3 CORNERSTONES FOR SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Reading Time: 4 minutes PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS DEAD! Whatever your industry, transformation is going faster than ever before. More stakeholders, more organizations are involved. Not to talk about the digital transformation that is raising the bar even higher. In order to keep up with the pace, companies have to initiate many parallel initiatives that involve cross-functional teams with both …

5 KEY STEPS FOR SUCCESSFUL CHANGE CONTROL MANAGEMENT

Reading Time: 4 minutes CHANGE CONTROL MANAGEMENT IS DEAD! Our previous blog post dived into the challenges in modern project and change management.   Key take-aways on how most successful transformation initiatives focus on 3 solid cornerstones to deliver sustainable impact: Stakeholder Engagement is more important than Project Methodology Impact and Value is more important than Cost Control Transparent Flow is more important than Formal …

3 clear benefits of implementing ERP

Reading Time: 4 minutes ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) implementation projects have a massive impact on your organization. Even if they are being executed in an efficient way, they consume a lot of effort, time and cash. There is also an opportunity cost involved; the effort, time and cash cannot simultaneously be invested in other areas of your business. So you …

20 key learnings about ERP implementations

Reading Time: 8 minutes ERP implementations are heavy stuff! Many organizations struggle to get the intended value out of an ERP project. Although there is no universal ‘recipe for success’ for ERP implementations, we can learn from and avoid many of the pitfalls that show up project after project.   In this post, we want to address the 20 …

3 ways to check the organizational readiness for an ERP implementation

Reading Time: 2 minutes When is your organization ready for an SAP implementation or project? Will the organization ever be ready before the go-live? SAP projects are business transformation initiatives. Hence, checking organizational readiness is key. If not done properly, the project, and even your business, can seriously be jeopardized. One thing you definitely should not do when evaluating organizational …

5 tricks to improve the speed of an ERP implementation

Reading Time: 3 minutes ERP implementations are very time-consuming and they take preparation over long periods. The following 5 tips and tricks can help you to significantly reduce the actual duration of an ERP or SAP project. 1. Start with WHY? Make sure all stakeholders involved are aligned on the reasons why the ERP system is being implemented (3 …

3 reasons why users move away from your collaboration platform to email

Reading Time: 4 minutes Best-in-class business project managers continuously seek opportunities to deliver better projects: quicker, leaner and with less risk. Many of them experiment with online project, collaboration and task management tools, as an alternative to traditional collaboration with e-mail and excel. However, new challenges arise when using those tools in a business context, with many different stakeholders …