Documents in ASAP Methodology

Hello Gurus
Could anyone please let me know what are the doccuments created in an implementation project in ASAP methodology?
like BPML......what other doccuments and their relevance?
Thank you verymuch your help in advance
M Reddy

Dear Reddy,
AcceleratedSAP (ASAP) is a comprehensive solution for efficiently implementing and continuously optimizing SAP software. It has a detailed, business-oriented structure and allows you to design implementation projects flexibly.
Implementation Considerations: AcceleratedSAP is currently a PC-based solution and is shipped independently of the R/3 system, allowing you to prepare for your implementation project before you have installed the SAP System.
You can use ASAP to:
(1) Implement the R/3 System
(2) Implement mySAP.com components (APO, BW, Business-to-Business Procurement, CRM)
(3) Upgrade
Following documents are generated during E2E Project Implementation;
(1) Project Charter
(2) Scope List
(3) AS IS / Legacy business process
(4) Business Blueprint / TO BE Document
(5) Business Process Master List
(6) Unit Test script
(7) Integration test scripts
(8) End user training plan and manuals
(9) Cutover strategy Document
(10) Custominzation document
(11) Master Data Goverance Strategy documents
Hope this information will be useful.
Bye,
Muralidhara

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Project Preparation, in which the project team is identified and mobilized, the project Standards are defined, and the project work environment is set up;
Blueprint, in which the business processes are defined and the business blueprint document is designed;
Realization, in which the system is configured, knowledge transfer occurs, extensive unit testing is completed, and data mappings and data requirements for migration are defined;
Final Preparation, in which final integration testing, stress testing, and conversion testing are conducted, and all end users are trained; and
Go-Live and Support, in which the data is migrated from the legacy systems, the new system are activated, and post-implementation support is provided.
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Can anyone explain steps in ASAP Methodology

