| Be serious. ERP is a process where 80% of the investment funding for a business goes to building a tiny system of entirely new work which is (1) unrelated to the day to day work of the business which continues to run on whatever under-funded IT it already had and (2) packed to the gills with very sexy acronyms and plain English words such as 'digital' and 'big'. This tiny system will 'provide new and unexpected opportunities' for the business as opposed to aiding the old and difficult problems that need to be addressed. The new and unexpected opportunities will have a dramatic impact on the career prospects of a small coterie of consultants and company staff around the senior VP running ERP. They will thrive at huge expense until the time comes to move on to a new project. never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead |