ERP Project Plan Objective of This Project

ERP Project Plan Objective of this project is to present the project plan for the Enterprises Resources Planning (ERP). The whole project plan will span for approximately 18 months. The project will start on the 4 June 2012 and end by 30 December 2013. Each of the major phases of the project is broken down in-between 8 and 10 sub-processes. The study uses Microsoft project to complete the plan and the GANTT chart. "The basic purpose of a GANTT Chart is to break a large project into a series of smaller tasks in an organized way.

The chart shows when each task should begin and how long it should take." (University of Michigan, 2002 P. 1). The Fig 1 provides the Gantt chart and the project plan and time-frame to complete each process. Overall Project plan is as follows: Detailed ERP Project Plan Project Management and Selection Process.

: User Interview and Checklist : Consolidated Requirements : Requirement Draft : Review and Amend the Requirement : Identify Potential Vendors 1.7: Prepare Request for Information (RFI) 1.8: Issue RFI and Contact Vendor 1.9: Shortlist Vendor 1.10: Select the best Vendor 2: Hardware Sizing and Architectural Considerations 2.1: Identify Specification and Size of Hardware 2.2: Develop Hardware and Architectural blueprint 2.3: Selecting Hardware Component 2.4: Identify Specification and Hardware size 2.5: Define Security Hardware & Strategy 2.6: Install major Hardware Component 2.7: Post Installation Meeting 2.8: Review Hardware Installed Component 2.9: Testing of Hardware System 2.10: Establish Technical Support 3: Functional Areas: Accounting, Human Resources, Manufacturing, and Services 3.1: Hardware component configuration for Accounting, Human Resources, Manufacturing, 3.2: Integration of Human Resources Information System (HRIS) 3.3: Integration of ERP Accounting Software System 3.4: Integration of ERP Manufacturing Operation Management 3.5: Integration of Management Information System 3.6: Integration of Enterprises Planning System 3.7: Integration of Schedule, Manufacturing and Production System 3.8: Integration of Manufacturing Work Orders System 3.9: Integration of ERP Logistics Application 4: Subprocesses within Accounting 4.1: Hardware component configuration for Accounting Function 4.2: Pilot Conference for the need of accounting Software 4.3: Configure and Manipulate business process tailored to new System 4.4: Integration of financial Accounting Software 4.5: Integration of Management Accounting Software 4.6: Integration of Order and Billing Management Software 4.7: Integration of Financial Analytics and Reporting Software 4.8: Tax Management Software 4.9: OLAP dimensions, 5: Subprocesses within Human Resources (HR).