{"id":427,"date":"2026-01-27T21:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:51:50","slug":"perspectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are occasional perspectives drawn from experience of large-scale ERP and Oracle Fusion Cloud programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They explore how risk tends to accumulate, how control failures emerge, and why early decisions often matter more than late fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019re written for readers who want to think a little more deeply about how these programmes actually behave in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/perspectives\/why-erp-programmes-rarely-fail-they-quietly-become-something-else\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"440\">Why ERP programmes rarely fail \u2014 they quietly become something else<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An experience-led reflection on how reasonable assumptions, unchecked ambition, and early delivery decisions quietly reshape ERP programmes long before the consequences are fully visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/perspectives\/why-erp-programmes-rarely-fail-they-quietly-become-something-else\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"440\">Read \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/when-trust-replaces-controls\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"429\">When trust replaces controls<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A short reflection on how segregation of duties failures usually emerge \u2014 and why they\u2019re difficult to unwind once embedded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/when-trust-replaces-controls\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"429\">Read \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/perspectives\/when-role-design-quietly-decides-risk-control-and-cost\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"436\">When role design quietly decides risk, control, and cost<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>An experience-led perspective on why role design in Oracle Fusion programmes must balance functionality, compliance, and licensing \u2014 and what happens when it doesn\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/perspectives\/when-role-design-quietly-decides-risk-control-and-cost\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"436\">Read \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/perspectives\/finding-problems-is-good-news\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"453\">Finding problems is good news<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How visibility changes the way complex problems can be understood and addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valanconsulting.com\/preprod\/perspectives\/finding-problems-is-good-news\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"453\">Read \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are occasional perspectives drawn from experience of large-scale ERP and Oracle Fusion Cloud programmes. 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