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<\/a><\/p>\nKanupriya Anand | Centric India PMO Lead and Program Manager | Delivery Excellence<\/h3>\nPEOPLE PROBLEM<\/h4>\n
Business ecosystems are often dynamic and fast-paced, and strategic objectives shift with market trends. Organizations dealing with multiple global stakeholders and conflicting priorities frequently encounter communication gaps, collaboration challenges<\/a>, and unmet expectations. In such an environment, even minor oversights can quickly escalate, impeding project progress and driving up costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n In day-to-day interactions, everyone within a business must strive to establish and uphold trust and confidence with each other. But trust is earned, not received. Team members must first work to carefully understand the needs and expectations of key stakeholders on the project. Individuals and sub-teams can then responsibly steward the project by delivering quality products at every step. Of course, doing so requires a lot of team collaboration, hard work, and perseverance.<\/p>\n Along the way, regular and transparent updates for key stakeholders, timely callouts on risks and delays, appropriate recommendations on best practices and more efficient ways of working, and regular feedback for continuous improvements help to bridge the gaps. High-quality work, timely delivery, adherence to requirements, and meeting expectations help to build \u2014 and preserve \u2014 trust and confidence among project teams, preventing conflicts and errors that could negatively impact the organization and its projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n Businesses sometimes struggle to choose between different enterprise resource planning<\/a> (ERP) solutions because they are not sure the software will fit their unique business needs. They go to specific vendors who specialize in a particular ERP solution, attend presentations, and evaluate the solution\u2019s fit.<\/strong> If they don\u2019t feel the solution is suitable, they must start with a different vendor specializing in a different solution. This process not only requires a lot of time and expense, but it also can result in a less-than-perfect match.<\/p>\n Businesses that take this approach have usually skipped an essential step. ERP projects require an exhaustive discovery phase to document the current business processes. This often takes weeks, if not months, to perform, but it is essential to fully understand the business requirements for a new software implementation. Along the way, the process delivers a lot of documentation and insight into how the business operates.<\/p>\n While the discovery phase can account for more than a third of an ERP project\u2019s lifecycle, in most cases, it is a necessary process and expense. The resulting documentation identifies gaps that can be placed into solution categories, like configuration, customization, future phase, or out-of-scope. Following discovery, a shorter solution design phase can then look more deeply at the gaps and identify the best ways to fill them.<\/strong><\/p>\n With this hard work completed, businesses are better prepared to evaluate specific solutions. This approach saves time and money while reducing the risk that a new ERP will meet all business requirements while not causing disruption.<\/p>\nOUR INSIGHT<\/h4>\n
Technology<\/h5>\n
Meet Your Problem Solver<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSwapnil Hirve | Practice Director, Packaged Software for Centric India | Technology Capabilities<\/h3>\n
TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM<\/h4>\n
OUR INSIGHT<\/h4>\n
Business<\/h5>\n
Meet Your Problem Solver<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAnirudh Kejriwal | Partner, Co-Lead | Centric India<\/h3>\n
BUSINESS PROBLEM<\/h4>\n