Summary: <p>The Big Themes:</p><p>· There are bottlenecks in the process, the wheels fall off, and the scope keeps changing – this is hard work!</p><br><p>· 85% of the time you’re going to be working with the SI partner and not the software vendor themselves –as in SAP, Oracle, Workday, etc.</p><br><p>· With rapid deployment you’re not going to get an army of consultants. You’re going to get fewer people – and they’re going to be cross-functional.</p><br><p>· Bonnie answers a “Quick Quiz” on how the customer has to have the right expectations, and has to free up the resources to get the job done.</p><br><p>· She compares this to a marathon: If you hit a wall at mile 18 it will be bad. But if you’ve done the training ahead of time, it’s going to be amazing.</p><br><p><br></p><p>The Big Quote:</p><p><em>“You really want to have confidence that the people leading the process have been there, done that, and done it successfully.”</em></p><br><p>This episode is brought to you by BMC Software</p><br><hr><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
