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Technical migrations succeed or fail based on human adoption. If operational teams do not understand the purpose behind system updates, resistance will undermine go-live readiness.
Engaging business champions early in blueprinting
Change management cannot be treated as an afterthought in the final weeks before go-live. Involving influential operational supervisors during workflow design creates organic ownership across business units.
Tailored role-based training over generic documentation
Flooding team inboxes with hundreds of pages of PDF manuals is completely ineffective. Hands-on sandbox simulations tailored to day-to-day job functions build genuine user confidence.
Celebrating incremental operational wins
Demonstrating immediate productivity gains—such as automated reporting or simplified mobile approvals—proves to teams that the new system makes their working lives easier.
About Glenda Godfrey
Director · Bonfire. Veteran SAP practitioner specializing in complex New Zealand enterprise delivery and strategic advisory.
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