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Project Planning, Our Approach.   The introduction of a new quantitative trading system (iBOX) has a fundamental impact on many aspects of the technical and business operations of a hedge fund. The success of the QTS is dependent on the readiness of the customer in several key areas:   business processes and procedures must be modified to reflect the new system interface various legacy internal systems to handle the selected interfaces of the iBOX staff training must be organized to use the new business processes and systems in order to implement a successful business strategy origins of quantitative research which trading models to use what source for analytics integration of iBOX inventory with a firm's back office accounting order management allocation, reconciliation, discrepancy smart execution options from brokers market impact transaction cost accounting   In order to achieve a successful implementation phase, Pillar Trading Technologies has initiated a multi-step process to help plan and manage the roll-out of iBOX. An implementation strategy is customized to each customer to reflect both the business and technical aspects of the hedge fund operations.   Business awareness Provide sufficient understanding of the impact of a quantitative trading system on business strategy, policy and organization.   Business process Describe the changes to existing business and operational procedures required for the introduction of the quantitative trading system.   Training Prepare the organization for the introduction of iBOX.   Technology Cover the technical changes required by the hedge fund to support iBOX, including hardware, network and software customizations.