I am unable to comment on that 90-percent number, I would perhaps question the source of those figures before I would be able to make a comment. It sounds a little bit high to me. The other thing that would need to be looked at is just how much is this an apples-apples comparison, because if ERP is completely reinventing your internal processes, I wonder how many of those savings are being factored into this cost number. I am a little skeptical of those numbers. Mark Jinks Over budget does not have to be a fact of life in technology, but if your organization is delivering late and over budget, then acquiring an ERP solution is a place you should not go.
Good managers know how to manage change and projects.
So if that foundation is in place, then an ERP installation need not be over budget or late. The other factors in achieving project implementation are realistic project timetables, sufficient internal resource assignments and budgets that recognize that there are unknowns that will arise that will have to be accommodated within an ERP project implementation. To some extent, the figures quoted are a fact of life in technology projects. Yes, but there are certainly mitigation strategies to employ that can reduce the scope creep, project timeline slips and the potential budget overruns. This is an accurate assessment and fits with how governments have run historically.