Hi All, For reasons discussed at the bottom I thought it would be really helpful to newbies (like me) if the community put together a required and recommended reading list to aid the discovery and use of OpenERP.
The following is what has helped me to date, along with the reasons why but, I'd really appreciate input from the experienced ERP implementers, financial gurus, operational wiz-kids and marketing masters on their recommendations. Please let me know via this post or on a PM about what you believe will really help new comers to OpenERP and as they are made I'll update the list. ***Starts*** Required Reading 1. OpenERP book http://doc.openerp.com/book/index.html#books-link I only understood a quarter of this on first pass but it's an eye-opener about what the system can do. Print it off and have it to hand wherever you go. 2. All the screencasts http://www.openerp.tv/ Books are great but seeing the software in action really helps connect the dots. 3. Book-keeping for dummies (UK & US editions) Available from local library, Amazon or all good booksellers (The above is a good book with UK and USA editions. Any suggestions for beginners guides for other countries?). As I read this (again and again) I find I'm constantly picking up the openerp book, making 'a-ha' noises before marking both with a pencil and reading on. Essential if you come from a non-financial background. Recommended Reading For *nix users * Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for Linux and Unix Administration - The second most well thumbed book in my collection. For Windows server users * Mastering Windows Server 2003 - The most well thumbed book in my collection and the best windows book ever written. ***Ends*** With over a decade in IT and the last 4 of that being involved in open source I was very confident when a friend asked me if I knew of any open source solutions that would help him run his business. After finding OpenERP I read the guides, watched the screencasts and then made a royal balls-up of it all. I very quickly found that as I was planning the implementation I was being asked questions I had no answers for, worse I had no understanding of how to get the answers to the questions I was being asked. While I had read the guide, watched the screencasts and knew my way round the infrastructure I hadn't enough knowledge to actually use the software (What is a month end and why should I care?). The above post is an attempt to better arm newbies like myself in learning not just about the application but to get an insight into the business practises behind it. While nothing will replace a structured education in these areas a good reading list will at least enable the right questions to be asked and give more and more people new to the software a direction to develop and really get the most out of the application. ------------------------ Regards Stephen -------------------- m2f -------------------- -- http://www.openobject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=38712#38712 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ Tinyerp-users mailing list http://tiny.be/mailman2/listinfo/tinyerp-users
