Category: Project Management
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Agile ERP Implementations – Planning
This post is an extension of the overview – read this first: Agile ERP Implementations The Scrum methodology is a framework for developing high value products iteratively using self-regulating teams to improve synergy and effectiveness. Scrum prescribes the following projects activities which are all related to a specific Sprint: Sprint Planning Meeting – scope and […]
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Agile ERP Implementations – Artefacts
This post is an extension of the overview – read this first: Agile ERP Implementations Artefacts and project document flows vary by the size of a project so I would use this as a generic guide only. The Scrum methodology states the following Artefacts are needed: Product Backlog – list of desired product features Sprint […]
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Agile ERP Implementations
By applying Agile development and project management methods we can improve overall customer satisfaction by increasing customer interaction throughout the project without sacrificing scope control and quality. The Agile methodology helps the customer to gradually understand and accept the new system whilst providing constructive feedback and suggestions to the implementation team throughout the project. This […]
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Agile ERP Implementations – The Team
This post is an extension of the overview – read this first: Agile ERP Implementations In this post we will focus on the implementation team. The standard Scrum method has an organisational structure as follows: Scrum Team – Everybody on the project Product Owner – Project Manager Development Team – Individual Sprint team Scrum Master […]
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Agile ERP Implementations
By applying Agile development and project management methods we can improve overall customer satisfaction by increasing customer interaction throughout the project without sacrificing scope control and quality. The Agile methodology helps the customer to gradually understand and accept the new system whilst providing constructive feedback and suggestions to the implementation team throughout the project. This […]
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Project Directory Structure – Script
I’ve often been thinking it could be useful to have a script that could create a directory structure for me based on a text file and a simple windows batch script. Well here it is… The default input file name is dirs.txt: ;Comment 0 Project Name 1 Project Management 2 Plan 2 Issues 2 Resources […]
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Project Directory Structure
Most projects – even the smallest ones – need a project directory structure for storing important documents. You may think this is a straight forward thing to create however after you may have tried working on several projects where the project structure didn’t work very well you realise it is not that easy anyway. Things […]
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Documentation leads the way
During an implementation it is quite often that the user documentation gets down-prioritised compared to delivering the environment and the associated setup documentation (BR100 or similar). When done in the right way the documentation decreases the overall risk to the project and improves the quality of the delivered system and increases user ownership. This process […]