Sage Intacct Implementation

Project management, which typically accounts for between 15% and 25% of a System Integrator’s time spent on a project, is a concurrent activity.  It continues throughout the project and takes place alongside other services. 

Applications Consultancy (scoping, workshops, design, build, etc.) is typically delivered in a sequential fashion; with the component activities forming a ‘natural flow’ within a single subject taking place from end to end.  This may run in an interspersed fashion with the other subjects, in order to ensure a holistic vision is appreciated of the operation, however, typically each sub-phase will be completed before commencing the next (i.e. build is complete before testing can commence).  Therefore it is prudent to plan this as a sequential volume of days.  Applications consultancy makes up the bulk of any ERP project. 

Development typically takes place parallel to the project, running in its own stream; but will be contingent upon core system build for implementation to be completed. Therefore must be viewed as a “complexity factor”.  There is no metric for this, as is is based on a case-by-case requirement. 

Training typically takes place in waves throughout a project, and while other activities can theoretically take place at the same time it is traditional that training takes place at phases of the project which are lighter on other service provider activity (early days and pre-UAT) – therefore this is best planned sequentially. Training volumes range from project to project, but let’s estimate ~10% of a project is training.

Most businesses are trying to actually continue to run a business around a project, not just engage in the deployment of a system; and in many cases, the project team is not purely dedicated to the deployment of the project, but rather taking the project on alongside their core role.  As such, most businesses cannot absorb 20 days of consultancy and training in any given month.  One may expect a load of around 10-12 days per month may be reasonable for a business to accommodate. 

Working on the basis that some data will need to be migrated over there will inevitably be a data cleansing exercise, which is always best performed by the business rather than the partner.  

If you have adequate resource to clean and format the data for migration in parallel to the build phase of the project then there is no reason for this to extend or delay the project.  However, high-quality data is required not only for go-live but also for UAT, therefore it is imperative that this is undertaken from as early a stage as possible in the project.  If large volumes are being migrated, inevitably longer activity times will be associated with this and therefore this has the risk of elongating the project. 

On the lower end of the scale, a project can take 10-15 service days and delivery timelines of 2-3 months.

On the upper end of the scale, a project takes 20-25 service days on average and delivery timelines of 3-4 months.

These timelines are estimated based on previous average projects, however, it is very important for customers to look within and be realistic about how much consultancy they can absorb in a given month, what state their data is in, and how long it will take them to migrate the data.

Mysoft is unique in the sense that we are a specialist-only organisation, which means that every department and individual is an expert in their domain. This is why we can offer the best possible consultancy, support, account management and project management at the same time with no compromise. Our PM team will work with you to ensure every task is planned and executed promptly and efficiently to the highest standard.