Can anyone explain steps in ASAP Methodology

Hi,
What is ASAP?
ASAP: Accelerated Systems Application and Products in Data Processing
All implementation projects have the the following phases:
Scoping - What is to be implemented i.e. which submodules are to be implemented some clients may not require credit management for example. Look at the project scope document carefully it will tell you what SAP sub-modules in SAP you should be prepared for. Usually the sales people along with project manager do it.
As is - Here you understand the existing business processes of the client . Your BPOcollect all the ISO-documentation (if client is ISO certified), reports and forms at this stage and you analyse how and when the reports/forms are generated, where the data is coming from. You also do a Level -2 training for your BPO so he is made aware of all the required transactions in SAP.
Once this is over BPO can start learning with the consultants help more about SAP. This is crucial because if you miss out any transactions the BPO may forget about some of his Business processes which may come up later. It is a good practice to ask the BPO to make flow charts to explain business processes.
To-Be - Parallely you map these processes to SAP. Processes that you are not sure of as to whether they are present in SAP or not you try to do a configuration of those processes, and along with the BPO(Business process owner he is the clients employee who knows about the clients business processes probably a middle management guy, ther can more than one), BPO involvement is required as he may be able to tell you his requirements better. Once you do the business modelling you
will also be made aware of the gaps between as-is and to-be , here decisons have to be made as to wether a ABAP development/system modification is required or not and so on. Involve the BPO as much as possible and document everything it is good practice do not be lazy about it.
Business blueprint: Here the as-is and to-be and gap analysis is explained. This is the document that you will be using to do your configuration in the realization phase.
Realization phase: Here you do the configuration in the development server (there are three clients -development,quality, production). You also decide on the master data format, so that BPO can go collect the master data. You also gove ABAP specifications for forms, reports etc, system modifications etc. Unit testing: Your BPOs and a few key users sit down and test your configuration in your module only. It is good to test the BDCs that you need for uploading data at this stage so you have more realistic data and your BDCs are tested.
Integration testing:
Once all modules unit testing is over then the configuration is trasported to the Quality server, where testing for all the modules is done by BPOs and end user, this is to check if any problems are there in integration between various modules. Once all is okay from the QA server config is transported to the production server.
Go live preparation
Data uploading: The collected master data is checked and the uploaded into production server(sever and client I have used interchangeably). Now you are ready for go live i.e. users can now use the production server.
Read ASAP methodology for more details you will understand better.
ASAP methodoligy means nothing but standard process for implementation of SAP, It consists of 5 phases.
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4 Final Preparation - The purpose of this phase is to complete testing, end-user training,
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I have to do a business study for an implementation project,,, can anyone tell me where can i get the details of ASAP methodology.
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AcceleratedSAP (ASAP) is SAP's standard implementation methodology. It contains the Roadmap, a step-by-step guide that incorporates experience from many years of implementing R/3. Along with that, AcceleratedSAP contains a multitude of tools, accelerators and useful information to assist all team members in implementing R/3. Quality checks are incorporated at the end of each phase to easily monitor deliverables and critical success factors. ASAP is delivered as a PC-based package, so that - if required - an implementation project can begin prior to having an R/3 System installed.
AcceleratedSAP (ASAP): A comprehensive solution for the introduction of the R/3 System in your enterprise. ASAP and most of its tools can be used independently of an R/3 installation.
The tools available for AcceleratedSAP are:
The Project Estimator, an internal SAP tool which enables SAP consultants to accurately gauge the required resources, the costs and the time frame of implementation. The Project Estimator takes into account the project scope and several project and risk factors.
The Concept Check Tool, a tool enabling you to carry out quality checks on the project preparation, technical infrastructure and R/3 configuration settings. This is done mainly during the first two implementation phases of the R/3 project. In this way you are alerted to potential data volume and configuration conflicts that could lead to performance issues if not addressed.
The Implementation Assistant: The ASAP navigation tool that accompanies you through the five phases of implementation down to the task level. It includes a description and a detailed "how-to" for each task in the Roadmap. Along with that, many tools, templates and documents are hyperlinked to the task. The Implementation Assistant contains the following elements:
ASAP Implementation Roadmap and Project Plan. The Roadmap contains the five phases, from which you can drill down into work packages, activities and tasks. The Project Plan contains three components, a budget plan, a resource plan and a work plan. These are explained in more detail in the next chapter.
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Knowledge Corner, containing tips and tricks for configuration from consultants, detailed documentation on SAPs implementation services, information on technical tools, as well as simplification guidebooks and R/3 Customizing wizards.
Question and Answer Database (Q&Adb). Using the R/3 Reference Model structure, the Q&Adb is used to assist in gathering requirements for business processes, conversions, reports, interfaces, enhancements and authorizations. The database provides useful questionnaires to help you define the process needs and also serves as a repository for all this information. Since it is a database, it allows for flexible reporting. The business requirements generated from the Q&Adb are collectively known as the Business Blueprint.
Business Process Master List, to manage configuration, testing and the creation of end user documentation. The Business Process Master List is linked to pre-written Business Process Procedures (BPPs), detailled end-user documentation for R/3 transactions.
Issues Database: supporting project management, this database supports the entering, monitoring and managing of issues that come up during the project.
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Some additional Infomation on ASAP methodology:
Phase 1 - Project Preparation
Change Charter - Goals and objectives of Organizational Change? Management
Project Plan - This is a first cut focusing on milestones and? Work Packages; details to come.
Scope - Sets the initial definition of the? project; input from sales cycle.
Project Team Organization - Sets the who? of the project: Standards & Procedures - Sets the why and how of the project.
Phase 2 - Business Blueprint - Requirements reviewed for each SAP Reference Structure item and defined using CI Templates (in the Q&Adb). Business Blueprint - This is the output of the Q&Adb and is the key document for Phase 3.
Phase 3 - Realization - Master Lists - Define business scenarios and R/3 transactions to be realized in the system. BPP - Business Process Procedures representing R/3 transactions; used for unit testing & documentation. Planning - Defines how the configuration will be done and how it will be tested. Development Programs - Provides details of the external programming requirements. EU Training Material - End User training material and process documentation.
Phase 4 - Final Preparation Stress & Volume Tests - Plans for confirming the production hardwares capabilities
Cutover Plan - The details of how to move to the production environment and go live
Conduct End User Training - Delivery of the necessary levels of R/3 End User training prior to going live
Phase 5 - Go Live & Support: Ensuring system performance through SAP monitoring and feedback.
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BW in asap methodology

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can any one explain me where the BW team will involve in which phase in asap methodology.And what is the work of bw team in each phase of asap metholody.
infact i have some documents regarding the asap methodology but no doc provides me where exactly the bw work is involved...plz provide me the details where the bw team in ASAP methodology..
its urgent requirement for me....................
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1.Porject Preparation
2. Blue print
3. Realization
4. Final preparation
5. Go live and support
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ASAP Methodology (additional Infirmation):
Phase 1 - Project Preparation
 Change Charter - Goals and objectives of Organizational Change Management
 Project Plan - This is a first cut focusing on milestones and Work Packages; details to come.
 Scope - Sets the initial definition of the project; input from sales cycle.
 Project Team Organization - Sets the who of the project: Standards & Procedures - Sets the why and how of the project.
Phase 2 - Business Blueprint - Requirements reviewed for each SAP Reference Structure item and defined using CI Templates (in the Q&Adb). Business Blueprint - This is the output of the Q&Adb and is the key document for Phase 3.
Phase 3 - Realization - Master Lists - Define business scenarios and R/3 transactions to be realized in the system. BPP - Business Process Procedures representing R/3 transactions; used for unit testing & documentation. Planning - Defines how the configuration will be done and how it will be tested. Development Programs - Provides details of the external programming requirements. EU Training Material - End User training material and process documentation.
Phase 4 - Final Preparation Stress & Volume Tests - Plans for confirming the production hardwares capabilities
Cutover Plan - The details of how to move to the production environment and go live
Conduct End User Training - Delivery of the necessary levels of R/3 End User training prior to going live
Phase 5 - Go Live & Support: Ensuring system performance through SAP monitoring and feedback.
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Could you pls explain me, what are the activities will be done in the 4th phase of ASAP methodology in the implementation of SAP HR module.
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ASAP Methodology - Phase 4 - Final Preparation:
Final Preparation, in which final integration testing, stress testing, and conversion testing are conducted, and all end users are trained
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.
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Difference between ASAP methodology and ASAP Road Map

