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Where Does Agile Fit in SAP Projects?
Where Does Agile Fit in SAP Projects?

Where Does Agile Fit in SAP Projects?

By Bill Wood|November 12th, 2012|

After offering insight based on my personal experiences around "Agile Project Methods for SAP ERP Projects?" I wanted to highlight a few areas where Agile does work: Design sessions Development efforts (i.e. coding) Data conversions Once you begin to move beyond these areas, you quickly encounter dependent workstreams that need much more coordination. Those additional dependencies make it difficult to apply Agile methods. While Agile tends to emphasize the one-week to one-month "sprint," I woul [...]

Agile Project Methods for SAP ERP Projects?

By Bill Wood|October 29th, 2012|

Looking at the "Agile Manifesto" and how Agile methods have been applied generally involves small, discrete, "digestible" work and task components. Juggling the number and complexity of dependencies on a full-scale SAP ERP project involves management and coordination efforts, which completely go against the idea of pure Agile methods. ====== ERP projects tend to have too many moving parts and dependencies for Agile, as the methodology provides too little control and coordination. The level of c [...]

The Agile SAP Enterprise and Regulatory Compliance

By Bill Wood|February 21st, 2008|

How can you be more nimble? Are you in an agile enterprise? The very nature of regulatory compliance makes creating an agile enterprise difficult. Often, regulatory compliance acts as a tax on the enterprise. Most businesses with highly regulatory environments struggle to process the improvements, streamlining, cost reductions, and simplifications that they need to stay competitive in a global environment. After doing several projects for U.S. companies subject to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance [...]