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Achieve Business Benefit Through SAP Prototype Demonstrations
Achieve Business Benefit Through SAP Prototype Demonstrations

Achieve Business Benefit Through SAP Prototype Demonstrations

By Bill Wood|July 16th, 2012|

SAP Conference Room Proof of Concept Pilots Proof of Concepts with frequent early prototyping drive project costs down. Consider the old saying: “an ounce of prevention can avoid a pound of cure.” Proof of concept pilots during the project are a rarely mentioned SAP critical success factor. Early in my SAP career, the disruption these prototype sessions, conference room pilots, etc. would cause used to frustrate me. My thought was, "I have a job to do and don't have time for this." No one ever [...]

Phase 6 RUN SAP ASAP Methodology
Phase 6 RUN SAP ASAP Methodology

Phase 6 RUN SAP ASAP Methodology

By Bill Wood|March 26th, 2012|

Anyone who has been around SAP for any period of time is reasonably familiar with the SAP ASAP Methodology. In fact I rarely see sales presentation materials from many system integrators which do not at least mention it. Even some of the bigger integrators with custom methodologies may reference it in passing and show the SAP Implementation Roadmap to demonstrate how their methodology has some similarity to it, or supplements some of the few gaps that may remain. In a prev [...]

Series on SAP ERP Project Success Factors
Series on SAP ERP Project Success Factors

Series on SAP ERP Project Success Factors

By Bill Wood|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 [...]

More SAP Project Leadership Tips for Managing Conflict
More SAP Project Leadership Tips for Managing Conflict

More SAP Project Leadership Tips for Managing Conflict

By Bill Wood|November 28th, 2011|

If you are determined to gain and then maintain SAP project momentum, you will see stress. Part of the requirement for momentum includes asking people to reach for stretch goals that can challenge (and deepen) their capabilities, but also cause tension and even conflict. One author says conflict is "a situation of competition in which the parties are aware of the incompatibility of potential future positions and in which each party wishes to occupy a position which is incompatible with the wish [...]

5 More Leadership Tips for Successful SAP Project Management
5 More Leadership Tips for Successful SAP Project Management

5 More Leadership Tips for Successful SAP Project Management

By Bill Wood|November 21st, 2011|

Of the previous five tips I reviewed last week, the first three are all related to project momentum. Let's look at a key to maintaining that momentum while also reducing the impediments on your SAP project. One SAP critical success factor for maintaining project momentum requires SAP project management that is fully integrated in the day-to-day project activities. This hands-on approach to project management is one of the SAP best practices for overall project success. The tools, resources, and [...]

5 Leadership Tips for Successful SAP Project Management
5 Leadership Tips for Successful SAP Project Management

5 Leadership Tips for Successful SAP Project Management

By Bill Wood|November 14th, 2011|

All too often, I see SAP Project Management done improperly. As I have often said, I do not generally fault customers or clients who hire outside help for SAP project management. If they believed they had the answers, they wouldn't bother with contractors for guidance. Too often, I see SAP project management treated as project administration without much leadership. Just about anyone can be a checklist administrator. What is lacking from many SAP projects is the project management leadership to [...]