Chapter 11Designing the Software Collaboratively

As much as we wish it weren't true, ERP or CRM software is never going to work 100 percent out of the box. I had a client tell me that her implementation partner said that there would be no modifications in her new system. I told her, “I'm sorry that's not true.” She argued with me for a few minutes, and I walked away saying, “We'll have to agree to disagree.” That implementation ended up with many customizations, so I'm not sure why the original partner told them they wouldn't have any.

You will absolutely have some amount of customization in your system. Hopefully, it's not much, but you'll have a good sense of how much customization will be necessary based on the results of the “degree ...

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