Re: Sap Bites the Dust at Sobeys ($81 million) !!!

[Richard Reeve <richreeve@xxxxxxxxx>]

Any project (especially a rollout of major proportion
such as this one) has the chance to be a major
failure.  It has been my experience that when you mix
technology, big business, and corporate politics
together, the results tend to be unpredictable.  
 
--- nina jones <ddi@datadesigninc.com> wrote:
> > Hmmm..what platform was the SAP being implemented
> on?
> > 
> > 81million...even in Loonies, that's not chicken
> feed...someone's butt's
> > gonna be on the platter for this one...
> > 
> > WHY did they punt SAP?  The article didn't give
> alot of details..
> 
> 
> often these decisions are made for emotional reasons
> and not logical
> ones.  
> 
> perhaps the guy that made the decision to go with
> sap was gone or had
> lost favor.  or a new it manager came in that
> disliked sap and wanted
> another product.  or they underpurchased their
> hardware and didn't want
> to accept that.  or sap over promised and under
> delivered.  or someone
> at sap was rude on the tech support line.  who
> really knows....
> 
> nj
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