SAP Project Management Pitfalls: How to Avoid the Most Common Pitfalls of an SAP Solution

ISBN-13: 9781484213902 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 325 str.

Jayaraman Kalaimani

Opis

Master the SAP product ecosystem, the client environment, and the feasibility of implementing critical business process with the required technical and functional configuration. SAP Project Management Pitfalls is the first book to provide you with real examples of the pitfalls that you can avoid, providing you with a road-map to a successful implementation.Jay Kay, a SAP Program Manager for Capgemini, first takes a deep dive into common pitfalls in implementing SAP ERP projects in a complex IT landscape. You will learn about the potential causes of failures, study a selection of relevant project implementation case studies in the area, and see a range of possible countermeasures. Jay Kay also provides background on each - the significance of each implementation area, its relevance to a service company that implements SAP projects, and the current state of research.Key highlights of the book:

• Tools and techniques for project planning and templates for allocating resources
• Industry standards and innovations in SAP implementation projects in the form of standard solutions aimed at successful implementation
• Managing SAP system ECC upgrades, EHP updates and project patches
• Learn effective ways to implement robust SAP release management practices (change management, BAU)

Wearing a practitioner s insight, Jay Kay explores the relevance of each failed implementation scenario and how to support your company or clients to succeed in a SAP implementation. There are many considerations when implementing SAP, but as you will learn, knowledge, insight, and effective tools to mitigate risks can take you to a successful implementation project. "

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction to SAP Enterprise Software

Chapter 2: Effective SAP Project Management

Chapter 3: SAP Project Management Tools, Methods & Accelerators

Chapter 4: SAP Implementation Pit falls

Chapter 5: Approach to Testing / Quality Management

Chapter 6: Approach to Cut Over plan & Go Live

Chapter 7: Approach to end knowledge transfer, user training & post go live support

Chapter 8: Day in a life cycle of a Project Manager

Chapter 9: Approach to winning SAP Bids & Proposals

Chapter 10: Managing multiple Releases in SAP ERP

Chapter 11: Effectively managing SAP System Upgrades, EHP updates

Chapter 12: Enhancing your Consulting skills

Chapter 13: Managing projects in a cloud enterprise based environment for optimizing project budget

Chapter 14: Introduction to FIORI Applications the next gen SAP enterprise based mobile application platform

Chapter 15: Migrating to SAP HANA the next gen dB

Chapter 16: SAP Rapid Deployment Implementations using RDS

Chapter 17: Implementing SAP Human Capital Management

Chapter 18: Implementing SAP Transportation Management with APO and ECC

Chapter 19: Implementing CRM 7.0

Chapter 20: Implementing SAP ERP for manufacturing

Chapter 21: Leveraging SAP Solution Manager capabilities

Chapter 22: Leveraging SAP Enterprise Portal

Chapter 23: Industrialized Solution Implementation

Chapter 24:

Implementing SAP GRC

Chapter 25: Implementation Best practices

Chapter 26: Implementation Challenges

Chapter 27: Estimation guidelines

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O autorze

Jay Kay is an SAP professional with over 20+ years of experience in the Industry. He has worked with various clients in the US, EUR & APJ with successful ERP Implementations, Upgrade and Rollout projects. He is a trainer at SAP Academy in India and a frequent blogger helping clients to achieve the project management goals.