Requirements Definition

With our ERP Systems Business Analysis, Requirements Definition and System Specification service you gain access to knowledge, tools and experience in producing functional and non-functional requirements and specifications for ERP systems and processes. We fully support you with a successful ERP selection.

Working closely together, we identify and develop preferred outcomes through data analysis, producing a comprehensive Target Operating Model (TOM), frame your functional requirements and give an insight into non-functional requirements to determine the optimal ERP solution.

Features

• We integrate our team with yours, giving the perfect collaborative business analysis environment.
• Methods to enable either comprehensive or light-touch requirements, based around functional and accounting analysis.
• Review and documentation of organisational rules, policies, regulations and reporting which is then paired with our expert knowledge of the ERP market including vendors and product features.
• Synergistic working methods that result in the clarification and identification of scope, corporate functions and current processes to determine your requirements.
• Review and define in accordance with APQC taxonomy and process frameworks, including Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement, Asset Management and more.
• Define all stakeholder requirements, respecting all stakeholders and their individual perspectives on what is needed from a system to enable them to work optimally.  
• Identification of the right ERP system specification for your organisation, in line with resource limitations and budget.
• Encourage close stakeholder relationships to produce comprehensive functional and non-functional requirements and specifications.

Benefits

• Gain clarity around regulatory and management reporting requirements
• Identify all stakeholder requirements.
• Plan against recognised best-practice models.
• Process optimisation using globally-recognised methodologies, identifying your specific functional and non-functional needs.
• Expert and independent knowledge of the ERP market.
• Timely and cost-efficient selection and ERP system deployment plan
• Risk reduction in project and programme delivery.
• Access to expert advice, templates and tools to guide you through each stage.
• Risk reduction of issues arising and project scope creep through regular meetings to assess progress, maximising project success and the achievement of the best possible results.
• Comprehensive documentation on which to base any next steps in the project.

Outcomes

• Functional and non-functional requirements
• Thorough understanding of your organisation
• An understanding of how your requirements suit the systems market
• Comprehensive documentation on which to base any next steps in the project will be provided
• High-level overview of the systems market based on our many years of expertise, if required