Brian Potts, Author at Third Stage Consulting Group

Beavis and Butt-Head Do ERP Implementations

by Brian Potts | Jul 12, 2019 | Digital Strategy

Beavis and Butt-Head, America’s favorite delinquents, are all grown up now and seem to have found their way into the technology workforce. For anyone unfamiliar with these two, they are the 1990s MTV-era definition of anti-social behavior and generally what not to do....

Managing Stress During ERP Implementation

by Brian Potts | Jun 24, 2019 | ERP Implementations, HCM Implementations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations, NetSuite Implementations, Oracle Cloud ERP Implementations, Organizational Change Management, SAP S/4HANA Implementations, SuccessFactors Implementations, Workday Implementations

Pretty much anyone who speaks of their past experiences with an ERP implementation jokes about hair loss, weight gain, insomnia, irritability, etc. Essentially, it STRESSED THEM OUT. In fact, this is a key finding from our 2019 ERP Report. My question is, why do we...

SAP’s 2025 Deadline: Remember Y2K?

by Brian Potts | Jun 22, 2019 | SAP failures, SAP S/4HANA Implementations

SAP recently announced its “2025 Deadline,” suggesting support will end for all legacy products such as ECC and R/3 come December 2025. This has sent a shockwave through the industry and companies are scrambling to take action, and not all in a good way. Y2K Déjà vu...

Snow in Late Spring: The Art of ERP Risk Mitigation

by Brian Potts | Jun 13, 2019 | Digital Strategy, ERP Implementations

No signs of it a week prior, but sure enough, it snowed in Denver on May 21. We all know it “could” happen, but nobody really expected snow in May. The storm resulted in several records and was the largest May snowfall in 44 years. Worst part was, it also dropped from...

Hertz vs. Accenture: How to Avoid Digital Transformation Failure

by Brian Potts | Jun 5, 2019 | Digital Strategy, ERP Failures

You’ve probably heard about this latest $32M Hertz vs. Accenture lawsuit by now, where Hertz is suing Accenture for failure to deliver on a digital transformation project involving their website and mobile applications. I’ve personally received hundreds of emails,...