PROJ6000 Report: ERP Implementation in Pharmaceutical Company

This report focuses on the implementation of a cloud-based ERP system within a pharmaceutical company. It addresses the challenges of managing data across multiple branches and proposes an ERP solution. The report outlines essential project management processes, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure. It explores various project management methodologies, with an emphasis on the waterfall methodology, and details key project knowledge areas such as integration, time, schedule, cost, quality, risk, human resource, and stakeholder management. The report also examines the relationship between effective project management and project success, highlighting the benefits of a clear roadmap, enhanced customer satisfaction, and improved growth. Furthermore, it discusses the consequences of poor project management, such as poor time management and unclear objectives. The conclusion underscores the critical role of project management in achieving project success, emphasizing the importance of the discussed processes, knowledge areas, and methodologies, while also reflecting on the negative outcomes of inadequate project management practices.

ERP implementation in
Pharmaceutical company

Introduction
• The main focus in on the Information technology sector in
which a cloud-based ERP system will be implemented for a
pharmaceutical company.
• It is found that presently, the organization has a number of
branches and it will quite difficult to access data of any
branch.
• In order to resolve this issue, the organization wanted to
develop an ERP system within the organization.

Effective project management process
The different project management procedures that are
mainly used for implementing ERP system for a
pharmaceutical company are listed below:
• Initiation phase
• Planning phase
• Execution phase
• Monitoring phase
• Closure phase

Effective project management methodologies
It is found that there are a number of project management
methodology which can be used for managing a project and
they are listed below:
• Agile
• Waterfall
• Six Sigma
• Lean
• Scrum and more
Out of all the methodologies, it is found that waterfall
methodology is mainly used for ERP implementation.

Different project knowledge areas
The different project knowledge areas are mainly listed
below:
• Project integration
• Project time management
• Project schedule management
• Project cost management
• Project quality management
• Project risk management
• Project human resource management and
• Project stakeholder management.

Ways in which PM is related to success and failure
• It is found that effective project management helps in providing a proper roadmap
that can be easily followed as well as leads to successful completion of the project.
• It further helps in enhancing customer satisfaction as well as its effectiveness in
delivering services.
• Moreover, it assists in improving growth as well as development within the project
so that they can work effectively for achieving the objectives.

Consequences when PM is not implemented in projects
The consequences when PM is not implemented
effectively in project are reflected below:
• Poor time management
• Unclear objectives
• Dissatisfied customers

Conclusion
• It can be concluded from the entire paper that project management plays an
important role in managing the project and for achieving success.
• It is found that the paper reflects the importance of project management process ,
knowledge areas as well as methodologies.
• Moreover, the paper also reflected the consequences that occur due to improper use
of project management.
•

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