Different types of phases in implementation project

hi gurus
can anyone inform me
what r the different types of phases in implementation project

The Implementation Roadmap has five phases:
1. Project Preparation project formally initiated and planning well under way.
2. Business Blueprint project team gathers requirements and conducts conceptual design of the solution.
3. Realization system solution is built and integration tested, end users trained
4. Final Preparation final check before cut over to new system solution
5. Go Live & Support solution confirmation, on-going support in place and project closing
Please refer below link:
What is ASAP? - a definition: http://searchsap.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid21_gci871489,00.html
SAP Steps to Implement ASAP Methodology : http://sap.ittoolbox.com/documents/popular-q-and-a/steps-to-implement-asap-methodology-3581

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What are the different type of projects

i mean how many different type of projects are there in sap implementation..
what do you mean by,
enhancement project
rollout project
development project
support project
is there any thing else other than this?
please clear my doubt.
points would be rewarded.
thank you.

Check the link:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sm40/helpdata/en/ba/38c93a37c59122e10000000a114084/content.htm
Implementation Project
Project to implement business processes in an SAP landscape.
Create a project structure from the business processes. You can either create a new project structure, or base it on one of the following:
One or more user or partner templates
An existing project
Scenarios and configuration structures delivered by SAP
An existing production solution landscape
Template Project
A project to create a template.
A template makes your project structure, or parts of it, with its assigned objects (documentation, test cases, IMG activities), available to other projects.
You can lock templates, completely or partially, against changes when they are used in other projects. To use templates in other systems, transport them.
Template projects are especially suited to SAP partner solutions or global rollout.
Upgrade Project
A project to upgrade existing systems.
In an upgrade project you can:
Upgrade customizing: Upgrade existing functions
and/or
Delta customizing: Copy additional functions
Optimization project
A project to optimize the flow of business processes, or the use of a software solution.
You can use optimization projects, for example, in SAP Services.
Safeguarding project
A project to resolve a critical situation in the implementation or use of an SAP solution.
Safeguarding projects show the reasons for a critical situation and coordinate the steps required to resolve the problems.
Maintenance project
A project to maintain a solution
in Change Request Management. The project contains all maintenance activities and urgent corrections of a solution.
in Check-In/Check-Out Business Processes from the Solution Directory
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Edited by: Sravan Prakash.V on Dec 28, 2007 12:25 PM

SAP CRM Implementation Project - Phases/Stages

Hi all
I am very new to this Area !
I would like to know different Phases/Stages in the SAP CRM Implementation Project !
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RJ

Remo,
I believe every SAP CRM Implementation project would follow the ASAP methodology which is as follows:
Phase1: Project Preparation
The system landscape is set up, consultants are assigned. Project charter is created etc.
Phase2: Business Blueprint
The implementation consultants do a study of the clients business and learn how the processes/ cycles involved thru discussions, workshops etc
This is documented as an AS-IS document.
The clients business processes are then mapped on to SAP by the consultants.
This is documented as the TO-BE document
Gap Analysis is performed to identify any gaps between the AS-IS and TO-BE documents. i.e. something that the client wants but cannot be met thru SAP CRM. Then enhancements etc come into picture.
Phase3: Realization
The system is configured as per the TO-BE document. And the client is given for testing.
Phase4: Preparation for Go-LIve
Once the client confirms all the unit and integration tests, the master data needs to be uploaded. Other system checks by basis and SAP itself are performed.
Phase5: Go live and support
The project goes live and the consultants give a month's of hypercare or support.
Hope this is wat you were expecting.
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What are the different types of projects ?and mention in detail about the Roll-Out Project

Hi,
1. Implementation project -- SAP is implemented
2. support project            -- Already sap implemented now support is going
3. Upgradation                -    Already sap implemented with older version
                                             and they are upgrading to newer version
4. Roll out                       -   Sap implemented in one plant some time back
                                            New plant started .So the customer want sap to
                                            be implemented in new plant also.
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Realization phase in Template/Implementation project

Hello!
We have completed our blueprinting in SM40 on a project which was created as a template project. Now to kick-off realization phase, should we create a new implementation project out of the template..or ..just configure the project as a template itself...
What are the pros and cons? What is the right way of doing it..
Appreciate any advise/inputs.
Thanks.
Mike

Hi Mike,
in the template project every customizing element has the attribute global / harmonized / local.
Even if a rollout directly with the template project is possible (never heard of that), you would loose one of the greatest advantages of the global rollout functionality:
When copying the template project into an implementation project, all customizing elements set as global are "locked" and can not be changed by the local support teams. The ones with attribute "local" can (details see attribute specification). Thus you ensure that local settings can be applied and global processes remain as defined.
Next step is to centrally develop a new version of the template for roll-out, while your maintenance teams can work with the implementation project(s).
Another decision is to use one Implementation project for all roll-out candidates (pro: all relevant documentation in one project; con: documents need to be well arranged for not to loose track) or several Implemenation projects for each roll-out candidate (con: scattered documentation; pro: easy overview per roll-out candiate).
Hope this clarifies a bit...
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Christoph

Re: Roles of ABAPER in implementation project

HI experts,
What s the Roles of ABAPER in implementation project?and responsibilities in support project?

