List of hurdles to a successful enterprise resource planning (ERP) project

1- Imagine you are an SA (System Analyst).  And you heard this at the water cooler at work between two IT employees:  “Did you hear that the CEO wants to institutionalize the SDLC as our organizational project management methodology.”

What would you say

2- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are perhaps the most challenging to get right.   The failure rates can be high.  See http://businessfinancemag.com/technology/tons-erp-projects-still-bomb

Now, take a look at this list of hurdles to a successful enterprise resource planning (ERP) project.

http://www.datamation.com/entdev/article.php/614681/ERP-Project-Management-Is-Key-To-A-Successful-Implementation.htm

Of the various successful project manager characteristics, pick one.  Why do you think it is important?