Applicability and issues in traditional model of ERP implementations: an industry perspective

摘要

ERP Implementations follow the traditional model (derived from waterfall model). The traditional model is inflicted with many issues. These issues usually rotate around requirement gathering and defects found in later stage. Most of the literature available is a researcher’s experience as an observer or the beliefs. The main objective is to understand the pain of industry practitioners working in ERP Implementations and comparing the same with literature available. The aim of the study is to validate the literature and highlight the issues still not captured. In this paper a study has been presented to understand the actual issues straight from the Industry practitioners’ experiences. The literature and findings of the studies were compared to validate the problems in traditional model using empirical research. The interviews and analysis suggest the need of a new framework that includes feedback mechanism, continuous integration with delivery and looking the total value chain instead of small phases.