Implementation Guide - Introduction

You've purchased your Trumba® Connect accounts. You're eager to start publishing your events online but you're not absolutely sure where to start or how best to proceed.

That's where the Implementation Guide (TIG) comes in. The TIG articles:

Ask some important questions that you'll want to answer before you begin your implementation.
Provide you with an overall picture of the implementation process.
Suggest an implementation order that will give you the best results.
Introduce you to some key Trumba Connect concepts that form the core of your implementation.
Guide you toward implementation best practices.

In this introductory article, we describe the implementation steps at a high level.

Determine the scope of your implementation	Is your implementation large or small? Complex or relatively simple? Answering these questions determines your account structure and the roles stakeholders will play.
Form an implementation team	After you get a handle on your implementation's scope, you can form an on-site team appropriate for the amount of work involved and the number of stakeholders.
Set up your categories, event templates, and custom fields	Categories, event templates, and custom fields form the core of your Trumba Connect implementation. Learn what they are and some best practices for setting them up.
Add events to your calendar	With your account structure and categories, types, and fields in place, you're ready to start entering your events.
Test your implementation	A staging website gives you a chance to thoroughly test your implementation before it goes live. We give you some pointers about what and how to test.
Train stakeholders	While you're ironing out the final glitches on your staging site, it's time to train stakeholders who will be creating and updating events, publishing calendars, and interacting with your implementation in other ways.
Deploy to your live website	Stakeholders are trained and ready. You've tested all aspects of your implementation on your staging website. It's time to flip the switch and go live.