Discussion of New Development Requests

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Discussion of New Development Requests
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Consolidation of the Industry Solution Public
Sector and FI-FM in Release 5.0

• To date SAP develops in two strands, the Industry
  Solution strand (IS-PS) and the core strand
  (FI-FM)
• Result two different deliveries / delivery
  cycles on different releases.
• functionality that is of use for all users, both,
  IS-PS and FI-FM customers, is only available for
  one or the other.

CoreComponents / functionality
IS-PS Functionality
Delivery Core
Delivery IS-PS
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Consolidation of the Industry Solution Public
Sector and FI-FM in Release 5.0

• Planned in Release 5.0 consolidation of the two
  delivery strands into one system.
• IS-PS functionality becomes available for more
  customers.
• Development in only one system development
  gains momentum

Interface
CoreComponents / functionality
CoreComp. / functionality
Delivery Core
Delivery IS-PS
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Consolidation of the Industry Solution Public
Sector and FI-FM in Release 5.0

• Development requests by HERUG include
  functionality available in the IS-PS delivery.
  Namely
• FM budget line item display simplification and
  enhancement (by UofT). In IS-PS there are entry
  documents which might answer the request.
• FM budget document display and simplification
  enhancement
• Entry documents in IS-PS work as requested by
  UofT.
• FM budget document reversal
• Reversal documents in IS-PS work as requested by
  UofT.
• Functionality requested might be achieved due to
  the merge of IS-PS and FI-FM.

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Development New Budgeting

• New data model independent of hierarchies
• No budget distributions
• Hierarchies for reporting only
• New user interface
• New dimensions (e.g. project)
• Development requests by HERUG include
  functionality that is due to the way the current
  budgeting model in IS-PS/FI-FM works. Namely
• SAP Utility to automate Fund/Fund Center
  relocation (UofT)
• Funds Center hierarchy change program (UofT)

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Development Grants Management
Accounting / Reimbursement
Proposal / Application
Award / Contract
Award
Application
Sponsor
Proposal
Award
Application
Grantee/Contractor (R/3 Customer)
Recipient