Is ERP implementation a IT project or not

In our company, one consultant gave his guidelines for a successful implementation.
He told that we should make an ERP team consisting of core team members from various disciplines of the company except for IT.
He further says that ERP implementation is not an IT project at all and no member of our company's IT team should be there.
I would like to know if such a remark is correct and if this consultant is worth his fees.
Regards
Hawker

First of all, I alert when I see you indicate "one guy" (or I presume gal)......I hope that is for illustrative purposes and you don't literally mean only one person has the knowledge of a key part of the system. This is a recipe for big trouble if that person quits, goes on vacation, gets sick, or passes away.
Second, who interfaces between the teams? All of these pieces and parts need to work together and both the business and IT need to have a good understanding of the big picture. If each module is a box, the subject matter experts need to also understand (perhaps not in at as detailed a level) what is attached to each input and output of his/her box. (I'm storing data in table x......who's using it and how is it being used? I'm using data from table y.....how did it get there and who can change/delete it?)
Third, what about DBAs? Do they have a firm understanding of the overall picture? There's nothing like receiving a request to modify an object and find out later that it's detrimental to the overall system purpose/function.
Fourth, how about the infrastructure team? Who is scoping the hardware, bandwidth, etc? Do they understand how/who will use the system so the scoping can be reasonable?

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>
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