Common barriers to success
There are three process barriers that are the real culprits for ERP
failure. These barriers cause an elongated development cycle with
poorly defined requirements and, as a result, poorly defined measures
of success. The implementation team often is tasked with chasing a
series of floating requirements, no optimizing process, and a false belief
that technology alone will provide a silver bullet. These teams are,
without fail, disappointed with the results.
Specifically, the three most common mistakes of ERP
implementations are the following:
The technology "silver bullet" approach
is one that is sometimes sold by vendors. However, there is no
evidence anywhere in the history of IT that software alone will solve a
business problem.