ERP Program Management

Over the course of my career, I have managed Global ERP deployments in China, India, Romania, Italy, Poland, and 10 other countries around the world....

Are you already feeling that warm and fuzzy holiday cheer? If you are chest deep in an ERP implementation, visions of sugar plums are probably...

Think of your company as the patient, the CIO as the doctor, the system integrator as the hospital, and the software vendor as the drug...

UpperEdge’s IBM Supplier Scouting Reports have predicted for more than 9 months that leadership of the century-old firm would soon transition from Sam Palmisano to...

Earlier this year, we declared our belief that the software and IT services environment had clearly become a seller’s market: … reams of data from...

As football fans, we’re pleased that the NFL lockout is over. As frequent advisors to and direct participants in intense negotiations, we’re reminded that it’s...

When launching large enterprise wide programs, it is easy to get caught up in the language of the consultant and the immediate focus on “deliverables.”...

Over a recent weekend, my wife and I took our youngest child to college orientation. Navigating a day and a half of lectures, socials and...

In the last 10-15 years, IT has produced more than its fair share of horror stories – as this special report reminds us. There was...

Whoever first said, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you” never worked in IT sourcing. In our business, clear and comprehensive market intelligence is often...

Recently, I took on a new and interesting assignment: develop and lead a program to overhaul our existing PLM (product lifecycle management) environment, much of...

While advising a CIO during his recent ERP software selection and negotiation process, I heard a common complaint – that the big vendors consistently make...

Though it’s almost five months until the next NFL season is scheduled to kick off, most professional football fans I know don’t expect to see...