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- What is
single most important goal that
company is planning to reach thanks to this solution? - What critical problems
solution is meant to solve? - Are
time and money spent justifies its implementation? - What are
implementation milestones? - How you will know that you have reached those milestones? - Once you got all
relevant people of
company involved in
process, choose an implementation taskforce of experts from all required sections. This team should be responsible for developing
implementation plan. According to this plan assign resources and deadlines. Upon completion of each stage of implementation get senior management involved in order to review
progress.
Education and Training
Education should cover
“why” side of
solution and training
“how” side.
- Identify
people that required getting trained and educated. - Define objectives - Define training and education criteria and select syllabus - Set
evaluation method - Conduct
actual learning process - Assess their progress
Implementation
Implementation of
solution should take place according to
strict predefined stages.
Upon completion of each stage of implementation get senior management involved in reviewing progress. Conduct reality check!
- How does
solution meet your expectations so far? - Is it doing what it’s supposed to do? - Do you need to revise any of your priorities?
Once
implementation is over, set up a thorough post implementation meeting with
taskforce and
relevant end-users. The important thing here is to identify if everybody involved with
project is satisfied with
result or not.
In order to successfully implement e-business solutions, it is very important that you fully understand
technologies behind it. If require hire a consultant and work closely with her. In
long run, this might save you substantial time and money.
Here are other things to remember:
1. E-business solutions are mere tools. Don’t expect them to radically change everything that you learnt about business processes.
2. E-business solution implementations like any other project require strict step by step project management.
3. Before considering an e-business solution, make sure that there is a sound business need to get it. E-marketplace, Private exchange, Business portal are few of
e-business solutions that help you attracting new customers and markets. These solutions also allow streamlining many of
vital business processes. In your e-business strategy these solutions should be at
top of
list.
4. Keep track of
new technologies and keep an eye to your competitors’ e-business strategies. E-business is an extremely fast moving segment; you should be ready for changes and embrace them whenever it’s necessary.

Nowshade Kabir is the founder, primary developer and present CEO of Rusbiz.com. A Ph. D. in Information Technology, he has wide experience in Business Consulting, International Trade and Web Marketing. Rusbiz is a Global B2B Emarketplace with solutions to start and run online business. You can contact him at mailto:nowshade [at] rusbiz.com, http://ezine.rusbiz.com/archivenews.html?nl_oid=43