The Project Board
The correct set up and operation of the Project Board in my view is major factor in the
success failure of the project. The Project Board will consist of the stake holders, key
users and the vendor. The Project Board is part of the governance of the project.
The Project Board will meet regularly to ensure that the project plans are created and
being executed as planned, moves from stage to stage with all the deliverables being
signed off is researched properly.
The Resources
Three types of resources are absolutely necessary -- end users, change team and
technicians.
Early involvement by the end users is absolutely necessary, as they will be the ones
living with the system for hopefully many years to come. They will want to feel
involved in its implementation. Buy in from the end users of the system is absolutely
essential if the system is to have a long and stable life in any organisation.
The Change Team will identify the gaps between the package and the business
requirements, re-engineer some of the businesses process to cope with the package,
train the users to ensure implementations is smooth as possible into the business.
The Technical Team will prepare the systems environment for the package, apply any
software fixes from the vendor, implement the software in the best way possible for
the organisation set up and tune the software for the particular technical environment.