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ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Phase 3- Realization
Phase 4- Final Preparation
Phase 5- GO-Live and Support
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Objects and Scope of Project
Which business process to map into
SAP
Eg: Make to Stock
( MTS )
Make to Order
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Objects and Scope of Project (Cont. )
What functionality of each module is to be used
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Big-Bang implementation or Phased
Implementation
Project Steering Committee
decide on project organization struc
-ture and identify the members who
would be on the steering committee
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Assign resources that would be required to
work on the project
Plan for proper working environment
for project team
Plan for hardware and location of shared
resources within project room
You need to size your system at least for the
development servers
Need to develop a plan to train users on the
SAP R/3 functionality
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Identify the business and project
measurements
To establish standards in the project
eg : for proper documentation, reporting
frequency, hierarchy and communication
between team members are absolutely
critical to be set-up so that the entire project
team follows a definite pattern right from the
start
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
To-set up a strategy to manage
project issues and define escalation
rules so that decision making process
are expedited
Identify who in the project team needs
to be given access to the OSS
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Developing a R/3 landscape
Organize Project kick-off meeting
where in you declare :
structures, roles and responsibilities,
goals and scope of the project
business and project measurements
and project standards
ASAP Methodology
Phase 1- Project Preparation
Sign-off on certain acceptance forms
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
A business blueprint is a document
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Identify clients Baseline scope
Baseline scope is defined as about 80% of
the project deliverables and 100% of clients
organization structure and master data.
ASAP guidelines recommend that TeamSAP
members configure for the deliverables for
the baseline scope
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description
You would need to conduct
workshops with the concerned
people in order to identify client
business requirements and
suggestions to improve the
efficiency of the process
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
ASAP offers Q&A Database which
is generated from the
EASD(Enterprise Area Scope
Document)
Q&A Database contains questions
about organization structure and
business process requirements
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
The Q&A Database also contains
an Issue data base where open
issues or business decisions
relating to the project can be
logged and a resolution sought
from the project management
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
The Q&A Database also has the
provision to generate reports on all
information that you log into the
database
When you answers questions, you
can also identify the baseline
scope
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
Based on the transactions that you
have identified in the scope, you
can specify which transactions are
applicable to which testing cycle.
This triggers business process
master list
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
If you can wait a little longer till the
consultants enter their analysis of
the requirements, you can
generate the business blue print
itself.
This document contains an
exhaustive list of all the identified
requirements and the suggested
configuration
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
This phase also requires the
implementation of system land
scape and development
environment
System administrator activities
starts here itself, so development
system is ready with necessary
user logins
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
Transport request management
and release strategy shall be
established
Remote connection to SAP should
be setup and printer services
installed.
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
As far as the SAP severs are
concerned, it has to be decided on
a two or three-tier architecture and
setup database and application
servers accordingly.
Furthermore, SAP clients are to be
setup and establish the purpose of
each of them
ASAP Methodology
Phase 2- Business Blueprint
Description (Continued )
Finally, to develop and finalize the
training strategy of client
employees
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
The Baseline configuration Phase
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
The Baseline configuration Phase
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
The Final configuration Phase
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
The Final configuration Phase
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
The Integration Test Phase
ASAP Methodology
Phase 3- Realization
ASAP Methodology
Phase 4- Final Preparation
ASAP Methodology
Phase 4- Final Preparation
ASAP Methodology
Phase 5 GO-Live and Support