Last Chance to Launch: How Leaders Rescue ERP, CRM, and Digital-Transformation Projects from the Edge of Failure - Hardcover
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by Dustin Domerese (Author)
Why are technology projects so prone to failure? Every year, global businesses waste over $2 trillion on failed technology projects. If your multi-million dollar ERP, CRM, or Digital Transformation initiative is spiraling toward missed deadlines and widespread user resistance, the core problem is not the software-it's your organization's foundation.
LAST CHANCE TO LAUNCH: How Leaders Rescue ERP, CRM, and Digital-Transformation Projects From the Edge of Failure is the essential playbook for executives, project managers, and consultants ready to face the truth: Technology doesn't fix a broken organization; it only magnifies how broken it is.Drawing on cautionary, real-life project rescue scenarios, this book is a deep dive into the four core problems that consistently derail enterprise systems, shifting the focus from technical fixes to managing people and process:- The Human Element: Overcome the psychological resistance that cripples user adoption and causes digital failure.
- Misaligned Expectations: Close the gap between leadership's vision of instant efficiency and the operational reality on the ground.
- Organizational Dynamics: Dismantle departmental silos, manage power struggles, and eliminate the toxic workarounds that facilitate dysfunction.
- Complexity Management: Simplify scope and define clear decision-making frameworks to prevent projects from stalling under their own weight.
- Lay the proper groundwork before project initiation to ensure setup for success.
- Craft a Project Bill of Rights to establish psychological safety and honest communication.
- Write clear requirements that prevent critical, often overlooked, issues from sinking your implementation.
- Implement a framework for sustained adoption, effective training, and continued reskilling of your team.
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