Support Pack Upgrade for APO 5.0

Hi Guys,
Can anyone update me on what needs to be done from the functional side if we upgrade the Support pack level.
We are upgrading from Support Pack 11 to 16 and are currently in APO 5.0. What precautions and updates we need to do for the same. I would appreciate if some step wise process can be defined, for this. Also would like to know the difference between SPK 16 and 17.
Thanks,
Harsh

Hello Harsh,
Have you checked the Release & Upgrade Info section in the SAP Service portal (service.sap.com). This containa ample information on this.
Thanks,
Mahesh

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import support package only then when you have an error or you want to have a special fiunctionality.
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should be tested after the sp import.
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Dear Experts,
There has been a discussion with my colleagues to discontinue support pack upgrade. But we are not able to reach to any consensus. We would require your opinion on the same.
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Since we are using SAP-EH&S in highly customized manner, support pack causes more issues rather than improvements. Each time we have to invest lot of efforts while testing the system after support pack is applied. We have to stop all the development work for 2 months.
I need to know:
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Dear Apoorv
in regards of:
What are the implications of discontinuing support pack upgrades?
=> you will never get "legal updates". A support package is not only a "fix"; but sometimes SAP is delivering new solutions based on legal topics. Good example is "SVT". This is shipped with a Support Package only; you should not never ever try to implement the more than 100 OSS notes manually
=> you will never get "error" fixes; yes you can implement one OSS after the other (if neededI but this is the wrong approach
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>
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Sankar
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