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ERP Implementation Benefits Realisation Plan

This is a practical guide to building a benefits realisation plan for an erp implementation project — how the project’s benefits will be measured and actually realised, adapted to the realities of replacing or deploying an enterprise resource planning system across the whole organisation.

What a Benefits Realisation Plan is

A benefits realisation plan is how the project’s benefits will be measured and actually realised. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Benefits Realization. On an erp implementation project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.

Why it matters for an ERP Implementation project

ERP Implementation projects live or die on replacing or deploying an enterprise resource planning system across the whole organisation. A well-built benefits realisation plan gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how erp implementation projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.

What to include

  • Target benefits
  • Metrics / KPIs
  • Baseline values
  • Owner
  • Realisation timeline

ERP Implementation-specific considerations

Tailor the benefits realisation plan to the risks that most often derail erp implementation projects:

  • Under-estimated data migration
  • Business-process change resistance
  • Customisation over-reach

Example

On a real erp implementation project, the benefits realisation plan would be shaped by replacing or deploying an enterprise resource planning system across the whole organisation. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — under-estimated data migration, business-process change resistance, customisation over-reach — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.