Data Migration is one of the most time consuming and risky ventures in a system implementation. There are many misconceptions about this process (see article published in Technology Evaluation Centers, Inc. published February 4, 2007) that need to be continually addressed in order for implementation teams to understand the venture upon which they are embarking.

As older system begin to outlive their usefulness in an organization, there is a growth in the use of spreadsheets and ancillary systems. This is primarily due to older systems not being able to support the needs of current business processes. As a result, many organizations choose to use methods to record and manage this information in the form of spreadsheets or database software systems such as Access, Filemaker, Goldmine and others. This will meet their immediate business needs and will work fairly well until all the data must be migrated over to a new enterprise-wide system.

[Part Two: Evaluation & Selection Process - Software Selection Project

This is the second article of a three-part series, in which Dr. Davis outlines the activities recommended for selecting an ERP system. In the first part of the series, the Requirements Definition, Dr. Davis outlined the steps completing the Requirements Definition document and its corresponding activities.

My Boss Asked Me to Select a New ERP System—What Do I Do?
You have been requested to select a new ERP system for your organization—congratulations, now you can:
• Panic
• Take a deep breath
• Then embrace an extraordinary opportunity