Directing the ERP Implementation

III

WRAP-UP

is concludes Section III where we examined the importance of Project Management to the

overall success of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation eort. We described

the attributes that are necessary to help ensure achieving timely deliverables. We explored the

necessity of commitments, reporting the status, invoking Steering Committee guidance, and

day-to-day issue/decision management, are the tried and true practices of good project manage-

ment. We peeled back the onion to describe precepts such as behind-the-scenes salesmanship,

removing risk barriers, and executive ownership process practices, monitoring rules of ...