The Elephant in the ERP Room: What Makes Implementing Big Projects So Risky?

Why are ERP projects so often so disruptive in organizations that are otherwise accustomed to managing and planning all variety of marketing and manufacturing projects?

The reason is simple: companies implementing ERP don't specialize in project management, and they rarely have a dedicated or a formally trained project manager. They are also purchasing products and services that they often know little about, and effectively they don't do project management in its traditional sense.

Companies that have no project or project management experience are by large functional organizations, which is by itself a risky environment for p...

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