team training
ERP Success Academy
Know Before You Go
A six-module training program that equips your leadership and project team with practical ERP knowledge before the project starts. ERP Success Academy moves learning ahead of consequences, so your team can challenge vendors constructively, spot warning signs early, and avoid the mistakes that sink most implementations.
Why It Exists
You cannot know what you don’t know—unless ERP delivery is your profession
Most organizations walk into an ERP project with a team that has never done one before. Vendors and implementation partners have done hundreds. That knowledge gap is one of the most expensive problems in enterprise software.
ERP Success Academy closes that gap before it costs you. Not with theory, but with the practical, specific knowledge your team needs to make better decisions at every critical point in the project.
The academy is not just for companies starting fresh. It is equally valuable for organizations already in a troubled implementation that needs a controlled reset.
“ERP Success Academy exists because skipping this step is one of the most dangerous choices an organization can make.”
HandsFree ERP Advisory Team
What your team will be able to do
Understand how ERP projects break down and when
Identify critical decision points before they become problems
Challenge vendors and partners constructively
Distinguish business design decisions from system constraints
Recognize early warning signs of a project in trouble
Assess internal team capacity and capability gaps
Build realistic expectations around timeline and budget
Prepare for demos with structured evaluation criteria
Who this is built for
C-suite executives sponsoring ERP initiatives
Project managers and business analysts
Department leads and functional SMEs
IT leaders preparing for implementation
Companies mid-project who sense things are off-track
Organizations evaluating whether to rescue or restart
01
ERP Fundamentals & Failure Patterns
What ERP actually is, what it is not, and the root causes behind the majority of failed implementations. Starting here prevents the most expensive mistakes.
02
Requirements & Fit-Gap Analysis
How to document real business requirements before vendor conversations start, and how to evaluate fit-gap honestly rather than taking a vendor’s word for it.
03
Vendor Evaluation & Demo Preparation
How to structure vendor demos so you are evaluating what matters to your business, not what vendors want to show you.
04
Data Readiness & Migration Planning
What your data needs to look like before migration, how to assess its current state, and what will happen if you skip this step.
05
Implementation Risk & Partner Management
How to evaluate implementation partners, structure the engagement, and maintain oversight so problems surface early.
06
Change Management & Go-Live Strategy
How to prepare your organization for the change, plan go-live, manage adoption, and avoid the post-go-live collapse that affects so many ERP projects.
Practical & Proven
Lessons, templates, and expert coaching
Practical lessons
Every module is built around real-world ERP project scenarios, not academic frameworks.
Proven templates
Take-away templates your team can use immediately: requirements docs, vendor scorecards, risk registers.
Expert coaching
Access to the HandsFree ERP team for questions, scenario reviews, and implementation support.
Self-paced format
Work through modules at your team’s pace. No fixed schedule required.
Applicable day one
Everything in the academy can be applied to your current or upcoming ERP project immediately.
Vendor-agnostic
The curriculum is not tied to any specific ERP product. It works across Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, NetSuite, and others.
Ready to prepare your team?
Master ERP success with practical lessons, proven templates, and expert coaching from the team at HandsFree ERP.