Executive Awareness

This section walks you through critical activities to set you up for success in defining value and awareness.

Where are you heading?

As they say, “Keep the end in mind.”

Your transformation is not implementing a new ERP solution. The ERP solution is not the change – how you align people, processes, and technology to achieve a strategic goal is the change. Purchasing an ERP should help solve a bigger organizational problem.

What is Executive Awareness?

It defines why transformation needs to occur at the highest operational level and how the organization will reach a future state. It includes a vision and desired outcomes.

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The vision should address “what” is changing and “why” things need to change.

The vision of the change should address:

What is the change?
Why does the organization need to transform?
What are the organizational goals and objectives for the transformation?
How do the transformation initiatives fit together?

Develop a model of the future state

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If you purchase change management guidance from Unit4, a workshop will be provided to complete an Executive Awareness toolkit.

Tip: The Executive Awareness toolkit will help you document key messages which will be used later in your communication plans.

Hint: The change is not implementing an ERP solution. The ERP solution is an enabler to solving a business problem.

Desired Outcomes and Measures of Success

Determine the ROI Measures of Success

Document your ROI Measures of Success. What does success look like for your organization? These should be defined at the start of your ERP project, and will be used to help you monitor and achieve your desired outcomes.

Tip: Speak with Unit4 to both review and understand how technology can help you solve your business problem(s).