IMPLEMENTATION :This is project in which we implement sap for a company from scratch right from creating tables and data for the first time..writing code for the first time etc.
SUPPORT : this is the kind of project where SAP has been already implemented but due to some additional business requirement or any thing like small problems in general they hire a team who work for them to solve the small issues.its also called issue based project.
It depends on the Volume of the company and how many company codes and Plants it have and for how many it has to be implemented
There are different types of Projects in SAP:
1. Implementation
Customer wants to install SAP/Include different modules of SAP viz. MM/SD/FI/CO/PP etc for the first time.Previously he might be using some legacy system in his orgn. This is implementation project. Here one needs to integrate several modules, migrate data from Legacy system to SAP system. Need to prepare interfaces/RFC's to interact with 3rd party systems.
Most of the company's follow ASAP methodology for the Implementation projects
there are 5 stages in the ASAP methodology
they are
1. Project Initial Preparation
2.Business Blueprint
3.Realization
4/ Final Preparation
5.Golive And Support
ABAP work mostly starts in the Blue print ending stage or in the realization stage
2. Support
Customer has already installed SAP & wants to give the work of maintaining those systems. This is support project
There is no phases in it. Just receive the tickets, solve and send back to client.
3. Upgrade
Customer has SAP Version 4.6b and wants to update his version i.e. wants to go to Version 4.7. This is upgrade project
4. Rollouts
Customer has upgraded his version & wants to rollout country specific changes.
This is rollout project
Say a company is having branches in 3 to 4 countries.
In One country they have already implemented SAP
IF they wants to implement the same SAP in other countries of their branches they will simply follow the same SAP implementation policy (Rollout) how they have done for the first country just by changing the country specific settings and configurations.
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Hi,
I need some detailed information on activities involved in various stages in a SAP Implementation.
I have seen the earlier threads in the forum on this Topic,but they are very brief.
It will be very helpful for me if someone can provide some detailed document on practically what is done in those stages.
Thanks in advance,
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Hi,
Based on ASAP methodlogy.
1)Project Preparation
2)Business Blue print preparation
3)Realization
4)Final preparation
5)Post go-live support.
Project Preparation:Phase 1 initiates with a retrieval of information and resources. It is an important
time to assemble the necessary components for the implementation. Some
important milestones that need to be accomplished for phase 1 include
u2022        Obtaining senior-level management/stakeholder support
u2022        identifying clear project objectives
u2022        architect an efficient decision-making process
u2022        creating an environment suitable for change and re-engineering
u2022        building a qualified and capable project team.
Senior level management support:
One of the most important milestones with phase 1 of ASAP is the full agreement
and cooperation of the important company decision-makers - key stake holders
and others. Their backing and support is crucial for a successful implementation.
Clear project objectives:
be concise in defining what your objectives and expectations are for this venture.
Vague or unclear notions of what you hope to obtain with SAP will handicap the
implementation process. Also make sure that your expectations are reasonable
considering your company's resources. It is essential to have clearly defined
ideas, goals and project plans devised before moving forward.
An efficient decision making process:
One obstacle that often stalls implementation is a poorly constructed decision-
making process. Before embarking on this venture, individuals need to be clearly
identified. Decide now who is responsible for different decisions along the way.
From day one, the implementation decision makers and project leaders from
each area must be aware of the onus placed on them to return good decisions
quickly.
Environment suitable for change and re engineering:Your team must be willing to
accept that, along with new SAP software, things are going to change, the
business will change, and information technology enabling the business will
change as well. By implementing SAP, you will essentially redesign your current
practices to model more efficient or predefined best business practices as
espoused by SAP. Resistance to this change will impede the progress of your
implementation.
Business Blue Print Preparation:SAP has defined a business blueprint phase to help extract pertinent information
about your company that is necessary for implementation. These blueprints are in
the form of questionnaires that are designed to probe for information that
uncovers how your company does business. As such, they also serve to
document the implementation. Each business blueprint document essentially
outlines your future business processes and business requirements. The kinds
of questions asked are germane to the particular business function, as seen in
the following sample questions:
1) What information do you capture on a purchase order?
2) What information is required to complete a purchase order?
Accelerated SAP question and answer database:
The question and answer database (QADB) is a simple although aging tool
designed to facilitate the creation and maintenance of your business blueprint.
This database stores the questions and the answers and serves as the heart of
your blue print. Customers are provided with a customer input template for each
application that collects the data. The question and answer format is standard
across applications to facilitate easier use by the project team.
Issues database:
Another tool used in the blueprinting phase is the issues database. This
database stores any open concerns and pending issues that relate to the
implementation. Centrally storing this information assists in gathering and then
managing issues to resolution, so that important matters do not fall through the
cracks. You can then track the issues in database, assign them to team
members, and update the database accordingly.
Realization:With the completion of the business in phase 2, "functional" experts are now ready
