The Role and Impact of Project Management in ERP project implementation life cycle

Recent advancement of Information Technology in business management processes has flourished ERP as one of the most widely implemented business software systems in variety of industries and organizations. This paper presents review on the impact of project management in ERP project life cycle by studying various project management methodologies. Also the role and critical activities of project manager, project team and hence project management is explored in ERP projects implementation in organization of different sizes and culture.

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