Basic functionality and few steps for how to integrate with PS module

Question

HI Experts,
I am very new to C-projects .
So cn anybody put some light on what c-project is and how cn we integrate wth PS module step by step.
Thanks In adv.
Regards
Ashis

Answer 1

Hi,
Please find some details about cProject below.
Collaboration Projects (cProjects):
SAP offers SAP Collaborative Project Management (cProjects). cProjects covers the entire range of project management activities in development and consultancy projects, from planning to implementation to project completion.
Value Proposition
cProjects supports organizations to grow their project management excellence by
a) providing solid standalone project management core support
b) offering a wide range of integration options
Key Benefits Include:
a) As single source of truth cProjects provides company-wide transparency of all projects.
b) Complete functional support for project planning, execution and controlling
c) Project structuring and scheduling
d) Clear responsibilities based on project roles
e) Well-defined handovers through approval protected phase gates
f)  Effective Collaboration for all project stakeholders through web interface
g) Effective use of resources through cProjects enterprise resource planning and tracking.
h) Reduce project time to market and costs by implementing project templates
i)  Timely and consistent status information based on dashboards, evaluations and alerts
j)  Rapid access to all project related information in the entire SAP Business Suite.
k) Governance through comprehensive authorizations
l)  Tracking project history through status reports and versions
Integration by Evolution
cProjects supports organizations in evolving their project management maturity by constantly adding enterprise integration capabilities to their project management solutions. Many customers start with cProjects by deploying it in a stand-alone scenario with limited integration. cProjects offers a wide range of integration scenarios to increase project reach and effectiveness. A cProjects implementation growths with our customers.
Integration Functions Include:
1)Cross project reporting with SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
2)Detailed Project Costing with SAP ERP Financials and Project System
3)Enterprise Resource Management based on SAP ERP Human Capital Management
4)Business object integration to the SAP Business Suite for example materials or sales orders
5)Portfolio integration including strategic resource management with SAP xApp Resource and Portfolio Management
6)Partner collaboration with SAP Collaboration Folders
7)Enterprise Portal Deployment and Collaboration Room integration
8)Confirmation of time and travel costs with SAP ERP Time and Travel
9)SAP CRM opportunity management integration
10)Powerful document management with SAP Document Management and SAP easyDMS.
11)Early Project Costing with SAP ERP Easy Cost Planning
Positioning
Since cProjects birth as development project management for the automotive industry it has emerged to a flexible project management solution for all industries and focused on various project types, including
new product development and introduction,consulting projects and IT projects.
SAP cProjects and SAP Project System (SAP PS) are both part of SAP's offering for Project Management. Customers can use them independently or integrated depending on project requirements. If both are used integrated for the same projects cProjects manages project schedule and resources while cost and budget are managed in SAP PS.
cProject integration with PS module
With cProjects 4.0 multilevel controlling is possible. For the project type multilevel controlling (either automatic or manual) could be chosen. It can be either for the project elements or the for the project roles. Once you are on the accounting tab and by choosing account assignment you may notice that for every cProjects element a corresponding WBS element getting created in the Project system. We can do costing thereafter for the WBS elements in the Project systems
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Edited by: Yogesh  Pande on Dec 9, 2008 2:02 PM