Seven Key Acceptance Factors
Life Cycle Solutions, Inc. created a unique methodology designed to quantify an organization's readiness to undertake a PLM implementation initiative. Through the years, this innovative, yet extremely practical project assessment tool has been successfully used to save millions of dollars and many careers by giving PDM/PLM project leaders a clearly defined activity by which to expose and closely monitor many pitfalls and potential disaster points as their initiatives launch and progress.
Should you begin the effort to bring PDM or PLM into your organization? That may seem to be an odd question to ask yourself once you have been enlightened to what PDM and PLM can do for a company's ability to rapidly and efficiently develop and produce products.
The truth is, however, that not every company is ready for the changes that these technologies and business processes can introduce. You need to take a good hard look at your company before you even take step one to ensure that you will not be doing more harm than good. Of course, your organization can be brought into proper alignment but the first step is to determine what kind of situation you are starting with.
The success or failure of any project is determined by the financial, technological, and organizational realities of the company involved. There are indicators that can be measured to determine the readiness of a business to undertake a major enterprise information system project.
It has been our experience that there are seven key indicators that need to be analyzed, addressed and vigilantly managed to ensure a positive corporate environment going into the initiative and throughout the life of the project. We have named these key indicators the "Seven Key Acceptance Factors". Properly assess and manage these factors and you will be enabling the success of a proposed initiative.
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