ERP or not ERP..monkey..scope…client leadership
Not so interesting debates in most of the comments just old comments/debates thrown, save a couple. Summary, monkey implementors, bad application, complex scope. Does anyone look at facts ie the BCC Leadership made the decision to move an old monlolithic SAP, heavily customised landscape to Oracle (psst,; anyone that has worked with both products knows…no can do easily) this decision should only have been taken, if Oracle product was fit for purpose and in alignment with BCC goals.
BCC is the largest local authority in Europe so a lot of £££££ to provide services to its communities; but does BCC leadership have a vision, a Strategic map of digitising itself? Does it have process/product owners/decision makers to work with its partners?
I would recommend to this post audience, dona deep dive look into BCC history with ERP implementation, look at why it made headlines when it implemented SAP 15+ years ago; and see if the leadership learnt anything. It’s very easy to blame monkeys but if Masters are orangoutangs…systems will be fit for their purpose (sorry I am insulting intelligent animals). Ps I respond in kind to earlier post.
Recommendation msg to anyone interested: keep tight control of BCC stakeholders, change manage and Test test test, up skill the decision makers so they understand what they bought and why! And back to RACI for BCC leadership product/process owners ..where the buck stops…..incidental new SI will do no better ;)..
Biting the hand that feeds IT
