Go/No go criteria for an Upgrade Project.

Can someone please provide information on Go/No go criteria for any Upgrade Projects. What are the key factors which should be considered for any Upgrade project?
Regards,
Gajendra Bhatt

Here are some of the key factors that force TO GO to Upgrade Project:
1. Current version that the customer is having. If it is
   3.X version, then the customer might have implemented
   very long back and his support contract would be
   getting expired. It would be difficult for the customer
   to maintain the system without SAP support. If customer
   go for Upgrade then SAP would extend the support in the
   new contract. This would be a major factor for the
   decision of TO GO to Upgrade.
2. Customer business expansion plans/business prospects
   with different kind of systems like R/3, R/2, web based
   etc., systems which will force to go Upgrade. Because
   new versions of SAP is having different flavors of
   interacting with other systems. So this would save
   more man hours in the future, if they can upgrade
   their central R/3 system.
3. The amount of customization they did in the current
   version, which would be automatically coming in the
   new versions. This would be like credit card process
   in sales etc. This switch over will make them more
   maintenance free system that reduces the future costs.
These are some of the factors that will force the customer
to go for an Upgrade.
Not to go scenarios would be
1. If the customer is already in the nearer version and
   most of the new features are already available, then
   it would not be required.
2. If the project the duration is going to be very long
   as per their processes, which would increases the cost
3. If more customization process has been implemented
   which would not be available in the newer versions
Hope these would be helpful for your analysis.
Regards,
Sivapratap Reddy

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