Role of MM consultant in Upgrade Project

HI,
i am in ot my First Upgrade Project.what will be the role of MM consultant when upgrade is happened from 4.6 c to ECC 6.0 from configuration point of view.
can any one guide me regarding this.we are going for Technical Upgrade
regards
subhash

hi subhash,
first you have to see what kind of modified business processes are followed in ECC6 as compared to version 4.6.sure you will get to know which fields are new in MM cycle. then prepare document for technical guys about the same so that they can provide same funcationality by modifing code of 4.6
second some time technical guys not able to under stand which kind of information is requred in perticular case(report) then MM consultant can help them for understand the business requirement.
they can also tell from which table a technical person can fetch the data.
if useful then plz provide points
BR
Rajeev

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hi expects ,
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