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Odoo project rescue: getting a struggling project back on track
A project that never ends, an integrator who has left, a database delivered but unusable, a team working around Odoo with spreadsheets.
An ERP project in trouble isn't rare and it is most often recoverable. You first need an honest diagnosis, before any new spending. The Odoo project rescue by ANOR, a consulting firm and Odoo integrator, covers both an unfinished project and a database already in production.
Which struggling ERP projects do we take over?
A project with no go-live
The project has dragged on for months without going live and nobody can say when it will be completed.
A vanished integrator
The integrator has disappeared or no longer responds and you are left with a database that nobody maintains.
An Odoo that is bypassed
Odoo is in production, but the teams work alongside it, with spreadsheets and double entry.
A stuck database
The database is stuck on an old version because of unmaintained developments.
What does the diagnosis involve?
Short answer: a diagnosis includes an audit of the database, interviews with users and a written report that says what to keep, what to fix and what to redo and in what order.
- The database audit: installed modules, custom developments, data quality.
- Interviews with users: what works, what is bypassed and why.
- A written report: what to keep, what to fix, what to redo and in what order.
This report stands on its own. You can decide to entrust the next steps to us, to give part of them to another provider, or to commit to nothing. The diagnosis comes before any rescue proposal and starts with the free on-site situation audit: time spent with your teams, then a first written opinion.
How does an Odoo project rescue work?
1
First conversation
You describe the situation, with no judgement and no commitment. We see whether the project can be turned around or whether you need to start again on a sound basis.
2
Diagnosis
Database audit, user interviews and a written report, before any new spending.
3
Recovery plan
What to keep, what to fix, what to redo, sequenced by priority, with a first batch that stands on its own.
4
Return to service
Fixes, acceptance testing by your users, team training and follow-up after the rescue.
What do we keep, what do we redo?
We keep everything that works. Most often, the data and a good part of the configuration can be kept. We redo what blocks usage: an unmaintained development, a degraded data repository, a poorly split process.
We also take over code that we didn't write. The diagnosis says what it is worth and we tell you even when the answer is "needs rewriting". If the cause is organisational, a process review tackles the issue at its root. If the database is stuck on an old version, the Odoo migration takes over.
Our line of conduct on an ERP project rescue
- We look ahead: the report covers the database and the processes, never the previous integrator.
- We keep everything that works: a total overhaul is only decided on evidence.
- We restore ERP project governance: one owner on the client side, a written scope, regular checkpoints.
Our role is to get the project back to a usable state. When the need goes beyond technology, our consultants act as project owner assistance and support the teams through the change. If you want to understand the usual causes of failure, our guide why ERP projects fail sets them out in detail.
Frequently asked questions about Odoo project rescue
Rarely. Most often, the data and a good part of the configuration can be kept.
Yes. The diagnosis says what it is worth and we tell you even when the answer is "needs rewriting".
We start from what your database contains: modules, developments, data. The audit reconstructs what was never documented.
It depends on the size of the database and the number of users to interview. We confirm the duration at the first conversation.
No. The written report belongs to you and can be used by any provider.
By splitting it up. The recovery plan isolates a first batch that stands on its own: the most penalised flow, often invoicing or stock, put right and accepted by your users while the rest keeps running. The following batches follow the same method.
Yes. On Odoo.sh, the platform requires a version supported by the vendor: the rescue then includes the migration in the first batch. On a dedicated server, the database keeps running without the vendor's security fixes, which leaves time to fix things first, then plan the upgrade on a test database.
Tell us about the situation
With no judgement and no commitment. A first conversation is often enough to know whether the project can be turned around or whether you need to start again on a sound basis.