Special Edition Using Oracle® 11i

Chapter 4. Understanding What Affects the Degree of Effort and Cost

In this chapter

• Using the Number and Type of Applications to Estimate Costs

• Understanding the Relative Complexity of Each Application

• Business Systems Complexity

• Minimizing Customizations and Extensions to Lower Costs

• Business Processes

• Other Projects in Process

• Capability of the Project Team

Packaged software implementation is expensive. However, progress is being made to lower the costs. In the past seven years, consulting firms and Oracle have developed many techniques to control costs, project scope, and complexity. The cost, scope, and risk of an ERP project are directly proportional to the following items:

• The degree of business complexity

• The number of applications to be implemented ...