Top 10 ERP Project Success Factors
Posted by Glen Mund on Fri, Jan 09, 2009 @ 02:39 PM
by Alex Hankewicz, Technology Evaluation Centers,
www.technologyevaluation.com
A recent study by the Dutch consulting firm Somers & Nelson featured a list of over 20 critical success factors for ERP deployment. The list was compiled & ranked by US IT professionals, whose firms had either deployed an ERP system within the last year, or that were about to deploy an ERP system.
Here are their top ten success factors for ERP deployment:
1) Management Support
Senior management, aside from authorizing funding, must be seen playing an active role in providing top-down leadership for the project & should participate in key decisions related to the project. Senior management also needs to be viewed as a resource where the project manager (PM) can turn to leverage stakeholder cooperation, as well as a resource whereby requests for resource management can be funneled.
2) Project Team Knowledge
Talent resources within the IT field are highly specialized - and scarce. Frequently, resources are contracted for a specific period of time and according to both the skill set required & availability. The PM has to be able to assess the skills sets required & where they will be needed in the project life cycle. If resources are not available, the PM must be capable of mentoring & encouragin - even teaching - new skills to team members in order to reach a particular milestone.
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