Stand up Jobpac the right way the first time.
For a successful rollout of software you need the 3 P’s — People / Product / Processes. We project manage representing you while the vendor implements the core system, so you get the best out of your investment. We will demonstrate various ways you can use it, so we get the right way for your business.
What an implementation looks like with us.
We perform an AS IS and TO BE scope so you can see what it’s going to look like when implemented.
We ask you to select a small group of your “power users” to be part of the Jobpac rollout — CFO, CM, PMs, CAs.
Getting the processes locked away and signed off by your key team members is the key to a successful rollout.
Our focus is representing you the whole way through the Jobpac implementation.
- Greenfield rolloutsFrom an empty system to a fully-configured live environment in 8–14 weeks.
- ERP migrationsComing off MYOB, Xero, Reckon, or a legacy purpose-built system — we plan the transition without losing project data integrity.
- Module-by-module deploymentsAlready running parts of Jobpac and adding more? We'll roll out additional modules in your live system without disrupting day-to-day.
- Data migration & validationProject history, supplier records, contract values, retentions held — mapped, migrated, reconciled.
- Post go-live stabilisationThe first month-end after go-live is where most projects die. We're there for that one. And the next one.
Five-phase delivery, fixed scope.
Every implementation moves through the same five phases. We design backwards from go-live, not forwards from a vendor template.
Discovery
We sit with your finance lead, project managers, and ops team. We map your current state — not a generic ERP-vendor questionnaire. By the end of week one, we know what success looks like on day one after go-live.
Design
Project structure, chart of accounts, cost code library, claim workflows, approval chains, integration points. All documented in writing before we touch the system. You sign off on the design before any build starts.
Build
Configuration, integrations, data migration. Your team sees a working sandbox at week six, not week twelve. You can poke at it and break it without consequence — we'd rather find the issues there than in production.
Train & cutover
Role-based training for the people who'll actually use it — PMs, AP/AR, payroll, finance leadership. Then a planned cutover with a documented rollback path. Not a “fingers crossed” weekend.
Stabilise
We're embedded for the first month-end and the first project claim cycle. By the time we step back, your team owns it — with the documentation and the muscle memory to keep it running.
Four steps. No surprises. No bait‑and‑switch.
Every Buoy engagement runs the same way — fixed scope, senior consultant, full transparency end‑to‑end.
We listen first.
A no-cost call. We learn your current Jobpac setup, what's hurting most, and what's already worked. You're talking to the senior consultant who'd actually do the work — not a sales person reading off a script.
You get a fixed-scope proposal.
Deliverables, timeline, price, and the named senior consultant who'll lead the engagement — in writing, within a week. No “T&E to be confirmed.” The price is the price.
Senior consultant on the keys.
The person on the proposal does the work. Not a junior. Not a partner who hands it down. Weekly written status, risks called out the week they emerge — not the week before go-live.
Your team owns it when we leave.
Documentation, hands-on training, and a structured handover — written so your team can run it long after we're gone. Optional ongoing same-day support after handover, but you're never locked in.
Buoy stood up Jobpac for us in 11 weeks and stuck around for the first three month-ends. By the time they left, our finance team owned the system in a way they never owned the old one.
Implementation, the way we run it.
What people usually ask.
How long does a typical Jobpac implementation take?
For a single-entity construction business with standard modules, eight to ten weeks from kick-off to go-live is typical. Multi-entity rollouts, complex integrations, or businesses migrating data from an older system usually run twelve to fourteen weeks. We give you the timeline in the proposal — not a “roughly three months” handwave.
What if we're already running another ERP — can you migrate us?
Yes. We've migrated clients off MYOB, Xero, Reckon, Cheops, and various legacy systems built in-house. The work is in mapping project structure and historical data so nothing critical gets lost. We do that as a defined work-stream inside the implementation, not as a hand-wave.
Do you handle the data migration ourselves, or do we?
We lead the data migration but we don't do it in a black box. Your team validates the migrated data at every stage — opening balances, project budgets, retentions held, AR/AP open items. Nothing goes live until you've signed off.
What happens after go-live?
We're embedded for the first month-end and the first full project claim cycle after go-live — that's where most implementations die. After that, you can hand back to your team entirely, or move to a same-day support arrangement. Most clients do a 60- or 90-day support runway, then step back.
Can we phase this in module by module?
Yes. If you want to go live on core financials first and add payroll, plant, and forecasting later, that's a fine sequence. We'll plan the phasing so each module's go-live is stable before the next one starts. Phase 2 doesn't get quoted in vague terms — we treat it as its own fixed-scope engagement.
Who actually does the work — a senior or a graduate?
A senior consultant. Always. The person you meet in discovery is the person doing the build, configuration, and training. We don't have graduates on the bench — partly because we're not big enough, but mostly because we don't want to.
Planning a Jobpac rollout or migration?
Get a fixed-scope proposal within a week. Senior consultant on the call, no junior intermediary. We'll tell you what's likely fixable, what isn't, and what we'd do first.
- Fixed-scope, fixed-price proposal in writing
- Named senior consultant from day one
- 30-minute call. No slide deck. No obligation.