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Acquisition Support |
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Develop targeted ERP acquisition strategy |
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Aligned with business case |
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Aligned with market trends |
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Develop evaluation criteria and weightings based on business priorities |
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Write Request for Proposals |
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Conduct vendor demonstrations |
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Manage demonstration logistics |
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Develop demonstration scenarios |
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Develop demonstration scoring guidelines |
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Conduct & evaluate vendor demonstrations |
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Assist with proposal evaluations |
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Business Case Analysis with ROI and TCO |
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Provide customized ROI analysis to support front-end ERP investment decisions & project planning through adaptation of ADS ROI model |
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Provide independent, objective assessment of hard & soft benefit prospects |
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Support development of realistic project performance goals & objectives |
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Align business/technology optimization priorities with ROI prospects |
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Establish key prerequisites for project success (i.e., realization of ROI potential) |
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Provide input for performance metrics development |
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Provide post-implementation ROI analysis for ERP projects |
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Document planned-to-actual benefit realization |
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Modify & enhance customized ROI model |
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Assess compliance with project goals, priorities |
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Target correction actions to enhance future ROI results |
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Program Management Office |
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Establish ERP Program Management Office |
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Ideally prior to program initiation but can be done at a later point in the project life cycle |
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Establish client-specific PMO scope |
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Recommend PMO structures, guiding principles, resources, toolsets, and ERP management best practices, etc. |
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Assess existing ERP Program Management Office |
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For clients that possess resources & experience to own & operate ERP PMO |
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Our team will assess alignment, scope, management & oversight structure, policies & practices, resources, toolsets, etc, and provide recommendations as appropriate |
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Provide Program Management Support |
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Set up, staff & provide onsite operational PMO support to designated client PM (e.g., manage scope, prepare plans, provide project oversight, monitor project health, evaluate deliverables) |
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Provide ad hoc project management-related activities (e.g., validate requirements, review implementer deliverables, prepare risk management plan) |
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Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) |
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Proven IV&V approach tailored to customer environment |
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Proven methodology, procedures, tools, and metrics |
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Incorporates industry-standard software engineering & project management standards |
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Perform risk assessments & cost/benefit analyses |
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Assess application design to ensure requirements are fully satisfied |
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Assess requirements management processes to ensure user requirements are fully captured |
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Validate requirements against user needs; Perform gap analysis and trade-off analysis |
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Perform IV&V ongoing testing during prototype, build, and integration of each application/module |
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Perform system acceptance testing |
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Ensure system works consistently |
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Validate delivered functionality satisfies defined user requirements |
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Validate system integration needs fully satisfied; Validate documentation meets expectations |
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