SAP Project Management- Risk, Task and Responsibilities

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SAP Project Management-Risk, Task and
Responsibilities
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Contents..
Contents

• Major risks factor to SAP project
• Accelerated SAP (ASAP) An overview
• Accelerated SAP (ASAP) Roadmap 1 2
• Setting up the program organization
• Project Management team's Task and Responsibility
• Triple Constraints Balancing for Successful SAP
  project

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Major risks factor to SAP project

• Major risks factor to SAP project
• Introduction to SAP Project Management
• Inadequate sponsorship
• Poor/slow decision making
• Poor/no scope definition
• Inadequate attention to change management
• Lack of cooperation between business
  areas/departments
• Poor use of consultants
• Inappropriate resources
• Unrealistic goal
• Poor project management

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Accelerated SAP (ASAP) An overview

• Normally call as ASAP -One of the Methodology for
  Implementing SAP
• ASAP consists of five high-level phases or
  milestones
• Project Preparation
• Business Blueprint
• Realization
• Final Preparation
• Go-Live and Support

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Accelerated SAP (ASAP) Roadmap -1

• According to standard ASAP Methodology,
• the below is included the Roadmap and brief
  content like in literature
• Phase 1 Project Preparation
• Change Charter
• Project Plan
• Scope
• Project team organization
• Phase 2 Business Blueprint
• AS is Process document
• To be process document

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Accelerated SAP (ASAP) Roadmap -2

• Phase 3 Realization
• Master Lists Define business scenarios and R/3
  transactions to be realized in
• the system.
• Configuration
• BPP Business Process procedures
• Unit testing documentation
• Development Programs
• Training Material
• Phase 4 Final Preparation
• Stress Volume tests
• Cutover Plan The details of how to move
• to the production environment and go live.
• Conduct End User Training
• Phase 5 Go live Support
• Go- live Support

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Setting up the program organization

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Project Team's Task and Responsibility

• Project Management team The members of the
  project management team have to be 100 available
  for project work.
• Tasks and responsibilities
• Implementing the project.
• Communicating, coordinating, and controlling the
  projects.
• Evaluating and deciding about functional issues.
• Configuring and customizing the system.
• Training and supporting project members and
  users.
• Documenting the project.
• Reporting to the project manager.

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Triple Constraints Balancing for Successful SAP
project

• Balancing scope, time, and money is often among
  the biggest responsibilities of the project
  manager.
• These factors are considered the three sides of
  the project triangle.
• Project Scope - Articulating the specific work to
  be done for the project.
• Project Time - Setting the finish date of the
  project as well as any interim deadlines for
  phases, milestones, and deliverables.
• Project Project Cost - Calculating and tracking
  the project costs and budget .

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