ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS RELEVANCE ALONG SAP IMPLEMENTATION PHASES

This paper seeks to analyze the relevance of critical success factors along SAP implementation phases. The ASAP implementation methodology is used as the SAP implementation reference model. Applying a process quality management method and the grounded theory method, we derive a matrix of critical success factors versus ASAP processes. Then, we evaluate the relevance of critical success factors along the five phases of ASAP, specifically of those ones related with organizational perspective. These findings will help managers to develop better strategies for supervising and controlling SAP implementation projects.

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