CHAPTER 10No Implementation Is an Island: Partners Required

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Overview of Prospective SAP Partners

• Leveling the Playing Field: The RFI

• Selecting the Best-Fit Partners: The RFP

• Partner Selection Criteria

• Here Come the Consultants!

• Balancing Partners with Internal Resources

• Summary

• Case Study: Building the Partner Team

Implementing SAP is nearly impossible without a significant amount of help. The reason should be fairly obvious—complex business, technology, and large-scale project management challenges cannot be addressed by anything but a team characterized as both broad-based and deeply experienced. In this chapter, we take a look at the different types of partners called for in an SAP project, including the ...

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