Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Erp 3
Erp 3
Implementation Issues
Implementation Issues
Cost/Benefit
Procurement of Software
ƥ Methodology- any or the best fit?
ƥ Criteria for selection?
ƥ Version?
ƥ What price to pay? How many licenses? What kind?
ƥ Phasing?
Implementation Issues
Procurement of Hardware
Sizing: methodology?
OS
DB
Vendor?
Data center infrastructure
Implementation Methodology
What role to outsider consultant?
What role to insiders? ; training issues?
How to select the consultant?
On what terms?
Implementation Issues
Project Organization
ƥ Project implementation team, Steering committee
ƥ Role clarity and Delegation of authorities
ƥ Visibility of top management support
ƥ Project management methodology and templates
ƥ Decision class and timeline
Knowledge Management
Conscious KM system
Difficult to retain people with good software skills due
to market pressure to leave
What to do with the trained staff after the project?
How to disseminate knowledge
Implementation Issues
Operational Deficiencies
Developing reports
Not all required reports are available at
implementation time
Persistent minor errors and operational issues
Difficulty in integrating with other systems
Software does not have all functionality.. What to do?
Security issues
Authorization issues, resulting in some users being
granted too much access and others not having
access to data they need
Implementation Issues
System Development
Complexity, very few people understand SAP beyond
a single module, making overall design decisions
difficult
Frequency of software upgrades places a large
burden on system maintenance
Frequency with which requirements change, cause
problems for developers
Inadequate system testing may leave errors in the
implemented system
Requested system functionality may sacrificed in
order to meet implementation deadlines
Implementation Issues
System Development..