Monday, January 25, 2010

TurtleSpice ERP! (Week 4)

The story so far: Mike Chelonia, TurtleSpice’s comptroller, has been tasked to select an ERP system by his CFO. Facing pressure from his VP Wade Sharkey to short-circuit the selection process and select Big Gun Software, Mike gets a reprieve when Wade Sharkey is over-ruled by the CEO.

Now Mike has to decide how to handle TurtleSpice’s business process documentation. When we asked you what you’d do in Mike’s shoes, you voted to hire external consultants to train the TurtleSpice project team.

Don’t forget, you decide the fate of TurtleSpice’s ERP selection. Cast your vote at the bottom of this post!

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The three consultants from iRightPros Consulting storm into Mike’s office like a SWAT team. Offensive perimeter established: check. Evasive maneuvers neutralized: check.

They’re here to deliver their complimentary pre-proposal.

“Congrats, Mike, you’re making the right decision.”

“Haven’t made one yet. Still looking at a number of consulting firms.”

This isn’t true, really. The price is right, and they have an impressive client list in the manufacturing sector.

The consultants drag Mike through their approach to process documentation, and lay down a proposal for an action plan, which adds up to an intimidating number of workshops, meetings, reviews, and dispute resolution mechanisms.

“The beauty is, you can use this for anything you want. Do it once, use it for your software selection project, your org change management, your training processes, you name it.”

This is going to be a hell of a lot of work, thinks Mike. At least three months. He wonders if he can enlist his CFO’s help to steer this by the TurtleSpice selection team.

Unfortunately, lately the CFO has been stumbling around like he’s on the verge of a booze-fueled nervous breakdown. Not much help there.

Mike thanks the SWAT team for their invasion and promises to get back to them. They congratulate him again and move out with a little more swagger than he likes to see.

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