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Summary: The best technical training on ERP is insufficient for the ERP
consultants. To be a successful ERP consultant, you need to understand the
people dynamics of ERP implementation as much as technology. This seminar
provides an all round finishing skill to excel as a ERP consultant and ensure
success of ERP implementation.
There are several authorized SAP and Oracle Education Centers providing quality technical training. But the best technical training on SAP/
Orac;e ERP is insufficient for the ERP consultants. To be a successful ERP consultant, you need to understand
the people dynamics of ERP implementation as much as technology. They need to be
trained to face the real life heat of social and political pressures of ERP
implementations in corporates.
Prem Kamble, having been a CIO for over 25 years in
various types of companies with diverse organizational cultures has seen IT
Transitions. He has studied the people and organizational dynamics very closely
and identified the real skills required to ensure the success of ERP
implementation. Since he was the first to identify this unique skill, Prem
Kamble had to give it a name – he calls it “Behavioral IT™” Skill.
According to Prem, Managers do not need to know IT, they only need to know
Behavioral IT to succeed in this IT Driven corporate world. At the same time
this skill is required by all parties involved in ERP implementation from ERP
Consultant to IT folks, CEOs, CXOs, HoDs and functional managers.
Prem’s seminar, specially designed for SAP Graduates based
on his unique Behavioral IT Model of IT Transformation, completes the void that
is there in today’s ERP trainings so that the ERP consultants produced are
industry ready and job ready. It focuses not only on the technical part of ERP
implementation, but on the complete transformation to the IT system, which
involves plenty of socio political and human considerations apart from
technical considerations. The seminar covers what you can never find in books.
It is based on real practical experience with people, processes, technology and
real transitions involving all three.
When the best ERP packages implemented by the best global
consultants fail 70-80% of the time, it has to be something other than the
technical issues which cause this failure. Obviously, most of the time it is
the people and change management issues which cause failure. The students will
learn how to manage these issues and avoid the pitfalls.
This document presents the contents of the training, the
commercials and the terms of understanding between Prem Kamble and ABC Co..
1. Students
will get to know the real corporate culture and the total technical, cultural
and organizational forces at play during ERP implementation.
2. They will learn about the dynamics of ERP Driven Change and also the politics of organizational change.
3. Students
will get an all round finishing skill to excel as a ERP consultant and ensure
success of ERP implementation.
4. They
will learn the major real life pitfalls of ERP transitions right from system
study to complete transition, and how to avoid them.
5. They
will be more aware of the non technical people and managerial issues
responsible for failure. They will learn how to avoid these causes of failure.
6. The
students will become industry ready and people ready.
7. Students
will be equipped with the right skills to ensure not only an effective design
of the solution but a successful and effective transition.
1. The
institute can provide a unique combination of technical and managerial skill
as a complete package for a SAP consultants.
2. It
can boast of a course which makes the students industry ready.
3. It
can have a USP of imparting a unique trademarked skill of Behavioral IT™.
The following content can be covered in a seminar of minimum
3-4 days. Shorter seminars from half day to 3 days can be offered with fewer
modules.
Module 1: Skills
Soft and Hard Skills for Consultants, Team Leaders and
Managers
This section
covers the Technical, Social, Psychological and Managerial qualities required
by SAP Consultants.
What is Behavioral IT™ Skill. Why is it so important for all
managers involved in ERP implementation
Module 2: Practical Tips for an Effective Study and Mapping
Effective Process Study and Need for Business Process Reengineering
This section covers the key skills required for an effective
study of "As-Is" process and a good conceptualization of
"To-Be" process. "Keep it Simple" is the mantra, which can
be achieved by re-engineering the processes. This section will also cover the basics
of Business Process Re-engineering, its need and benefits.
Effective Mapping Processes to SAP – The Trick Lies Here
Mapping Process is the most important process for the ERP
experts and the basis of a good implementation. This section covers how re-engineering
can lead to good mapping and other skills required for an effective mapping of
processes.
Customisation – The Perils
To Customise or not to customise is the greatest debate in
most implementations. This section covers the pressures to customise, the
perils of customization and how to minimise customization. This is another
factor in the technical steps which is extremely crucial to the success of the
implementation. How to counter the pressure of customization will be covered
under Strategies section.
Key to Effective Brain Storming Sessions
This is an optional section to cover the basics of brain
storming. Good brainstorming of ideas can lead to better BPR and mapping.
Module 3: Behavioral IT™ - The Unique Skill
Challenges – Technical, Social, Managerial
This section covers the different practical challenges faced
by the consultants and managers during implementation. Challenges could be due
to client attitudes, quality of team members, senior management, and typical
resistance to change. Challenges during and after implementation are discussed.
Organisation Structure and Authority
This section discusses how a study of organization
structures, authority structures and people traits can be useful to overcome
some of the challenges
Strategies for Success – Best Practices
This section discusses the strategies and best practices
during each step of the project – Study, Mapping, Trail runs, go-live and
support. It discusses the technical, change-management and cultural issues, and
the strategies to deal with them.
Module 4: Cases
Real Life Stories /Situations.
This section covers real life cases and stories illustrating
different stages, challenges and strategies discussed above.
- This is a soft skill training. But not the general soft skill which everyone covers
- This is tailored by an IT Professional with specific relevance to real life ground realities of ERP implementations
- Based on Prem Kamble’s trademark Behavioral IT methodology of IT Transformation
- Unique analysis of Problems of IT Driven change not available in any book anywhere in the world
- Not covered by any Change management seminar
- Unique Copyrighted material based on real life insight of IT transformations in industry.
- No Bibliography
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