Hello! I would like to share with you some thoughts that I have retrieved from software implementation projects over the years. As standard software has matured, I think that also implementation projects must mature, hand in hand. So here we go:

 An enterprise software implementation project is no monkey business. Lots of money is at stake and we all know that anything that can go wrong will… So, what can be done? Luckily, a lot. But some things should be watched more carefully. For instance, bespoke software modifications. Assuming that the normal implementation steps and measures are taken, it leaves us with one area that is more significant than all the others together: Software modifications, “mods”. There is no doubt that the amount of modifications affects the project cost. Is it a big deal?

 Unfortunately, yes. It’s a big deal…