SAP functional Career suggestion

Dear Gurus,
Pls suggest me on the question related to my career. I have been working on SAP BIBO for 5 yrs as a Technical Consultant. I am interested to move into Functional areas where I will get the benefits of my current skills. Please suggest me which functional module I need to choose so that I will benifitted most keeping my current SAP BIBO skills along with.
Thanks
Jayant

Since you state you have some (5 yrs is not "some, it`s cool actually) experience with BI/ BO, you should know something about the data you were processing. So if you were processing HR data, then it makes sense to go for HR. Same with any other module. I have no idea what was your job, who is your employer or is your customer, what data sources you have used so far. Based on that information your information should be almost clear.
Otto
Edited by: Gold Otto on Aug 1, 2011 8:40 PM

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