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Difference between ASAP methodology and ASAP Road Map
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ASAP Roadmap
The ASAP Roadmap provides the methodology for implementing and continuously optimizing your SAP System. It divides the implementation process into five phases and offers detailed Project Plans to assist you (in Microsoft Project format). The documentation stored at each level of the Roadmap tree structure contains recommendations on implementing your SAP System and links to helpful tools and accelerators.
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ASAP Methodology:
Accelerated SAP Deals with the Implementation Process Cycle in 5 Different Process...!!!
Project Preparation:
The first step in ASAP is Project Preparation. In this step the Functional Consultant will analyse the business process and define the system for SAP and will give the time line for the project. The Manpower required and the budgets are also considered in this step.
Blue Print Preparation:
This is second step in ASAP Methodology. In this step the Project Preparation scenarios are finalised. A out line of the Project is given in this step.
Realisation:
In this step actual development is taken place. The ABAPer is responsible for this step.
Testing:
In this step the development done by the abaper is being tested. This is the area where the Unit Test Document is prepared (i.e. Positive Testing and Negative Testing).
GO live and Support:
This is the final stage where the project is running in the live environment. In this step the bugs if any that are found in the go live procedure are fixed and the project will be considered as support project.

SAP BI Project ASAP Methodology

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Correct me if i was wrong,With regrads to the steps followed in ASAP Methodology
1)Requirements Gathering
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Here are the steps in the ASAP Methodology:
Project Preparation
Project team identified and mobilized
Project standards defined
Project work environment setup
Blueprint
Business processes defined and documented
Business requirements defined
Gap Analysis
Business Blueprint document created and published
Realization
Functional Specification documents, including data mappings and data requirements, created and published
Configuration
Technical Specification documents created and published
Development
Unit Testing
Mock data migration or ETL
Final Preparation
Integration Testing
System Testing
User Acceptance Testing
End-User Training
Final mock data migration or ETL
Knowledge transfer
Go-Live and Support
Data migration or ETL
Application made available to general end-user population
Post-Implementation (Warranty) Support by development team
Turnover to Production Support team for steady-state support

