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Some Reasons SAP Projects are Over Budget and Over Time

For years I’ve heard the claims about blown budgets and blown timelines. And I’ve been on a couple projects that went over budget and over time. But in over fifteen years of doing SAP, on over twenty SAP projects, that has happened on only a few projects I participated in. [FN1] In fact, on a few of the projects I’ve participated in we have come in under budget, but I can’t say it was ever early. And the reason is that the nature of the planning process, with date driven project plans makes ...

Why SAP Projects Fail to Deliver ROI (and How to Change IT)

Part of the frustration with the failure of results in SAP implementations is the “hangover” from the Y2K effect.  At that time businesses everywhere simply wanted to install ERP systems to take care of the looming potential “crisis” over the millennial changeover.  The real promise of SAP was lost in the Y2K chaos.  After Y2K, the brief downturn in demand for ERP systems along with the tech bubble burst in the stock market created additional pressure.  The idea of delivering SAP implementat...