Corralling CORAL An Integrated Project Management Approach to Systems Migration

This chapter offers a glimpse into using an integrated project-management approach to migrate from a legacy homegrown system to a vendor-supported electronic resource management (ERM) system supported by a user community. Regardless of the level of project management adoption at one’s institution, the readers will gain insight into how project management can create great value by efficiently organizing the work, improving communication through intentional planning, and meeting deadlines through structured timelines.