Comp3120 Assignment 1
SAP Implementation Review
Yuan Tan, u4571547
V1.0 Final
Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
1 Introduction 2
2 Business Context 2
2.1 Client Background 2
2.2 Operational Context 2
2.3 The Need for Change 3
2.4 Description of SAP 3
3 Business Investment Decision 3
3.1 The Case for SAP 3
3.2 Evaluation 4
4 Implementation 4
4.1 Approach & Rationale 4
4.2 Key Business Events 4
4.3 Key Implementation Events Affecting Performance 5
4.4 Status at Time of Go-Live Decision 5
4.5 Evaluation 5
5 The Go-Live Decision 6
5.1 Key Criteria 6
5.2 Recommendation 6
6 Expected Outcomes and Potential Takeover Impacts 6
6.1 Expected Outcomes 6
6.2 Potential Impacts of a Takeover 6
7 Lessons Learned 6

1 Introduction
In 1997-1998, manufacturing company AMP of Canada implemented the Enterprise Resource Planning suite SAP to replace a critical business system, the heavily customised and Y2K non-compliant JBA( Harold Kerzner Project Management Case Studies, 3rd Edition, Wiley). By September 1998 AMP of Canada faced a critical decision-point: whether to go live with a basic SAP implementation which still faced problems in testing and training( Harold Kerzner, Instructor’s Manual Accompanying Project Management Case Studies, 3rd Edition, Wiley).
This report reviews the case studies outlining AMP of Canada’s situation with a view to: Appraising the decision to invest in SAP; Evaluating the suitability of the implementation approach taken; Assessing the likely implications of the decision to go live on the business and upon the investment decision. and Appraising the expected outcomes and benefits of the project, based on the above
This report is based on a template supplied for the ANU course COMP3120 Managing Software Development, and is submitted in partial compliance with the assessment requisites for that course.
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