The Openbravo ERP glossary project: helping Openbravo users develop their understanding of ERP

When you are implementing an ERP system for the first time, you can be faced by a double learning curve. Not only do you have to learn the new software, but you have to become familiar with the theories and concepts of ERP that underpin it. ERP is a specialist area and it can feel like a whole new language.

That's why we've started compiling a glossary of terms on the wiki. The glossary covers specific Openbravo terms, but also both general ERP terms, and I'd like to request help from the community in taking it further.

It's a project that's easy to join in - it doesn't require a big time commitment and you can dip in and out of it at your leisure. If you are already an expert, you can help by defining some of the terms on the list. If you're a novice, you can help by adding any terms you don't understand to the list of candidates for inclusion.

The glossary stands on its own as a useful document, but as it grows we will be able to link to it from elsewhere in the wiki and also use it in online help. As a technical author it's also a useful reference for me as I work through the system documenting it.

To get involved, you just need to be a registered user on the Openbravo wiki. Contributions are very gratefully received.