I wrote another post down at the Waggware Strategy Blog.  Here is an excerpt!

In my last post I outlined a series of nine steps for selecting enterprise software that will help optimize your business. In today’s post I am going to dig a little deeper into the first step which is “Defining the Project Vision.”

Before embarking on this process your organization needs to understand what major problems exist and require solving. The art of defining your organization’s problem is accomplished by communicating it via a Project Charter document; it’s the main vehicle for selling the proposed change to your various key stakeholders. Complete this document with care and communicate it with clarity. If you don’t complete this step your project may hit a brick wall and get sent to the “someday/maybe task list”.

To the article in it’s entirety log onto The Strategy Lab