We're just beginning our Sage EM project. What do you think we need to know that maybe we weren't told?

We're just beginning our Sage EM project.  What do you think we need to know that maybe we weren't told?

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    We just went live last month (5/2019).  A few lessons learned would be:

    - test...test...test - we thought we did a lot of testing but it wasn't even close to enough.

    -Try to back fill positions or in the very least extend your timeline to allow people to work on Sage and their other work

    -Make notes - We had so many times that a consultant would make and change and a month or two later no one on the core team could remember why we made the change.

    -Hold your team accountable.  I was the PM on our team and it was my first time.  Everyone kept saying they had done a ERP implementation before so i didn't press anyone when it came to issues or deadlines.  Just because they have done something like this before doesn't mean they know what they are doing.

    -Lastly- have a clear path of where you are going.  So many times we skipped a core meeting because people were busy and we then couldn't remember what we were supposed to be doing.

    I hope this helps and is what you are looking for.  I wish you the best of luck!

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    We just went live last month (5/2019).  A few lessons learned would be:

    - test...test...test - we thought we did a lot of testing but it wasn't even close to enough.

    -Try to back fill positions or in the very least extend your timeline to allow people to work on Sage and their other work

    -Make notes - We had so many times that a consultant would make and change and a month or two later no one on the core team could remember why we made the change.

    -Hold your team accountable.  I was the PM on our team and it was my first time.  Everyone kept saying they had done a ERP implementation before so i didn't press anyone when it came to issues or deadlines.  Just because they have done something like this before doesn't mean they know what they are doing.

    -Lastly- have a clear path of where you are going.  So many times we skipped a core meeting because people were busy and we then couldn't remember what we were supposed to be doing.

    I hope this helps and is what you are looking for.  I wish you the best of luck!

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