ERP (SAP) implementation – Project Manager’s perspective: A One day  Course

 

About the Course

ERP implementation is no longer a luxury but a necessity for the organizations today. The size of the company may vary from a very large million $ company to a Medium or Small company. Line of business may be different, scope of the business function may vary from organization to organization, yet ERP acts as a back bone of business information system.

ERP implementation comprises of various interdependent activities having varied complexity. Various human factors also play a role in the project execution since it cuts across organisation vertical. People (consultants and user community) need to play their own role at different levels. Hence it is important to know the overall perspective of ERP implementation to achieve a successful implementation.

This workshop provides an insight into the entire life cycle of ERP implementation (with special emphasis to SAP) which includes:

• ERP package evaluation
• Functional and Technical solution landscape
• Implementation Roadmap
• Relation with PMBOK® knowledge areas
• Implementation key activities
• Organization Change Management
• Post go-live support

After attending this work shop, the participants will have the high level understanding of the whole gamut of activities which goes in for ERP implementation. They will know:

• Package implementation concepts versus software development
• Modularity and integration of solution
• Scope and boundary of ERP implementation
• Implementation methodology with respect to PMBOK®
• Various activities which are performed during implementation
• Key risks and issues
• Trends

Workshop format

With a view to closely synchronise the course-contents with real life scenarios, this faculty-led workshop will encourage active involvement of participants.

For “better understanding” of course-contents and “higher acquaintance” with real life problems, the workshop will have intermediate exercises.

Workshop Contents

The workshop covers the topics as below. There are exercises in between.
 

Introduction
ERP background and terminologies

• History and evolution
• Commonly used Terminologies and abbreviation

Business drivers

• Business drivers for various organizations

Package evaluation

• High level Functionality Analysis
• Short listing of package and vendors
• Comparative analysis

Solution landscape

• Functional landscape
• Technical landscape

ERP Project lifecycle management

• PMBOK® knowledge areas
• Implementation Roadmap
• Elaboration on implementation phases and knowledge areas

Change Management

• Change Management Team
• Identification of key stakeholders
• Training

Support

• Process and Mechanism
• Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Wind up

• Question answer session and workshop-closure

Who should attend

The workshop would be highly beneficial to attendees with some experience in project execution. In particular, the following audience would appreciate the workshop –

• CEOs / CIOs
• Business Unit Heads
• Project managers
• ERP Implementation team or Module Leaders
• ERP development team members