live issues arising during the IPO launch. Post-event, a full system of record enables thorough evaluation and identification of learnings to carry over to future IPO launch programs.
Cutover is helping some of the largest, most complex organizations in the world to navigate a change-driven economy. The Cutover platform coupled with decades of experience in managing transformation, technology delivery and release, and operational resilience initiatives for businesses, enable organizations to move quickly with confidence.
Find out how a large multinational bank orchestrated IPO preparations for three well-known technology companies with Cutover.