Midstream, Not Mid-Failure: Reclaiming Control and Value in Your ERP Program August 12, 2025 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 6 minutes Most ERP programs don’t fail outright. They erode slowly and midstream as costs rise, scope drifts, and value slips out… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, System Integrators
6 Ways to Stay Protected When System Integrators Use AI in RFP Responses July 8, 2025 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 3 minutes Ensuring transparency in AI-generated RFPs and holding vendors accountable is a vital part of the SI evaluation process. Here’s what… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, ERP Program Management, System Integrators
5 Red Flags That Reveal Your RFP Is Weak and Why Vendors Know It Before You Do June 17, 2025 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 4 minutes Issuing an RFP should be a strategic act. This is the moment your organization asserts control, aligns expectations, and signals… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, ERP Program Management
Point–Counterpoint on Phase 0: A Balanced Perspective to Your Digital Transformation February 13, 2025 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 4 minutes Is Phase 0 Always Necessary? There’s an ongoing debate in the ERP community. Many experts champion a structured Phase 0… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, ERP Program Management, Risk Management
Be SMART on Your Generative AI Transformation Journey October 15, 2024 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 5 minutes The amount of energy and resources spent on Generative AI is consistently capturing headlines. AI’s potential has yet to be… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence
3 Ways to Help Secure the Course of a New Transformation Program July 30, 2024 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 4 minutes How you spend the first 30 days of your new transformation program will greatly impact how it plays out long… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation
Why ERP Projects Fail: Finding the Gaps in Your Program Plans April 2, 2024 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 3 minutes The gaps within your Transformation Program plan become apparent as your program begins to fail. Skipping steps in the implementation… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, Risk Management
Why Steering Committees Fail to Engage (and 5 Ways to Hold Them Accountable) December 12, 2023 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 4 minutes There are many characteristics that make up what effective transformational leadership looks like. One of the innate characteristics of a great… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation
Leverage SOW Assumptions to Increase Transformation Program Effectiveness November 28, 2023 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 5 minutes With a database of system implementation projects exceeding $40B in project cost, UpperEdge has reviewed and supported the development of… Read More Categories: Risk Management
3 Steps for Overcoming Transformation Program Blind Spots November 14, 2023 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 4 minutes When launching a new transformation program, all companies hope that they have the capacity and capabilities needed to execute against… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation