Define Project Mission Statement

Use

The purpose of this task is to define an overall project mission statement for the SAP implementation.
This statement should be concise, and easy to understand. In addition, the mission statement represents a high-level commitment from company management.

Prerequisites

After it has been agreed to start the project, this is one of the early tasks. It is probable that business drivers and business measurements have been determined and are available from the evaluation phase.

Procedure

If the business drivers and measurements were determined before, these will provide the basis for formulating the project mission statement.

  1. If there was no formal evaluation process prior to the implementation project, then interview the company’s senior executives to ask them which business goals will be achieved through the SAP System implementation.
  2. Arrange a workshop with members of the project team to establish a relevant mission statement.
  3. Present suggested project mission statement to steering committee members to get input and confirm that the statement correctly reflects business goals.

Result

Project mission statement is defined and agreed upon.