Managing SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade Projects
This book is the consultant's and project team's guide to smooth and successful SAP upgrade projects. It guides you through all phases of the project and gives insight on project management approaches, best practices, possible errors, resources and tools.
After explaining how to determine the value of an upgrade, the authors start covering the individual phases of an upgrade: You'll learn how to plan for, how to manage, and finally how to execute the upgrade project in detail. A chapter on the upgrade tools, including coverage of SAP Solution Manager, rounds off this unique resource.
The many tips, tricks, checklists, and best practices presentend in a reader-friendly and practical style will make this book your ultimate resource while preparing for the project.
2 Getting Started 17
2.1 Introduction to SAP ERP 6.0 17
2.2 SAP Enhancement Packages--Concept and Overview 25
2.3 Discovery Process 29
2.4 Why Upgrade Your ERP Software? 34
2.5 Determining the Value of an Upgrade 48
3 Planning an Upgrade Project 57
3.1 Determining the Upgrade Strategy and Scope 58
3.2 Resourcing Models and Approaches 86
3.3 Scheduling an Upgrade 92
3.4 Estimating Cost and Effort 99
3.5 Project Standards and Procedures 108
3.6 Risk Management 110
4 Managing an Upgrade Project 117
4.1 Building a Project Team 118
4.2 Quality Assurance and Testing 122
4.3 Cutover Planning 140
4.4 Best Practices 149
5 Executing an Upgrade Project 159
5.1 Managing the System Landscape During an Upgrade Project 160
5.2 Downtime Minimization 169
5.3 Training 187
5.4 Lessons Learned 194
6 Upgrade Tools and Services 199
6.1 SAP Solution Manager in Upgrade Projects 201
6.2 Technical Upgrade Tools 214
6.3 Supporting Upgrade Tools 219
6.4 Testing Tools 224
6.5 Tools for Downloading and Installing SAP Enhancement Packages 235
6.6 Upgrade Services 241
6.7 SAP Testing Services 250
7 Customer Cases and Upgrade Communities 253
7.1 Customer Cases 253
7.2 Upgrade Community 297
A SAP ERP Upgrade Checklist -- Project Preparation 323
B SAP ERP Upgrade Checklist -- Blueprint 327
C SAP ERP Upgrade Checklist -- Realization 333
C.1 Realization 1 333
C.2 Realization 2 336
D SAP ERP Upgrade Checklist -- Final Preparation for Cutover 341
E SAP ERP Upgrade Checklist -- Production Cutover & Support 343
F References 345
F.1 SAP Service Marketplace 345
F.2 SAP Community Network 345
F.3 SAP Help Portal 347
F.4 Detailed Information 347
G Authors and Contributors 351
- Autor: Martin Riedel
- 2009, 362 Seiten, Maße: 18,2 x 23,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag
- ISBN-10: 1592292682
- ISBN-13: 9781592292684
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