Tag: Requirements Management
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ERP Project 101: What + Why = How
One of the reasons why I am a consultant is that I enjoy solving business problems with technology. ERP provides a technical foundation that I can utilize to solve problems. However, during my career I came to the realization that simply throwing technology at a business need is not in the best interest of the…
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Best approach for gathering ERP requirements
How You Gather Requirements Sends a Message! Let’s us go through an analogy together. You are the customer and I am the consultant working with you to develop some software changes for your packaged software. As the consultant I can take two approaches for gathering requirements: Option #1: “What would you like?” An open-ended question…
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Applying Pareto’s Principle to ERP Selections
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule), states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects comes from 20% of the causes. The principle was developed to explain income and wealth distribution in Italy. This principle has evolved into a “rule of thumb” in business. In the software industry the Pareto principle…