A Review of Skills Relevant to Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation Projects

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are among the most popular IT systems and skills related to ERP implementations are key for industry. However, studies focusing on specific ERP-related skills are scarce. The main purpose of this work is to analyze skills required for ERP implementation projects. Having better insights on the types of skills required in industry can aid in identifying relevant training needs and ultimately help in capacity building for ERP related projects. A systematic review was adopted as methodology for literature analysis. A list of papers focusing on ERP skills were retrieved and were analyzed before deriving a comprehensive list of skills categorized under different themes. The findings of this paper provide a detailed list of ERP skills which can be used by industry to define training needs and by educational practitioners when designing ERP-related curriculum.