ASAP methodology & Levels of support

HI experts,
For support analyst:
1.what is meant by level 1,2 &3 support in MM....
2. Can someone kindly brief me the diffrent phases of ASAP methodology in detail pls
Regards
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Hi
Basically it depends on the SLA , the most of the company follow as below
L1 - Production issue - to be closed within - 1hour, 4 hours or 8 hours - Changes can be done in PRD itself or changes movd from Development - QAS - Production.
L2 - Medium changes - to be closed within the time frame based on the change request - It might be 2 days, 4 days or 1 week - Changes will be test in DEV and Moved to QAS for UAT and then it will be moved to PRD.
L3 - Set of changes - which means it is mini project, all the changes will be done within the duration, ex: 2 months. The changes will be moved to QAS for UAT and integration testing, finally all the changes will be moved to PRD, it has Go-live date and so on. this is kind of Mini projects.
ASAP
Refer following link;
ASAP Roadmap
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/48/623972d55a11d2bbf700105a5e5b3c/content.htm
SAP Projects are implemented as per ASAP Methodology.
The ASAP solution was developed to ensure the successful, on-time delivery of a project. SAP delivers the AcceleratedSAP (ASAP) methodology for project management and system implementation.
Developed by SAP to optimize the success of implementing the SAP Business Suite, ASAP streamlines the implementation by providing templates, methods, tools, and accelerators that have been built on the success of thousands of previous SAP implementations. The ASAP methodology adheres to a specific road map that addresses the following five general phases:
1. Project Preparation, in which the project team is identified and mobilized, the project standards are defined, and the project work environment is set up;
2. Business Blueprint, in which the business processes are defined and the business blueprint document is designed;
3. Realization, in which the system is configured, knowledge transfer occurs, extensive unit testing is completed, and data mappings and data requirements for migration are defined;
4. Final Preparation, in which final integration testing, stress testing, and conversion testing are conducted, and all end users are trained; and
5. Go-Live and Support, in which the data is migrated from the legacy systems, the new system is activated, and post-implementation support is provided.
ASAP incorporates standard design templates and accelerators covering every functional area within the system, as well as supporting all implementation processes. Complementing the ASAP accelerators, the project manager can create a comprehensive project plan, covering the overall project, project staffing plan, and each sub-process such as system testing, communication and data migration. Milestones are set for every work path, and progress is carefully tracked by the project management team. Effective CommunicationWeekly update meetings ensure full communication between the project team, the client project team, and project management. These meeting are used not only to update on project status, but also to identify any issues or risk areas that may threaten the project. By identifying these problems early, they are more easily mitigated and resolved, reducing their impact on the project timeline. Ensuring Quality and Mitigating RiskProject quality is verified near the completion of each project phase. Using existing ASAP checklists, these quality checks ensure that all tasks for the phase have been completed properly, that all relevant documentation has been kept, and that all tasks required to commence the next phase of the project have been completed. In addition to the specific project team, companies may use Quality Assurance reviews on all of its projects to ensure that experience gained on other projects has been taken into account and that the optimum system design has been utilized.
What ASAP stands for ?
ASAP: Accelerated Systems Application and Products in Data Processing
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Scoping - What is to be implemented i.e. which sub modules are to be implemented some clients may not require credit management for example. Look at the project scope document carefully it will tell you what SAP sub-modules in SAP you should be prepared for. Usually the sales people along with project manager do it.
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To-Be - In Parallel you map these processes to SAP. Processes that you are not sure of as to whether they are present in SAP or not you try to do a configuration of those processes, and along with the BPO(Business process owner he is the clients employee who knows about the clients business processes probably a middle management guy, there can more than one), BPO involvement is required as he may be able to tell you his requirements better. Once you do the business modeling you will also be made aware of the gaps between as-is and to-be, here decisions have to be made as to whether an ABAP development/system modification is required or not and so on. Involve the BPO as much as possible and document everything it is good practice do not be lazy about it.
Business blueprint: Here the as-is and to-be and gap analysis is explained. This is the document that you will be using to do your configuration in the realization phase.
Realization phase: Here you do the configuration in the development server (there are three clients -development, quality, production). You also decide on the master data format, so that BPO can go collect the master data. You also give ABAP specifications for forms, reports etc, system modifications etc. Unit testing: Your BPOs and a few key users sit down and test your configuration in your module only. It is good to test the BDCs that you need for uploading data at this stage so you have more realistic data and your BDCs are tested.
Integration testing: Once all modules unit testing is over then the configuration is transported to the Quality server, where testing for all the modules is done by BPOs and end user, this is to check if any problems are there in integration between various modules. Once all is okay from the QA server configuration is transported to the production server.
Go live preparations Data uploading: The collected master data is checked and the uploaded into production server (sever and client I have used interchangeably). Now you are ready for go live i.e. users can now use the production server.
Read ASAP methodology for more details you will understand better.
ASAP methodology means nothing but standard process for implementation of SAP, It consists of 5 phases.
1. Project preparation - consists of identifying team members and developing strategy as how to go.
2. Business Blue Print - consists of identifying the client current process, requirement and how SAP provides solution. Consists of detailed documentation
3. Realization - The purpose of this phase is to implement all the business and process requirements based on the Business Blueprint.
4 Final Preparation - The purpose of this phase is to complete testing, end-user training,
5 Go Live and Support
Hope it clarifies.
Thanks & Regards
Kiran

Implementing ASAP Methodology using SAP Solution Manager

Hi All,
Can any one help me with any documentation regarding ASAP methodology implementation using Solution Manager.
The step by step process and transaction codes used for implementing it are there any guides provided by SAP for implementing the ASAP methodology in Solman.
It's an implementation project that we would like to track each phase in Solman.
Kindly help me to get more details.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
There are the 'ASAP Implementaion Roadmaps' wheras the latest available
is the 'ASAP Methodology for Implementation 7.0' Roadmap, and there are
the 'Upgrade Roadmaps' wheras teh lastest one of them is:
'Upgrade Roadmap (V3.2)'.
If you are on ST-ICO 150 SP24 both of these Roadmaps
should be available in your system.
There are two ways to display the roadmaps in RMMAIN.
One is to choose a project in RMMAIN, then the roadmap assigned to
the project in SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN is displayed.
The other one is to display any available roadmap in the system
To display one of the available roadmaps (without a project) choose
the button 'Other Roadmap' in RMMAIN and in the upcomming popup
hit the button 'No Project'.
After that you should get an addtional button besides the Project
button called Roadmaps (Other Roadmap).
When you hit now this button you will get a list of all available
roadmaps.
Some further notes for referencing (although they can be old but still helpful)
644651 How to find the Reference Model in Solution Manage
826586 ASAP Implementation Roadmap
Hope this helps.
Cheers
SH

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