Getting your ERP project off the ground starts with a stakeholder-aligned blueprint.
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Without a proper foundation for ERP, you can experience:
Deferred benefits realization.
Decreased project momentum or lack of commitment.
Measuring the wrong success metrics.
Resistance to change management.
Higher costs of implementation.
Misaligned ERP strategy.
Low end-user adoption.
ERP project delays.
End-user dissatisfaction with performance, functionality, and integration.
Scope creep, increased risk of customization, and poorly defined processes.
Decreased productivity.
A concrete ERP foundation helps to:
Align the ERP strategy with organizational goals.
Increase engagement and project buy-in.
Increase benefits realization.
Develop a clear operating/business model to guide the strategy and decision-making process.
Create clear and measurable success metrics.
Prioritize business functions and identify certain risks upfront.
Minimize the extent of surprise to the various ERP stakeholders with final output of the ERP project.
Improve the quality of the ERP solution and experience.
Measure current, ongoing success of ERP.
Module 1: Create a Vision for ERP
The Purpose
Understand the importance of establishing an ERP foundation before proceeding with ERP selection and implementation.
Learn why a large percentage of ERP projects fail and how to avoid common mistakes.
Set expectations for the ERP foundation and understand Info-Tech’s ERP methodology.
Complete a project charter to gain buy-in, build a project team, and track project success.
Key Benefits Achieved
A go/no-go decision on the project appropriateness.
Project stakeholders identified.
Project team created with defined roles and responsibilities.
Finalized project charter to gain buy-in.
Activities:
Outputs:
1.1
Define roles and responsibilities.
Defined roles and responsibilities.
1.2
Create a RACI chart.
Assigned responsibilities throughout the life of the project.
1.3
Set boundaries and scope the project.
Clearly defined scope and expectations.
Module 2: Model Future State
The Purpose
Identify ERP drivers and objectives.
Understand ERP challenges and pain points.
Discover the ERP benefits and opportunities.
Align the ERP strategy with the corporate strategy.
Map the current state of applications and the processes they support.
Understand the processes the future ERP solution will support.
Group core operational processes into larger mega-processes.
Key Benefits Achieved
A firm understanding of the current ERP environment.
Strategic alignment between IT and the business.
Identify future state and ERP expectations for supporting processes.
Knowledge on current mega-processes and how to move forward with monitoring and improving processes.
Activities:
Outputs:
2.1
Identify ERP drivers, objectives, challenges, benefits, and opportunities.
Completed ERP business model.
2.2
Map current state of applications and processes.
Current state map.
2.3
Map future state.
Future state of ERP.
2.4
Define mega-processes in the scope of ERP.
2.5
Assign process owners to mega-processes.
2.6
Determine guiding principles for each mega-process.
2.7
Identify key success factors for each mega-process.
2.8
Create a stakeholder map for each mega-process.
Finalized ERP operating model and next steps for monitoring processes, tracking success, and communicating progress.
Module 3: Implement and Finalize Deliverable
The Purpose
Brainstorm and prioritize short- and long-term ERP tasks.
Key Benefits Achieved
Understand next steps for the ERP project.
Activities:
Outputs:
3.1
Create a high-level implementation plan.
Completed implementation plan.
3.2
Create a communication plan to convey information.
Completed communication plan.
3.3
Establish ERP metrics.
Established ERP metrics.
3.4
Build final deliverable.
3.5
Conduct a stakeholder presentation for the final deliverable.
Stakeholder presentation of ERP foundation.
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