An LMS go-live checklist for multi-site teams: verify data migration, SSO, roles, content QA, reports, sign-off, comms, and a rollback plan before launch.
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Go-live is the day everything you have built gets tested by real people all at once, and it is a terrible day to discover that the HRIS sync provisions the wrong roles or that a required course fails to load on the floor terminals. An LMS go-live checklist exists so those discoveries happen the week before launch, in a controlled check, rather than at 8 a.m. on day one with a shift standing in front of a login screen that will not let them in.
This guide is a structured pre-launch checklist for a multi-site rollout. Work it top to bottom, sign off each section, and treat anything unverified as a blocker. A launch is not a moment of faith — it is the point where a list of checks has all come back green. Everything below assumes your migration and pilot are already done; if they are not, launch is not the next step.
Everything in this section is a go/no-go item. If any of it is unverified, the launch date moves.
The migration is the highest-risk piece and the easiest to wave through on false confidence. Reconcile; do not assume. The full method is in the LMS migration guide.
Build these before launch, not the first time an auditor or a COO asks. If the reports work on day one, your platform is producing evidence from the start.
Verification tells you the platform works. This section confirms the organization is ready to receive it.
Pilot sign-off. The pilot's success criteria were met and explicitly signed off. If you skipped the pilot, that is a gap to close before a full launch, not a step to launch past — see the implementation timeline for where pilot and go-live sit relative to each other.
Comms ready. The pre-launch communication sequence has already run, so nobody is surprised on launch day. Site managers know what is being asked of their teams and when. Launch-day instructions are simple: how to get in and what to do first. This is the front end of the adoption strategy — a launch announced only on launch day starts underwater.
Support ready. A named support path for day one, staffed to answer the first wave of "how do I..." questions fast. Site champions briefed and reachable. A known-issues list and their workarounds documented for the support team.
Rollback plan ready. A written answer to "what if something serious breaks?" — what triggers a rollback, who decides, and how to fall back cleanly. Because you kept the old system readable or a validated export of it, the fallback exists. Hope it goes unused; have it regardless.
Launch is the start of the watch, not the finish line. The rollout is not "done" when the switch flips — it is done when week one comes back clean.
Day one
Week one
A quiet week one is the real success signal. It means the checklist caught the problems before they reached your people — which was the entire point.