to begin configuring SAP. The Realization phase is broken in to two parts.
1) Your SAP consulting team helps you configure your baseline system, called the
baseline configuration.
2) Your implementation project team fine-tunes that system to meet all your
business and process requirements as part of the fine tuning configuration.
The initial configuration completed during the base line configuration is based on
the information that you provided in your blueprint document. The remaining
approximately 20% of your configuration that was not tackled during the baseline
configuration is completed during the fine tuning configuration. Fine tuning usually
deals with the exceptions that are not covered in baseline configuration. This final
bit of tweaking represents the work necessary to fit your special needs.
Configuration Testing:
With the help of your SAP consulting team, you segregate your business
processes into cycles of related business flows. The cycles serve as independent
units that enable you to test specific parts of the business process. You can also
work through configuring the SAP implementation guide (IMG). A tool used to
assist you in configuring your SAP system in a step by step manner.
Knowledge Transfer:
As the configuration phase comes to a close, it becomes necessary for the
Project team to be self-sufficient in their knowledge of the configuration of your
SAP system. Knowledge transfer to the configuration team tasked with system
maintenance (that is, maintenance of the business processes after Go-live)
needs to be completed at this time.
In addition, the end users tasked with actually using the system for day-to-day
business purposes must be trained.
Final Preparation:As phase 3 merges into phase 4, you should find yourselves not only in the midst
of SAP training, but also in the midst of rigorous functional and stress testing.
Phase 4 also concentrates on the fine tuning of your configuration before Go-live
and more importantly, the migration of data from your old system or systems to
SAP.
Workload testing (including peak volume, daily load, and other forms of stress
testing), and integration or functional testing are conducted to ensure the accuracy
of your data and the stability of your SAP system. Because you should have begun
testing back in phase 2, you do not have too far to go until Go-live. Now is an
important time to perform preventative maintenance checks to ensure optimal
performance at your SAP system.
At the conclusion of phase 4, take time to plan and document a Go-live strategy.
Preparation for Go-live means preparing for your end-users questions as they
start actively working on the new SAP system.
Post Go-live Support:The Go-live milestone is itself is easy to achieve; a smooth and uneventful Go-live
is another matter altogether. Preparation is the key, including attention to what-if
scenarios related not only to the individual business processes deployed but also
to the functioning of technology underpinning these business processes and
preparation for ongoing support, including maintenance contracts and
documented processes and procedures are essential.
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Hello Gurus,
I am part of an implementation project for where we are implementing various functionalities of Solution manager.
Here we are in the process of implementing CHARMS in the Implementation Phase.
So I have created a project of type 'Implementation' and has already activated Charms.
Here the task list is already created and active
Following are the issues which i am facing while creating a change request.
1: If I create a change request of type 'SDCR' and authorize the change request, a normal correction of type 'SDMI' gets created automatically. But system throws an error 'No Maintenance cycle is open for the current system'
I believe for a project of type 'Implementation' ,maintenance cycle doesnt get created, instead an implementation cycle gets created.
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Hi Raquel,
Thanks for the reply.
I have only activated BC Set 'SOLMAN40_CHARM_BASICFUNC_001' prior to activating CHARMS.
After Activation Charms A project cycle of type 'SDDV' also got created along with the task list.
But when I try to create a change request of type 'SDCR', it is automatically creating Correction of type 'SDMI'
Also I had selected the correct Subject option 'Development (Implementation)' in Transaction SDCR
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Hello Mohammed,
The role of a Security consultant in any SAP product implementation (not just GRC) is wide enough and it's hard for anyone to sum up on a single forum post. Still I can give you some pointers.
Security consultants come from different backgrounds, some from networking, database administration, infrastructure and even development like me. They contribute enormously to any product implementation from scratch (landscape design) to go-live (and continuous maintenance) so they are active on every phase of the implementation.
Following are some of the activities they may perform (or participate)
-System Landscape Design (work closely with BASIS and DBAs)
-Check Infrastructure feasibility from security perspective (For Portals exposed to internet or extranet work closely with network providers for firewall security, VPS etc.)
-Propose security guidelines, access policies, disaster recovery plan, business continuity roadmap (work closely with information security consultants and internal auditors or risk management teams)
- Implement SAP solution specific Security measures (involves almost every SAP solution) for example: SAP R/3 security, GRC, BW/BI, HR, FI, Portal security etc.
- participate in application integration for example: LDAP, IDM, SAP UME, shared directories etc (User master records security is on high priority).
- Check for any possible backdoor access vulnerabilities (ex: open RFCs, function modules like ping_rfc), and it involves almost all SAP solutions and there are special procedures to analyze such vulnerabilities.
there are many such activities that a security consultant perform on day to day basis. Please do not interprete the above mentioned activities (entirely) as a criteria for any security consultant profile. There are many many possibilities for a security consultants to work from pen testing to SoD violation remediation. That's why I said it's not easy to sum up security.
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Work in implementation projects

