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NetSuite for Consultants

By : Peter Ries
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NetSuite for Consultants

By: Peter Ries

Overview of this book

NetSuite For Consultants takes a hands-on approach to help ERP and CRM consultants implement NetSuite quickly and efficiently, as well deepen their understanding of its implementation methodology. During the course of this book, you’ll get a clear picture of what NetSuite is, how it works, and how accounts, support, and updates work within its ecosystem. Understanding what a business needs is a critical first step toward completing any software product implementation, so you'll learn how to write business requirements by learning about the various departments, roles, and processes in the client's organization. Once you've developed a solid understanding of NetSuite and your client, you’ll be able to apply your knowledge to configure accounts and test everything with the users. You’ll also learn how to manage both functional and technical issues that arise post-implementation and handle them like a professional. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the necessary skills and knowledge to implement NetSuite for businesses and get things up and running in the shortest possible time.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
1
Section 1: The NetSuite Ecosystem, including the Main Modules, Platform, and Related Features
5
Section 2: Understanding the Organization You Will Implement the Solution for
11
Section 3: Implementing an Organization in NetSuite
21
Section 4: Managing Gaps and Integrations
Appendix: My Answers to Self-Assessments

Applying your methodology to the project plan

As we discussed in the previous chapter, no project plan ever really survives unchanged to the end of the work, so knowing how to adapt to changes, how to prioritize every new request from the client, and so on, is very important. And while this is the most important thing for a PM to know how to do well, every member of the implementation team needs to help with this process every day during the project.

Changes come from all sides and for all imaginable reasons. In some projects, it will be the client who tries to change most of the project's trajectory, for reasons such as changing business needs or new priorities, ideas that occurred to them only recently, or just poor planning on their part. We (the consultants) should always remember that companies moving onto the NetSuite platform are not usually experienced in making this kind of transition, so we can't get upset when they change their minds from time to time. This...