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activities for some time
                                            because invoicing or debt
                                            collection is not possible


               Frequent Changes to          The Software modification  The Steering Committee must
               Software Requirements        will be in place but the     approve the modifications (also
               (this is common when new     impact it can have on the    very often similar information
               staff are appointed). Also   overall system is not        is already available in the
               change requests given by     completely predictable       system). The approval must be
               staff without proper         leading to a working         through email or written
               authorization and            system suddenly giving       communication and Vendor
               communicated verbally and  problems.                      must send a response as well
               modification treated as                                   agreeing to the change.
               urgent not giving sufficient
               time for Vendor to perform                                Once modification is approved
               a proper test                                             ensure that sufficient time is
                                                                         given to the Vendor to change
                                                                         the software.



               Client using an existing     Users don’t like to change   The objective of migrating to
               software package, where      their way of working and     FiNAC is to obtain information
               users are very comfortable   expect FiNAC to have all     that was not available from the
               with, but the existing       the features of the existing   existing software and this
               software does not provide    software so that they don’t   cannot be compromised on.
               the Management with the      have to undergo a learning
               information they require.    curve. This results in the   Thus the Steering committee
                                            operators asking us to       must get involved in the details
                                            modify FiNAC for their       of operator request to
                                            operating needs which has    determine if such requests are
                                            no impact on the             absolutely necessary or can be
                                            Organization’s information  avoided in the best interest of
                                            requirements. In             obtaining mission critical
                                            conclusion the system gets   information to operate the
                                            Delayed and negative         business.
                                            comments about the
                                            software are given to the
                                            Steering committee.



               Delays during Data           Existing staff have to work  It makes sense to recruit
               Conversions & Data           on the current system as     temporary staff as IT
               Migrations particularly      well as the new system.      executives to handle the data
               when there is large          This leads to exhaustion,    entry workload on the new
               volumes of data.             long nights and resulting    system. Vendor is willing to
                                            frustrations. End result is   recruit such staff and train
                                            that data accuracy;          them FOC. Client can pay their
                                            reconciliations etc. take    salaries directly. However a
                                            over six months creating     word of caution : “ Client must
                                            further backlogs. We also    monitor daily the work being
                                            have noticed that Debtors



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