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When I analyze ERP implementation plans, I look for these elements:
Project initiation
- ERP team structure definition
- Communication planning
- Risk management
- Governance and control
Execution
- Data migration
- Training strategy
- Risk mitigation
- Business simulation
- Gap analysis
- Process testing
Closing
- Cutover strategy
- Verification
- Transition planning
- Go/No-go decision
- Communication
- SOX/Regulatory compliance verification (where applicable)
- Legacy data archive and system de-commissioning
These are just a few of the tasks that should be in a comprehensive ERP implementation plan; however, they are key elements, and if I don't see them, it would raise a red flag.
This was first published in November 2008
