SAP Business One Implementation – Delivering a Successful Outcome

One of the key factors for a successful SAP Business One implementation is to prudently select the project team members.  As such, a customer should choose their SAP Business One implementation partner on the basis of a proven ability from both a technical and business perspective. Customer resources should then be committed to the project to ensure the combined project team will clearly understand the project landscape, proposed solutions, and risks to mitigate.

A project with a well-defined scope, objectives and goals is like a sailing ship with a proper navigation system, guaranteed to reach its destination.

According to SAP’s white paper ‘Driving Excellence in Implementation – and Beyond’, the following underlying quality principles will ensure that the envisaged business transformation is achieved through the implementation:

• Anchor business value firmly in your project
• Determine clear requirements early on
• Cooperate with Stakeholders and use a proper governance model
• Ensure timely delivery and effective tracking
• Staff project with sufficient, competent motivated people
• Apply appropriate methodology and plan for quality
• Identify and manage risks and issues throughout the project
• Exploit standard functionality and delivery best practices
• Achieve production readiness
• Use organisational change management to transform business
• Continuously improve and optimise