Implementing the principles outlined in this book requires a radical change in the approach to and the expectations of packaged software. In this book, I have defined ten guiding principles for implementing packaged software. These guiding principles or strategies must be applied appropriately by the project team. These concepts provide a means of sharing leading practice strategies for packaged software implementations. The goal is to maximize the customer's packaged software investment.
Using the principles described in this book, I have been able to experience the following results:
Reduce implementation costs by 20%.
How?
Increase knowledge generation and sharing during the project
Reduce non-value-added documentation. Maximize interactions
Reduce customizations by 45%.
How?
Hybrid of solution-driven and requirements-driven approach
Maximize enhancements and Minimize customizations
Accelerate packaged software implementations by 30%.
How?
Implement to the current business process maturity...