SAP BPDs and ongoing maintenance

Hello,
One of the primary challenges for having meaningful SAP release cycles, planning testing for upgrades, planning SAP automation is having a good framework and process in place to document the current SAP business processes and it's ongoing maintenance as updates are made and new functionality is added. This should be the baseline for building a robust test regression suite (manual) and subsequent automation efforts.
I am seeking inputs on what others have done in this area that has worked for them. Have you used any specific tools for this? Leveraged SolMan? Just maintained business processes via VISIO documents?
Please share!
Thanks,
Archana

Hi,
  Check these links..
MM
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/interview-questions-on-sap-mm.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/sap-material-management-interview-questions.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/mm-faq.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/what-is-the-dataflow-of-mm.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/common-sap-mm-questions.htm
PM
http://www.sap-img.com/plant/questions-answers-on-pm-equipment.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/plant/sap-pm-questions-answers-on-functional-locations.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/sap-pm.htm
Please award if it helps..
Thanks,
Naren

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