Most Important Digital Transformation Deliverables and Tools
When planning for a digital transformation often times we’re focused on what the overall digital strategy is, what the plan is, how we’re going to execute and how we’re going to resource it. One thing we often don’t think about is what are those key deliverables, the key artifacts, the key outputs and the tools we need to manage the implementation and track the success of the implementation? What we want to do today is talk about the 10 most important deliverables and artifacts that are critical both as outputs and inputs into the digital transformation.
Digitization vs Digitalization vs Digital Transformation [Three Stages of IT Systems Strategy]
There are three primary types of digital initiatives that you should be thinking about as you embark on any sort of transformation involving technology and that’s what i want to talk about in this article.
How Do Organizations Get On Board with Digital Transformation? [Employee Buy-In and Alignment]
Getting internal buy-in is one of the most important success factors for a digital transformation but one of the common questions we get from clients is how do we get internal buy-in into our digital transformation? That’s exactly what I want to talk about here today.
How Tech is Transforming Manufacturing
What we want to talk in this article is discuss some of the key technologies that are changing the way manufacturers operate and the idea here is to give you some ideas on how you might leverage some of these technologies to define a digital strategy and roadmap to help improve your manufacturing operations.
The First (and Most Important) Step to Digital Transformation Success
When people think about digital transformation success versus failure, they often think about things like project management and governance and making sure we address change management, make sure we get our processes right, make sure we have our requirements well defined, a lot of things like that that are very important to digital transformation success.
The problem is, is that there’s an underlying reason why so many projects fail and most projects fail in the very early weeks and months of a transformation. It’s the very first step that you should be taking in a digital transformation initiative but most project teams overlook this first step
What Is Digital Transformation vs. Business Transformation?
Digital Transformation and Business Transformation are two of the hottest buzzwords in the industry today but how exactly are these two terms different and how does it apply to you? That’s what I want to talk about in this article today.
How Do ERP Systems Work? [The Mechanics of ERP Software]
To really understand how ERP systems work it helps to not only look at Concepts and terms and definitions but also helps to really unpack and understand the mechanics of how ERP systems work. so what we want to do is talk about how the systems work and what you need to understand about ERP software one of the questions we often get as a consulting organization is how exactly do ERP systems work? We want to talk about the mechanics of how ERP systems work along with some of the nomenclature that you should be aware of.
Top ERP Software Terms and Definitions You Need To Know
As part of helping our clients with digital transformations, oftentimes we’re helping them with ERP software implementations. Over the years, I’ve learned that there’s a lot of different terms, buzzwords and definitions that are really important to understand in order to be successful. So today we want to talk about 10 key terms and definitions that are really important for you to understand when embarking on an Erp software implementation or if you’re just trying to learn more about ERP software in general.
How to Measure Software Implementation Go-Live Readiness
When organizations embark on their digital transformations, they inevitably come up on a window or that period within an implementation where they have to start thinking about go-live. Oftentimes, organizations will conduct a go/no-go assessment, a kind of a yellow/red/green sort of assessment of where things are and where they think the status and the risks are. That’s typically a very qualitative exercise, it’s usually based on gut feel, there’s not a lot of measures or metrics behind that but what organizations should be doing instead, is looking at tangible measures that quantify how ready the organization is.
Why Do SAP S/4HANA Implementations Fail? What Are the Root Causes of SAP Failure?
One of the most commonly implemented ERP systems in the market and amongst our client base here at Third Stage is SAP S/4HANA, in fact as SAP sunsets their legacy customers off of ECC and migrates more and more of them to S/4HANA, we’re finding that more and more organizations throughout the world are implementing S/4HANA.
Outdated ERP Systems That Organizations Need to Replace ASAP
When evaluating your enterprise systems for the 2020s and beyond it’s important to look at the ERP systems you have in place now and understand whether or not those systems are worth investing in or whether or not you should replace those systems. What are the systems you should be replacing in the 2020’s? That’s what we want to talk about here today.
Top 5 Change Management Strategies Most Digital Transformation Teams Overlook
When deploying a change management strategy for digital transformation, most organizations overlook the most important change strategies that are most likely to make a project successful