How to do ERP Project Manager
In the information consulting industry for years, a standard feature from the early implementation of the project, to the nearest mass customization of project implementation, as well as some pure development projects, the project is now feeling more and more difficult, and customer demand more and more and more refined, more and more miscellaneous, project quality and cost are difficult to control. Feeling ERP implementation of the project the current situation, I would like to own experiences and ideas to organize, with a view on how to do ERP B project manager to conduct some research into this.
ERP project is a people-driven process, and comprehensive utilization of computer hardware, software, network communications equipment and other office equipment, according to the construction of different strategies to achieve the information collection, transmission, processing, storing, updating and maintenance, in order to enterprise IFCA strategy to improve effectiveness and efficiency for the purpose of effectively support high-level corporate decision-making, the middle control and grass-roots operation. ERP project involves a wide range of personnel, how to build effective teams is the primary task of the project manager. Then how to ensure effective project teams do? From four aspects:
First of all, the formation of excellent team of consultants: Consultant team is the core of the entire project team, before the establishment of internal project team, based on a variety of realistic conditions, may not be able to mobilize the best resources, but an understanding of each team member , conditional, then we can through human resources or the direct leadership, access to information on team members to strive for each member of the strengths and weaknesses, interests, hobbies, if the mean of the palm, give full play to the advantages of team members and subjective initiative, and avoid weaknesses, "good faith cooperation, from City ", is the first step in doing the project manager.
Secondly, the formation of backbone key user team: The key user is the faithful implementation of the ERP project level, the enterprise's situation and needs, ERP system design, internal communication, as well as the implementation of work plans, meeting arrangements, etc., all need the key the user to play the team prior to the consultant and the business role as a bridge-type key users will be the backbone of the project act as a "multiplier" effect, so there should be a key user requirements, it should also have some understanding in this regard by Party project managers and project leadership team Party channels to get help.
Furthermore, to establish a good communication mechanism: Consultant team and key user team, a joint project team, generally a larger size, style, and also individually, establish regular and irregular communication mechanism to maintain good communication within the project team, so that the team to achieve a harmonious atmosphere, pleasant working conditions, so that each member into play the largest role is the most important task the project manager.
Finally adjusting their own mentality: information consulting industry, the project manager responsible for project success or failure, but also with the end of the termination of the project, generally more than several months. Although there are relatively large the project manager's authority, able to handle and coordinate all aspects of the relationship, but personally think that the domestic ERP Project B project manager to play the role of leader and leader, more appropriate. Change their attitude, in particular, to abandon the foreign "project manager" big leadership ideas, lowered posture shape, broad-minded, in-depth and detailed understanding and balancing the various needs, is to ensure that the project team to work efficiently to protect the idea.
The project team formation is complete, how to make the project team and orderly work, "forewarned is forearmed and without prejudging the waste" to formulate a reasonable plan is the project manager's key tasks: the project is usually divided into several different stages of a continuous , first formulated the project master plan the entire project; and then press the various stages of the main tasks, split into a project on plan; the end, and then plan on down to the weekly plan, weekly plan is to-day details of specific implementation plans . For the week program, usually by the functional block responsible for the implementation and follow-up consultancy. Planning process, first with the consultant team communication is to reduce the plan to adjust the effective method; Secondly, the project manager, together with the Party to consult and discuss, and coordinate customer resources is to ensure that the premise of Feasibility; and then again through the week regular way, early release is planned for effective implementation and effective opponents.
With the excellent team, with a more reasonable plan, is not the project can be successful? The answer is uncertain. ERP implementation project, the general scope of relatively large, the cycle will be relatively long, in the project implementation process, there will be a lot of variables, find the project focus and the key to the entire project from start to finish a good grasp of the direction and make a reasonable guide, in the direction of deviation occurs when the timely adoption of effective measures to reduce project risk and ensure normal operation of the premise of the project.
Of the project implementation process, there will be this or that problem, the project manager how to handle and streamline the value of the project manager is mainly embodied way. ERP project implementation process will be more and more used to the meeting this way, the parties to carry out communication and coordination, how to organize the various sessions to reach the intended target, but also the project manager to work an important element. Such as the ratio, to solve program discussion, under normal circumstances, the project manager should participate in the solution of all modules of the discussion meetings, as team members experience, capability, knowledge, communication skills, personality and other reasons, may occur with the participation of personnel in disagreement the situation may also occur to discuss the situation evolved into a controversy, and so on. Under normal circumstances, the project started, the project manager should be with the consultant team, the project's attention on the matter shows that a number of principles for discussion, so that the internal team unity of thinking, the formation of the team as a whole style. After the project began, the project manager involved in at least each module by a consultant at a conference organized on the team members the ability to control the meeting have a certain understanding of important meetings, such as program seminars, the project manager must be present and to listen carefully and, if necessary to ask other team members can join on the process of abnormal signs, the timely adjustments, if necessary, to suspend the meeting, choose an alternative organization, to avoid the discussion into a debate, to play a team strengths and the overall strength of individual members to avoid the lone fighting hard support. Through team cooperation, increase in membership prior to the warmth and understanding, but also gives participants a good feeling and it is the key to the smooth progress of the next step.
ERP implementation project management is a never-ending, continuous improvement process, the project team awareness, planning awareness, global awareness, risk awareness, cost consciousness, communication and awareness is the key to good project manager, in this initiate in order to have been improved.
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