Managing the full ERP life-cycle: Considerations of maintenance and support requirements and IT governance practice as integral elements of the formula for successful ERP adoption

Computers in Industry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-308

  Law, Chuck C H ^a   Chen, Charlie C ^b   Wu, Bruce J P ^c  

^a Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies   (Canada)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Customization; Enterprise resource planning; Maintenance and support; Software patches

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPERATION; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; CUSTOMIZATION; DAILY ACTIVITY; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP ADOPTION; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; ERP SYSTEM; INTEGRAL ELEMENT; IT GOVERNANCE; KEY ELEMENTS; LIFE SPAN; NORMAL OPERATIONS; POST-IMPLEMENTATION; PROJECT LIFECYCLE; SOFTWARE PATCHES; STABLE SYSTEMS; SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS; SYSTEM LIFECYCLE; TIME-OUTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; PLANNING; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 75949083689     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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