Guides
The long-form guides behind the big decisions.
Comprehensive, vendor-neutral guides to the decisions that set up an ERP program. Open with an email; each is yours to download and keep.
- How to select the right ERP softwareGuide A complete, vendor-neutral method for choosing ERP software you can defend to the board.
- How to select the right systems integratorGuide A complete method for choosing the integrator who will deliver your ERP program, and the contract that holds them to it.
- How to negotiate your ERP contractsGuide A complete guide to negotiating the three contracts that decide your ERP downside: the software, the integrator, and the cloud.
- How to build an ERP business case the board will approveGuide A board approves an ERP business case when every benefit has an owner, every cost carries a range, and the assumptions are written down, so the case can still be checked in year three.
- How to write an ERP RFP that gets useful answersGuide A good ERP RFP asks for scenarios and commercial terms in writing, not a 900-row feature checklist, because that is what separates vendors and what survives the demo.
- ERP governance and decision rightsGuide Good ERP governance fixes who decides what before the first disagreement, so when the client and the integrator disagree there is a named person with the authority to settle it.
- How to run an SI RFP and read the answersGuide The three things an SI RFP must expose are whether the integrator has committed its best people, whether the estimate covers the whole job, and whether you understand your own responsibilities before you sign.
- Stakeholder analysis and change readiness for ERPGuide Map who is affected, who has influence, and who will resist before go-live, so the change and communication effort goes where it actually changes whether people use the system.
- How to build an ERP program plan that holdsGuide A plan holds when it is built back from a realistic go-live, names what each phase must produce, and prices the three things that always run late: data, testing, and cutover.