Business Case

A leading North American liquid pipeline operator had initiated a SAP implementation
project that was in jeopardy of going over schedule by many months and exceeding the
budget dramatically.

Business Solution

ARC was engaged to conduct a thorough internal assessment and review of the project approach and status. ARC assembled a team of consultants with proven experience in previous data conversion initiatives involving the same resultant CIS system. The team was comprised of Senior Architect, Team Lead, Conversion Analysts and Subject Matter Experts in SAP IS-U and SAP EMIGAL technology.

The engagement had two phases. Phase 1 was an initial assessment and review of approach for the project. The ARC team of experts completed the detailed initial analysis of the project within 3 days.

Phase 2 was an investigation of potential remediation, analysis of alternative approaches and a determination of suitable recommended actions. Within 6 weeks, the major problems and root causes were identified, recommendations for remedial actions were finalized and a project schedule impact was developed.

The client was provided with a Project Assessment Findings/Discussion Paper and an Overview Presentation of Recommendations.

The majority of the dozens of recommendations were adopted by the client and the project was able to meet its key objectives in a timely manner. The project was completed and the system went live successfully a month later than the originally targeted date.