When the project is viewed as being of interest to only one department. If the project is seen as being important to just the finance department, or the IS department, or just the manufacturing department, it will fail. It applies to all departments not just one and people need to understand that.

About the author:

Stephen Chen is a CPA, an executive-level Sage ERP consultant with more than 25 years of information systems and technology management experience in manufacturing, distribution, finance, planning, and process improvement. He has been responsible for the implementation of IT solutions in both domestic and multi-national companies, with emphasis on technology infrastructure, integration of enterprise-wide business solutions, and applications development.