Category: Finance
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Role Profile: Subject Matter Expert
What skills and experience does a Subject Matter Expert need to be effective in an ERP implementation programme? Obviously they need to be experts in their subject matter, whether that’s Finance, HR, procurement, payroll or whatever. But beyond that, what else? The ERP Academy defines industry standard definitions for a…
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Subject Matter Experts
The subject matter experts (SMEs) are the programme manager’s most valuable players in the client side of an ERP implementation. They bridge the gap between the HR and Finance teams and the programme, representing the needs of the business and communicating back the needs of the programme. These people play…
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Getting Agreement
Getting all the various stakeholders to agree to the new Shared Services Strategy for Government was a challenge. Logically, it made sense: having five shared systems should cost less than hundreds of stand-alone systems. But not everyone was convinced. Some stakeholders were concerned about their roles: the people who currently…
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