Re: Lawson Software questions.

A friend is a DBA for a large Lawson implementation. He replies with the following:
"There is simply no comparison between SAP and Lawson. SAP requires much more technical savvy specifically on their proprietary software and tools. Lawson is written mostly in MicroFocus Cobol. Any general developer can work on it. As for implementation, SAP DEMANDS you do a BPR and have you bring your business processes in line with their software. Or else it just will never work! There are no books or third party documentation available for Lawson. Lawson's documentation is generally out of date. As for costs, a minimal SAP implementation is > $5 Mil. A minimal Lawson implementation is half of SAP's. I disagree with Nat when he says to allow for $250k for consulting. Lawson consulting will be > $1 mil., at least 40% of the total project budget."

Nat Kidder <kidder.nat_at_orbcomm.com> wrote in message news:skvl2njme7f137_at_corp.supernews.com...
>
> Mark B. wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone who has worked with Lawson Software
> > products could provide me with the answers to a some questions.
> >
> > First, what is the workload and experience required to install and
> > maintain a Lawson Financials and HR installation for a 500 person site?
> > Could it be done by a Sr. Unix Sysadmin and Sr. Oracle DBA? What's the
> > timeframe like?
> >
> > Second, does anyone have any links to on-line resources or books dealing
> > with Lawson Software. I've been looking for two days, and can't find a
> > thing.
> >
> > Finally, if it came down to Lawson Software vs. SAP for financials and
 HR,
> > which would be prefered?
> >
> > TIA.
> >
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> > Lawson and SAP are about equal, though each is slightly tailored to its
> own market. Though SAP has more market share, Lawson is actually less
> proprietary in its technical foundations.
>
> In implementing Lawson, I would budget 250/500/5: $250K for consulting and
> 500 person-hours for in-house staff to get the implemenation, and 5 months
> to pull it off. You would need Lawson experts, not just experts in
> Lawson's particular technical platform.
>
> I've search high and low for 3rd party Lawson documentation, but to no
> avail. It's surprising considering its popularity. Their in-house docs
> are pretty good, though.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Nat
> Rockville, Maryland
>
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Received on Thu Jun 22 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT