Contributions of the Pmbok to the Project Management of an Erp System Implementation

The implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems has become generalized in companies and organizations, as a way to achieve the supply chain integration, to improve productivity and gain competitive advantages. Those implementations, more than simple technology projects, have reveale...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Author: da Silva Gomes, Rui Manuel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE)
Repository:Revista Gestão e Projetos (GeP)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:https://periodicos.uninove.br:article/10518
Online Access:https://periodicos.uninove.br/gep/article/view/10518
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Enterprise Resource Planning; Companies and Organizations: Projects at Ibico Portuguesa; Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK); Stakeholders
Enterprise Resource Planning; Companies and Organizations: Projects at Ibico Portuguesa; Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK); Stakeholders.
Description
Summary:The implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems has become generalized in companies and organizations, as a way to achieve the supply chain integration, to improve productivity and gain competitive advantages. Those implementations, more than simple technology projects, have revealed to be complex and time consuming business projects due to the structural and behaviour changes involved. This article analyzes, through the Project Coordinator’s point of view, two real cases of ERP implementation projects at Ibico Portuguesa, comparing the project management methodology adopted by Ibico with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK), coming to the conclusion that the use of the PMBoK norms and best practices by the Project Manager could have been a success factor in those implementations, particularly referring to the elements that have been pointed as the most critical: planning, involvement and commitment of top management as well as stakeholders’ management.