5 Reasons Your ERP Project Falls Apart Before Go-Live

You selected the right ERP. You signed the deal. Everyone's buzzing. So why does it start going wrong three months in?

This week, Pete and Nirav welcome Emily Browning back to the show to tackle one of the most underrated topics in ERP: project management. Not the software. Not the consultants. The actual discipline of running the project well.

Together, the three of them walk through five areas that determine whether your ERP project finishes strong or fizzles out:

1. Structure – assembling the right team, defining roles, setting governance before a single workshop happens
2. Project planning – building a realistic plan, using it as your single source of truth, and dealing with scope creep
3. Visibility – making the project status visible to everyone, not just the PM
4. Keeping momentum – handling decision fatigue, mid-project slumps, and knowing when (and when not) to call a timeout
5. Change management – the people side that most projects underestimate and many never recover from

If you're about to start an ERP project, in the middle of one, or wondering why the last one didn't land — this episode is packed with practical, experience-based advice you can use immediately.