Odoo ERP · Go-live
Odoo Go-Live Week: What Each Day Should Cover
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Go-live week is not a celebration. It is the cut-off of the old system, a signed opening balance, and the first documents your team creates without a consultant typing for them.
Before Monday
The old system stops taking new documents at an agreed hour. The opening file is the last export. If people keep invoicing in both, you will spend the week reconciling instead of selling.
Staging has already been rehearsed. Go-live is not the first time anyone has received a purchase. That rehearsal is in the migration checklist.
Monday to Wednesday
Load and sign the opening stock and the trial balance. Then create the real documents of the day: one receipt, one sale, one invoice. The consultant sits with the person who owns that task. They do not do it for them.
Write down every question. A fix that changes a posted document needs the data owner, not a quiet edit at 11 p.m.
Thursday and the following week
By Thursday the team should be able to run the day’s documents with the consultant watching. The next week is hypercare: the same people, fewer hours, still on the phone. After that, support is a retainer, as in support after go-live.
If you do not yet have a cut-off date, the rollout is not in its last week. Book a free audit and we will put the week on a real scope.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should we go live on a Friday?+
Prefer the start of a working week so the first questions have people in the office. A Friday launch leaves the weekend as the support desk.
Who signs the opening balances?+
The person who signs your accounts, or the CA who prepares them. The implementation team loads the file they sign.
What if a document was wrong on day one?+
Correct it with the data owner and record why. Silent edits are how the trial balance stops matching.