HI,
Am searching job in SAP-BW.Can anyone tell me the roles and responsibilities in implementation projects for a person who has 2years of ex.Pls kindly help me.
thanks
surya.

Hi,,
A BW consultant, role may vary depending on the type, of the project.
For Migration project
u2022 Designing mapping documents in order to check the need of creation in BW.
u2022 Developing various objects like Cubes, ODS, Info Sources, InfoObjects etc.
u2022 Designing Transfer Rules and update rules including start routines, update routines and Transfer routines as per the requirement.
u2022 Scheduling Info Packages to carry out the data loading process. Involved in data loading from SAP R/3 to Source layer ODSs into BW. Loaded data using Data mart, as the Business layer and Report layer ODSs get loaded from source layer ODSs using data mart functionality of BW.
u2022 Involve in the backfilling of historical data from present sys to SAP BW .
u2022 Developing the Master/Transactional data process chains considering the dependency among the BW objects and automated the triggering and monitoring of the same on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
u2022 Transportation of various BW components.
u2022 Performing unit testing and data validation of newly developed and enhanced objects in Quality BW system in terms of providing an efficient solution.
u2022 Responsible for overseeing the Quality procedures related to the project.
u2022 Responsible to deliver (Transport into Prod) the object as per the scheduled deadlines; with accuracy of deliverables by considering the quality norms.
u2022 Involving in the Client/Onsite communication for any client side clarifications, for assignment of work, for discussing on project status related issues, etc.
For Support project
Data Load Monitoring:
1.Carried out data load on a daily, weekly and monthly basis using Process chains from both SAP Source systems as well as Non-SAP Source systems such as Informatica.
2.Resolving Data load error such as Invalid characters, Time period conversion, Currency conversion, Duplicate records, etc
3.Ensuring the availability of the updated data in the datatarget on time.
4.Spooling out data through Infospoke from SAP BW to systems like Trillium, Ariba (Reporting Tool)
Ticket Resolution:
1.Process chain modification: Working on u201COptimizing Process chainu201D by creating new process chain considering the load dependencies.
2.Reloading of R/3 data from different clusters u2013 Reconciliation issues
3.Enhancements as per Business requirement.
Additional responsibilities:
u2022Preparing design documents from the Business Requirement docs and identified the relevant data targets for satisfying the customer requirements.
u2022Creation of Operational manual: BW Run & Maintain Support.
u2022Process Chain Detail Documentation (Sequencing & Dependency within Local Chains).
u2022Monitoring checklist Document (From Process Chain Perspective)
u2022BW Doc checklist preparation
u2022Table space activity with basis team.
u2022Data load analysis taking into account the CPU utilization.
u2022Applying Support packs and performing ORT.
Refer.
Roles & Responsibilities for Junior & Senior consultants(Technical)
Periodic Jobs and Tasks in SAP BW
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/08f1b622-0c01-0010-618c-cb41e12c72be
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Can any one explain about the SAP Testing process in Implementation Project

Can any one explain about the SAP Testing process to be carried out by BW Consultant in an Implementation Project which is in Testing Phase..

hi bharat,
Two types of testing is possible in bw
unit testing
integration testing
Integration testing - It is the phase of software testing in which individual software modules are combined and tested as a group. It follows unit testing and precedes system testing.
Integration testing takes as its input modules that have been checked out by unit testing, groups them in larger aggregates, applies tests defined in an Integration test plan to those aggregates, and delivers as its output the integrated system ready for system testing.
Unit testing - One part or the whole part of transfer rules , update rules, etc..
Integration testing - The whole data flow cycle to be tested
This link will give u detailed description
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing
Stress testing in BI..
/people/mike.curl/blog/2006/12/05/how-to-stress-test-bw-the-easy-way
REFER THIS REG CATT
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/d7/e21221408e11d1896b0000e8322d00/frameset.htm
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unit testing
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Testing Methods in BW
Unit Testing in BW
How to do testing in BW
Hi...BW testing
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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/721d6a73-0901-0010-47b3-9756a0a7ff51
https://service.sap.com/upgrade-bw
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/7dc0cc90-0201-0010-4fa7-d557f2bd65ef .
https://websmp204.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700009385902004E
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/67acb63d-0401-0010-b685-b1b87dd78892
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