18 months late, overbudget… report finds council’s SAP ERP rip ‘n’ replace with Unit4 had hidden complexity

A UK public authority responsible for about £1.1 billion ($1.43 billion) in annual spending damaged its ERP project — which saw SAP ditched in favor of Unit4 — by underestimating its complexity and kicking off with an “unrealistic timeline of 15 months,” according to a public report.…