# Turning around a critically delayed go-live in 25 days

> How Narendra Gupta took a FIRLO go-live that was 4 months late to live in 25 days, avoided a penalty and kept the client for more sites.

- **Role**: Project Manager
- **Company**: AMAZIN Automation Solutions
- **Project**: FIRLO weighbridge automation
- **Site**: Cement plant
- **Delay**: 4 months behind
- **Status**: Red → Amber → Green
- **Time to recover**: 25 days
- **Outcome**: 25 days from critical to live

## Context

At AMAZIN Automation Solutions, a FIRLO go-live at a cement plant was **4 months behind schedule**. The project was weighbridge automation.

## What had gone wrong

- The site wasn't ready for installation.
- The requirements weren't clear.
- The client had escalated, and there was a real risk of a penalty.

## What I did

I reset the plan and worked through everything that was blocking go-live:

- **Ran a workshop with the client** to get the requirements clear and agreed.
- **Got the site ready**, working through every open readiness item.
- **Checked every piece of hardware**, and replaced or repaired anything that wasn't usable.
- **Set up a daily checklist** and gave **each task a single owner**.
- **Sent the client an update every day** and agreed a **new go-live date**.

## Outcome

- The site went live **25 days** later, on the new date we had committed to.
- **No penalty.** The project moved from red to green.
- **The client rolled out more sites** with us afterwards.