Change Management of People and Technology in an ERP Implementation Case Study

Change Management of People and Technology in an ERP Implementation - Case Study Example PowerIT's has decided to acquire a 3rd-party modified off-the-shelf solution. The main reason behind the implementation of the 3rd-party modified off-the-shelf solution is the less effective system development skill of the PowerIT's internal IT department. In other words we can also say that PowerIT did not want to take the risk of such huge development. Therefore PowerIT has decided to acquire 3rd-party modified off-the-shelf solution (Edwards and Humphries). In the analysis of this system the case writers have declared the different areas of the system implementation with different ranks. For example the â€Å"Software Development Expertise† regarding the 3rd-party modified off-the-shelf solution is ranked as â€Å"HIGH†. This signifies that the system development firm that is going to develop the system is possessing high quality system developers; those are having extensive expertise in the system development. In this scenario the PowerIT lacks and not have such com petent experts and professional for such a huge development. In this case in-house-development of the system can be a failure. The case writers have ranked the second aspect of the 3rd-party modified off-the-shelf solution as â€Å"HIGH† that is about the â€Å"Application Domain Expertise†. In this scenario we can also have better expertise of the overall system development through the 3rd-party modified off-the-shelf solution.