I transitioned recently to a Resource Coordinator role in Professional Services. For the last several years, I have been focused on allocating consulting and development resources in the Customer Service department to break/fix tickets (break/fix issues are generally urgent requests) for our clients’ ERP systems. Rather than dealing with issues our consultants and developers could… Continue reading How to Remain Competitive with Effective Resource Management and Capacity Planning
Category: Project Management
Demystifying ERP Project Implementations with Agile and Story Points
Business growth is a major theme for midsize companies and businesses are turning to modern ERP software like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to harness current and future growth. However, modern ERP project implementation methodology is an unknown to many businesses. So what type of methodology works best for ERP project implementations? Agile is a… Continue reading Demystifying ERP Project Implementations with Agile and Story Points
Solve the Right Problem
“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” ~ G.K. Chesterton A young woman taking a brisk stroll noticed a child looking into a tree. Following the child’s gaze, she saw a cat on a branch, perhaps 15 feet high. Quickly grasping the lowest limb of the… Continue reading Solve the Right Problem
B2B E-Commerce Project Management Best Practices
Have you ever wondered how businesses successfully do business, with other businesses? Sounds messy doesn’t it. Well that’s because it is. Today’s consumers have grown accustomed to the ability to make purchases online quickly and efficiently. Now, the trend has turned towards B2B e-commerce: businesses have begun searching for a similar user experience to make… Continue reading B2B E-Commerce Project Management Best Practices
How to Choose Your ERP Project Team
An ERP implementation requires an investment in human and financial resources, regardless of size or scope of the project. Assembling a highly productive team is absolutely essential for the success of any ERP project, which requires building a healthy team structure and choosing the right team members. This blog’s focus is on the most common… Continue reading How to Choose Your ERP Project Team
How Long Should an ERP Implementation Take?
When it comes to ERP implementations, “How long?” is usually the one question that rivals “How much?”. These questions are tied closely in a business culture to a “Time is money” kind of mentality. If you are looking to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, however, this result-driven thought process might need to shift… Continue reading How Long Should an ERP Implementation Take?
Agile vs Waterfall: Best for ERP Projects?
What is the best project management methodology for ERP projects? The answer is: It depends. Most often, however, ERP implementation projects benefit more from using agile project management techniques over the traditional waterfall methodology. Waterfall: the tradition in project management Waterfall is a project management technique that relies on comprehensive requirements gathering up front. Once… Continue reading Agile vs Waterfall: Best for ERP Projects?
Nobody Walks in L.A.
For those of you living in congested metropolitan areas, such as Los Angeles, you understand the true meaning of traffic, where we measure travel to destinations in terms of time, not distance. We now have GPS systems suggesting optimal routes and re-routes with time estimates to arrive at your destination. The amusing part is jumping… Continue reading Nobody Walks in L.A.
The OODA Loop and ERP
Much has already been said and written about Col. John Boyd’s OODA loop, which has everything to do with the survival of individuals to entire organizations. Boyd was a fighter pilot, consultant, and brilliant military strategist. OODA stands for Observation-Orientation-Decision-Action. While there is voluminous theory and philosophy behind this, Boyd discovered how to win an… Continue reading The OODA Loop and ERP
Project Management Budgeting: Phase in, Phase out…it’s the Agile Way!
In my last blog, The Elephant…I mean Project Budget Question…in the Room, I spoke about the importance of having documented requirements in order to move forward with your software implementation. I also wrote about the importance of knowing your budget, how the Project Management Office (PMO) can craft a solution that can fit any budget… Continue reading Project Management Budgeting: Phase in, Phase out…it’s the Agile Way!