Brief description of services involved with implementation of complex integration projects
Implementation of integration projects requires a complex approach to building a management system and covers the following areas:
- Project planning and organization of quality control of its execution
- Development of methodological solutions
- Development of requirements to and solutions for various information systems
- Development and introduction of production engineering
- Preparation of standards
In implementing complex integration projects, Company professionals handle the following tasks:
- development of project terms of reference and concept
- design of management system complex architecture
- methodology development, problem setting
- creating solutions for areas of activity
- project management
- project audit
- quality control
Of prime significance for a successful complex project are prior preparation and planning, initial problem setting, goals set by company management
At the current phase, it is necessary to answer the following questions:
- what are project goals, how to formalize the respective requirements
- how to select a contractor
- how to choose a platform for accomplishing solutions
- does the current IT architecture meet business requirements and company long-term strategy
- which requirements are central and must be included in instruction to contractor
- how to launch project quality control
The majority of complex integrated projects currently run by big enterprises and companies involve introduction of integrated information systems (like ERP). Though the actual priority of the above projects is accounting automation at the enterprise, given a reasonable approach company management can improve management system as a whole. The best results are secured by the activities along the following lines:
- alteration of management accounting methodology
- introduction of new cost and financial management techniques
- meeting the requirements ensuring production of analytical and operative records
- improvement of management accounting permitting computerization of operational planning and control of individual types of activity
On the whole, implementation of a complex project provides great opportunities for upgrading enterprise procedural framework, though the above opportunities are far from always realized.
