SAP Project Management- Introduction to Project Management

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SAP Project Management-Introduction to Project
Management
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Contents..
Contents

• Introduction to SAP Project Management
• ASAP implementation and some challenges
• Basic definitions Project and project management
• Key terms one need to know about the project

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ASAP implementation and some challenges

• There are some Challenges for Companies planning
  to implement globally or at more than one site
• Global business processes and data issues -
  Business standardization, Legal requirements.
• Geography and cultural issues - Geographical
  spread and time-zone differences, cultural
  differences.
• International team structure and program
  organization - Geographical spread and time-zone.
• More complex configuration management variations
  in regional IT infrastructures.
• Global ASAP is the SAP solution designed to
  facilitate meeting these challenges

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Introduction to SAP Project Management

• A project is defined as following by its
  components in general
• It has a beginning and an end
• It is defined by specific goals and objectives
• It is usually conducted by a well-defined
  organization
• Project Management related to SAP (ERP) is
  nothing but Managing SAP Project.
• In broad Terms Project Management is PDCA
  cycle i.e. Plan ,Do , Check and Act cycle.

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Basic definitions Project and project
management

• A project is defined as following by its
  components in general
• It has a beginning and an end
• It is defined by specific goals and objectives
• It is usually conducted by a well-defined
  organization
• Project Management covers the following
  functions
• Planning-deciding what is to be done
• Organizing-making arrangements
• Staffing-selecting the right people
• Directing-giving instructions
• Monitoring-checking on progress
• Controlling-taking action
• Innovating-coming up with new solutions
• Representing-liaising with users

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Key terms one need to know about the project

• Key terms ,one need to know about the project
  (Minimum Requirement while working in Project
  Environment)
• Project Sponsor A senior management role that
  typically involves approving or supporting the
  allocation of resources for a venture, defining
  its goals and assessing the venture's eventual
  success.
• Project Stakeholders Project stakeholders are
  those entities within or outside an organization
  which sponsor a project, or have an interest or
  a gain upon a successful completion of a project
• Project Charter The project charter is usually
  a short document that refers to more detailed
  documents such as a new offering request or a
  request for proposal.
• Project Plan Project Plan is a formal,
  approved document used to guide both project
  execution and project control.
• Project Management Life Cycle Is basically
  defined by its phases, according to which a
  project swims through and finally reaches to
  handover stage.
• Project Management Deliverables Project
  deliverables are the outputs got from a project
  that normally give a beneficial change.
• Project Status The status report of all
  capital projects
• Project Phases A major logical grouping of
  work on a project. A phase also represents the
  completion of a major deliverable
• Milestones A significant stage or event in the
  development of Project.

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