Series on SAP ERP Project Success Factors

By |December 19th, 2011|

This is a compiled sets of posts related to SAP project success criteria ================== The Top 5 ERP Success Factors by Project Stage from 22 Critical Success Factors https://www.iitrun.com/the-top-5-erp-success-factors-by-project-stage-from-22-critical-success-factors SAP Implementation Partner or Company Selection Criteria https://www.iitrun.com/sap-implementation-partner-or-company-selection-criteria SAP Success Factors for Vendor Selection – Responsibility Matrix 1 https://www.iitrun.co [...]

Software Consulting Firms and Clients Myths and Half Truths

By |December 6th, 2010|

The following is a post from my friend Steve Phillips who runs a great site entitled "Street Smart ERP Blog." This is a nice complement to the series I just finished on SAP and ERP critical success factors. ================= Steve Phillips writes: Having spent the majority of my career in the shoes of a software consultant or client, I have often wondered why many find it necessary to perpetuate the old myths and half-truths regarding the consultant/client relationship. My feeling is given the [...]

SAP System Vendor Project Success Criteria & Factors 3

By |November 15th, 2010|

The other day, I made a post to SAP’s Community Network on how to ensure customers get the best SAP business software integrator for their money. One of the comments to that post suggested that I was advocating for customers using only SAP as their system integrator. In my response, I stated that my goal is to encourage SAP customers to get educated so they actually achieve value and ROI from their SAP business software projects. My response sums up why I started this site and what the posts he [...]

SAP System Vendor Project Success Criteria & Factors 2

By |November 8th, 2010|

This is a continuing post in an extensive series on achieving SAP project success. For the complete series, please see the Additional Resources list at the end of this article. Last week's post looked at some of the key factors around the type of consultants you need for success, your project approach, and the structure around the project. This week, we will continue exploring details around the SAP critical success factors (SAP CSF’s) as they relate mostly to SAP project scope and SAP project [...]

SAP Success Factors for Vendor Selection – Responsibility Matrix 1

By |October 11th, 2010|

After a short look at the peer-reviewed academic literature, Anil Bhagwani did a brief case study on ten failed SAP implementations and ten successful SAP implementations. From these, he continued to distill SAP critical success factors. For more vendor selection background, please refer to another study: SAP Implementation Partner or Company Selection Criteria. Common SAP Critical Success Factors (CSF's) Identified for Successful ERP Implementations The study author's perspective and summary o [...]

Toward an SAP Center of Excellence or SAP Competency Center – PART 3

By |July 28th, 2010|

Part 3 of 3 Stages and Components of the SAP Center of Excellence To wrap up this series, we will take a brief look at the post go-live or production support environment. One academic study I reviewed on ERP project success factors defined the three production stages of Acceptance, Routinization, and Infusion (see The Top 5 ERP Success Factors by Project Stage from 22 Critical Success Factors). These three terms fit the requirements for SAP production system stages as you move toward an SAP Cen [...]