The Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation teamwork should challenge the management's reporting needs in the analysis phase of the implementation with a particular focus on exploring the data required to build reports. These data requirements should then be cross-checked with the real data entry activities that end users will execute to ensure that business users will get vital information from the reports.

On several projects, there are no well-defined reports except the financial reports (trial balance, income statement, and balance sheet) that are in place during analysis. Later, for live operations on such projects, the implementation team determines the need for more data and starts chasing the required information inside the application by completing the missing information and fields, and/or redesigning the data entry process. This may lead to an increase in the data entry time due to additional steps for data validations and the surprise discovery that...