1. MIS3580 – Special Topics ERP Implementation
For business savvy IT people and IT savvy business people

2. Mart Doyle Relatively New at Temple MIS 20+ years industry experience
Full-time faculty member
Career counseling program
20+ years industry experience
Office: Speakman 209H
Telephone: (215)

3. My Background Adjunct Faculty Full-Time Faculty Education
BS Computer Science
MS Computer Information Systems (a.k.a. MIS)
Pre-Temple
Computer Sciences Corporation
IBM
Martin J. Doyle, Inc.
Rohm and Haas
Company’s 1st IT Technical Fellow
Chief Technology Architect
Basis Team Lead
Adjunct Faculty
Holy Family University, Temple University
Full-Time Faculty
Temple University – Undergraduate, Graduate, IMBA & EMBA

4. ERP – All the eggs in one basket!
Largest, most complex, most challenging projects for IT and business professionals
No other projects present the same types of challenges
No other projects offer the same types of rewards

5. What were you thinking….
What were you thinking when you signed up for this class?
This class could be a complete disaster!
This class could be the best MIS class you’ve ever taken
Look around the room…it’s all up to each of you

6. This class is not for you if you…
Looking for a traditional class with lots of structure
Don’t work well with teams and can’t deal with being dependent on your team
Are not comfortable with relatively subjective grading
Are not willing to roll up your sleeves, research solutions to problems independently, and put in a significant amount of time and effort outside of class

7. This class is for you if you…
Would like to get a better idea of what it is like working on IT projects in the “real world”
Would like to learn how you will learn and be successful in the “real world”
Would like to improve your project management, business, and technical skills
Willing to invest time and energy to accomplish these goals
Want a serious project on your resume

8. You will…
Spend more time and energy on this class than any of your other classes
Get frustrated with the project, your teammates, and me
Learn to be resourceful
Learn how to learn in the real world
Learn more about working with people than you expect

9. ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS
Integration is compelling!

10. ERP Systems

11. Core ERP Functions Accounting Financial Manufacturing Production
Transportation
Sales and distribution
Human resource
Supply chain
Customer relationship
E-business

12. ERP Systems Advantages… Disadvantages Reliable information access
Avoid redundant data and operations
Cost reduction
Disadvantages
Time-consuming
Expensive
High risk
Vendor dependence

13. ERP Vendors The top ERP software suppliers are:
SAP – Mid-Large sized companies
Oracle/PeopleSoft – Mid-Large sized companies
Microsoft – Small-Mid sized companies
Together they control more than 70% of the multi­billion dollar global market

14. What we will do
Work as a single team to implement Microsoft Dynamics GP
You will be assigned to one of the following sub-teams
Project Management
Functional
Technical

15. Project Management Team
Best team to work on
Plan the project using Microsoft’s Sure Step methodology
Manage the project
Run the project status meetings
We don’t have traditional classes, we have project status meetings

16. Technical Team Best team to work on
Build the infrastructure to support our ERP
VMWare
Windows Server
SQL Server
Backup/Recovery Solution
Monitoring/Metrics Solution
Develop technical skills that can be used on a wide variety of projects, not just ERP projects

17. Functional Team Best team to work on Develop the best business skills
Gain an intimate understanding of the Microsoft Dynamics GP application and the business processes it supports
Develop skills that can be used with any enterprise system but big opportunities for Dynamics GP experts

18. Functional Team Three sub teams Core Finance Order to Cash (OTC)
Purchase to Pay (PTP)

19. Which team would you like to be on?
Fill out the form and tell me
Your preference
Project management
Technical
Functional
Your previous MIS classes
Your previous Accounting classes

20. Texts
Yacht, Carol, Computer Accounting Essentials with Great Plains 8.0 CD, First Edition, McGraw Hill, 2006, ISBN

21. Exams & Assignment No exams – Make your deliverable on time
No assignments – Make your deliverables on time

22. Lecture vs. Team Meetings
No traditional lectures
15 weeks of team status meetings
Starting in week 3, team status meetings are run by the project management team, team leads, and team members

23. University Grading Guidelines
A Excellent A- B+
B Good B- C+
C Fair C- D+ D
D- Passing
F Failed

24. …on to Dynamics GP and Informed Systems
Questions…
…on to Dynamics GP and Informed Systems