The Cost of Denial: Why ERP Budget Contingency Often Falls Short May 15, 2025 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 3 minutes After more than three decades of ERP transformation “lessons learned,” few topics continue to generate more debate, or amplify risk,… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
Strategies for Holding Your ERP System Integrators Accountable April 9, 2024 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 5 minutes Complex ERP transformation initiatives can leave room for misalignment of your SI’s roles and responsibilities, resulting in delays and costly… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Services
Managing Multiple SI’s? How to Avoid the Blame Game November 21, 2023 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to implementing any transformational initiative, companies are faced with two primary challenges: capacity and experience. How will… Read More Categories: System Integrators
4 Techniques for Improving “Agile ERP” Integrator Accountability August 31, 2023 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 6 minutes There’s no denying that Agile has transformed application development since the “Agile Manifesto” was first published in the early 2000s. … Read More Categories: Agile, ERP Program Management
Don’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew: Too Much Change Is a Recipe for Project Failure November 20, 2022 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 4 minutes It happens every year. The inevitable post-Thanksgiving dinner food coma. There's just something about having all of that food in one… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
Phase 0: Charting a Course for ERP Transformation Success October 27, 2022 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 6 minutes Even though ERP technology has come a long way in the three decades since SAP first debuted, ERP transformations continue… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, System Integrators
Balancing Accountability and Risk on Multi-vendor S/4HANA Transformations June 14, 2022 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 4 minutes When implementing S/4HANA projects, companies that adopt a multi-vendor delivery model need to consider the inherent challenges of holding multiple… Read More Categories: SAP, System Integrators
Hybrid-Agile ERP: Agile is No Substitute for Discipline February 8, 2022 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 5 minutes When it comes to implementing an ERP system, every systems integrator (SI) has jumped on the Agile bandwagon and is… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
Strategies for Mitigating Scope Creep in “Hybrid Agile” ERP Implementations December 14, 2021 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 5 minutes When it comes to implementing your ERP system, you should expect (and plan for) the unexpected. Things are going to… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
ERP Implementations: The Problems with “Best Laid Plans” November 16, 2021 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 4 minutes When it comes to preparing for an ERP implementation, one question that always comes up is the appropriate (I hesitate… Read More Categories: Risk Management