Q.3 What external factors (non-implementation project related) could affect how and when an ERP goes live? Explain and justify.
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Once the project team is happy that all phases haven’t been completed and all goals achieved, the final step for the project is to have system Go-live. This step is one of the most suspenseful times for the project team as they will be witnessing either the successful completion of their long and hard work or the bitter reality of failure, with a long road of more hard work to find and correct the problems causing the system to fail. Though the factors that can lead to a delay of the system going live can also be external to the project team, these external factors are:
· clients,
· users
· unforeseeable events – power failure
· suppliers/vendors and
· governments
With all new systems it can take time for users understand how to use the system to gain the most benefits from their new system. Some users make take longer in learning how to use the system or may encounter problems along the way that they are unprepared for, these users may have to be re-trained, and this of course can take time to successful complete and will result in time and productivity lost from having to re-learn.
It doesn’t take much for a client to change their mind on some of the features of a system or are not satisfied with the current system and therefore may ask for changes or improvements to the system before going live, similarly with government implementation new policies or laws, particularly with taxes that aren’t catered for in the current system and going live will need to be delayed so the project team can add the changes.
ERPs rely heavily on system support from vendors and suppliers, lack of proper support can lead to problems becoming increasingly frequent and damaging resulting in a delay for going live until the proper support is available.
Most of these external factors cannot be helped but companies should plan appropriately for the possibility of some form of delay along the way, as it would be unwise to be believed that any project is immune to problems internal or external.
Presentation Ideas:
Don’t over fill your powerpoints with unneccessary information
use powepoint to give visual support to your speech not take attention away from what you are saying.
powerpoints are one of the most poorly used presentation assets, therefore I should make sure I try to use my powerpoint effectively.
