Realistic Expectations: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Outside Project Managers for Implementing Microsoft Dynamics GP

In my career working with Microsoft Dynamics GP, I have regularly seen companies bring on new project managers to help implement Dynamics GP. The reasoning seems sound--the project manager has good experience and, besides, there's not enough internal staff available. If this professional works out, the companies figure, he or she can transition into a GP administrator role.

As good as it sounds, this approach rarely works out well. That's not to say it can't, but for any number of reasons, it just doesn't. It takes an extraordinary organization and committed individuals to make such an approach work. What does it take to successfully bring new project managers aboard? The answer to that question involves understanding, first, why the approach usually doesn't work...

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