5 Habits for ERP Systems
ASMC Southside Chapter
November 10, 2015
Mission
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Developing one or more of the 5 habits will
develop crucial skills, improve your ERP
experience and contribute to the overall
productivity of your organization.
Why Habits versus Skills?
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Time to develop
Time to execute
Time to results
“We are what we repeatedly do,”
- Aristotle
Today’s Situation
The FM Certification Process (Source – OSD-C)
Today’s Situation
The ERP Capability Roadmap (Source OSD-C)
Today’s Situation
More Big Initiatives (People, Process, Technology)
 Enterprise Funds Distribution (EFD)
 Internet Payment Platform (IPP)
 Direct Treasury Disbursing
 Cost Management
 Standard Line of Accounting
Habit 1: Tasks are problems
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Learn the basic problem solving methods used in
the business world and pick 1 or 2 that fit the way
you think.
Pick one problem that you are close to, make a
hypothesis and practice the various methods 15
minutes a day
Habit 2: Pre-mortem for risk
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Adopt the “pre mortem” as a way to manage risk
Don’t document the risk, describe in great detail
exactly how things can go wrong
Make a team and practice the “pre mortem” and
make it a game to see who can come up with the
worst case outcome
Habit 3: Teach each day
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Challenge yourself to teach what you know to a
peer or your team
Block time to create the environment
Add it to your goals and make yourself
accountable
Habit 4: Date your data
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ERP systems have more data and combinations
that you can imagine
Make a hypothesis and prove it through the data
Pick one data area and own it
Habit 5: Leave the comfort zone
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Respond to at least 5 emails with phone calls
versus email responses
Develop a relationship with another person in
another department (even DFAS counts!) and
learn about their issues
My Calendar
Meeting
Goal
Habit
DTS Status Meeting
Report on status of DTS
interface
Habit 1: Report on status
via problem solving
framework
Project Plan for Direct
Treasury Disbursing
Document critical path to
deploy in October 2016
Habit 2: Pre-mortem
Call with Corporate
Support on new LOA
Provide new LOA
Habit 3: Teach each day
BI Requirements for the
IT Directorate
Make sure IT has the
right financial reports
Habit 4: Data your data
Brief at ASMC Luncheon
Don’t embarrass yourself, Habit 5: Leave the
sound somewhat smart
comfort zone