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NextSteps! A "Now That We Have A Vendor
Shortlist...
for Manufacturing & Distribution Companies
"What Do We Do Next?" One-Day Interactive Workshop
WHAT IS
 ......A One-Day interactive workshop, in which a Buker
Facilitator will get the Project Leader and the Selection Team moving into the
correct next step of your System Selection process quickly and provide a level
of understanding for the next phase of the project - Implementation.
Your Selection Team and a Buker Facilitator will:
- Review the system requirements to determine if any changes
should be made to the requirements or functional requirements weighting.
- Discuss and develop examples of Your Project metrics.
- Discuss the project budget.
- Review the project justification opportunities.
- Identify the project risks.
- Complete at least two critical business process flows to
support the Critical Success Factors and business core competency areas.
- Review the requirements for a Project Leader and Project
Management elements. Discuss the RFI/RFP/RFQ process.
- Review the software demonstration process.
- Select a few Key system functional requirements and develop
sample demonstration scenarios. Discuss the software screening and final
selection process.
- Discuss third party project support.
- Review the highlights of a negotiations strategy.
- Review some implementation highlights.
WHY DO A
WORKSHOP?......Provides the next steps in making the
project move forward with a sense of direction and a plan. Once again gets the
cross-functional team to focus on what needs to be done to make the project a
success. Provides: another learning experience of the business processes, focus
to the project, a format to save on internal resources to get there, and the
elements of the project, which has a major impact on the future of your
company.
BENEFITS OF A
WORKSHOP:
- Provides a sanity check of the results of the requirements
definition workshop results.
- Continue the documentation of the Selection process.
- Compresses the time of selecting the final software package.
- Continues to promote the cross-functional understanding of
system-related problems and issues by the Selection Team.
- Continue the education process of the Selection Team on
concepts, methodology, and terminology.
- Become more aware of the implementation phase of the systems
project.
WILL HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE THESE:
- How do we create and process an RFP/RFI?
- How many do we want to send out?
- What does a software demonstration really mean?
- How do we set up a project budget and ROI?
- What are the steps to take for a successful system selection
and implementation?
- What are project metrics? and Why do we need them?
- Why do we need post implementation support?
WORKSHOP DELIVERABLES: A project workbook
with: RFP/RFQ templates, system sizing questionnaire, scripted demo guidelines,
software demo evaluation template, software vendor scorecard, final software
selection evaluation template, system readiness checklist, selection and
implementation articles, and reference book list.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE
WORKSHOP?
System Selection and Implementation Teams.
To help us better understand your software needs
 click here to begin to create your
company's software requirements profile.
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