Oracle's senior VP of application, and the partner-in-charge of west coast consulting for KPMG. The presence on the steering committee of such high level exclusives from Oracle and KPMG was indicative of the importance these organizations place on the project's success.
The ERP team's strategy for using the steering committee was to relieve them of the need to intervene directly in the management of the project. The committee's role was to provide high level sponsorship for the project, to ensure visibility, and to motivate the team. The team aimed to make steering committee member's question before meetings