Welcome on the "Be project manager's blog"
This blog mainly deals with IT project management and particularly with the implementation of E.R.P. systems.
After a few years of practice in the field, I felt the need to share my experience and exchange with other project managers.
This site therefore does not claim to illustrate the exhaustive and perfect knowledge of project management in the IT sector, but aims to present points of reflection that can provoke a productive exchange.
My career having led me to follow projects in different countries, I wanted to organize this blog in three diferent languages, French, Italian and English. I would therefore ask you for a little indulgence on linguistic inaccuracies.
Thank you
Virgile Petrantoni
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The Project Management category offers articles on the stages of the project lifecycle (planning, execution, monitoring, closure) and provides insights into how the project manager responds to unforeseen events, highlighting essential competencies.
The Methodology category gathers articles that detail the processes, best practices, and essential tools for successful ERP projects; it provides a structured framework to move from theory to action.
Knowledge Management (KM) is key to ERP project success. The "single expert" trap, caused by staff turnover, knowledge-as-power perception, and reliance on tacit knowledge, is a major risk. Project managers must formalize knowledge (single repository, REX register) and encourage sharing through leadership and structured informal exchanges to ensure knowledge sustainability.
The IT project manager must achieve inner alignment, act with integrity, and cultivate deep self‑knowledge; doing so builds trust, motivates the team, and ensures sustainable project success.
The questioning, essential for project managers, promotes continuous learning, process improvement, and team resilience. By observing facts, analyzing causes, challenging their hypotheses, and seeking alternatives, they turn each lesson into concrete actions, creating a culture of innovation, autonomy, and creative freedom.
Discover how to orchestrate data migration on Microsoft Business Central thanks to a rigorous methodology and monitoring dashboards. This approach ensures a smooth transition, avoids duplicates, and preserves financial integrity from day one.
Functional analysis in an ERP project is an indispensable deliverable. It is essential for defining the project scope, ensuring a shared understanding of needs, and strengthening transparency with the client. The article describes its ideal structure (including introduction, requirements, models, and constraints) and demonstrates how this document serves as a vital guide throughout the design, development, testing, and change management phases.
The proactive management of risks (organizational, technical, financial, etc.) is vital for the success of an ERP project. They must be anticipated (identified, assessed) and treated (avoided, reduced, transferred, accepted) from the start to prevent failure.
The success of an ERP project isn't limited to technical delivery. The key is to define and measure the value (operational and managerial) in a timely and continuous manner throughout the entire lifecycle. This approach transforms the Project Manager into a strategic partner who ensures the business objectives are achieved, going beyond mere adherence to the schedule.
In ERP project management, resistance to change is a constant human obstacle. Often caused by insufficient budget and Key User overload, it compromises success. Leadership, transparent communication, and support are essential to transform fears into project success.
Being a project manager means managing stress. I learned to face it not as an enemy, but as an ally. By delegating, setting boundaries, and finding ways to decompress, I transformed suffering into a driver of performance and credibility.
In IT project management, "empathy", "sympathy", and "humor" are just as important as "technical skills" for successfully managing teams and conflicts.