Are you thinking about integrating an external project system to your ERP?

There are several things that you need to take into consideration:

1. What are the accounting needs?
2. When do the commitments need to be booked in the GL?
3. Budgets:
   • Do you want a budget to be tracked in your external Project tracking system?
   • Do you want a total not to exceed budget in your ERP to make sure someone is notified when the budget is exceeded?
   • Do you want a detailed budget in both places?
4. If there is retention from supplier invoices to be paid at the end of the project, when does the retention need to be booked?
5. Where is the project initially setup? In the external project tracking system or the ERP?
6. What are the touch points that need to be considered when determining what the interface points are?
7. How will your ERP know when the project is complete so it can be marked as closed?