Anderson George W., Nilson Charles D., Rhodes Tim. SAP Implementation Unleashed: A Business and Technical Roadmap to Deploying SAP

Pearson Education, Inc., 2009. — 852 p — ISBN13: 978-0-672-33004-9 and ISBN10: 0-672-33004-0.Authored by exceptionally experienced SAP implementers, this book provides comprehensive, real-world roadmaps for succeeding with any SAP implementation or upgrade. It's the only book to present a holistic, "whole organization" approach that fully reflects the challenges, issues, and tasks faced by every participant -- including executives, managers, technical professionals, programmers, project managers, and end-users. Utilizing a real-world case study, the authors walk through planning, designing, customizing, and implementing SAP solutions with SAP's ERP Central Component (SAP R/3's successor). They demonstrate the concurrent work streams of each participant, identify critical path milestones, and cover all essential subprojects and tasks. Each chapter contains sections on project management and oversight; executive tasks; business process configuration tasks; technology and programming tasks; and issues related to the end-user community. By reading this book from cover to cover, you can gain a truly comprehensive view of implementing SAP. Alternatively, you can pick and choose chapters related to your most immediate concerns. Either way, SAP Implementation Unleashed will help you overcome the complexity typically associated with SAP deployments, so you can gain more business value sooner.
SAP Implementation Unleashed A Business and Technical Roadmap to Deploying SAP George W. Anderson Charles D. Nilson Tim Rhodes SAP can help you capture better information and deliver it more quickly, allowing you to make better decisions and maximize the business value of everything you do. However, SAP implementations require massive effort, total buy-in, and significant change throughout the organization. In SAP Implementation Unleashed , 10 expert SAP project managers, functional consultants, and technologists guide you through the entire journey, helping you avoid pain and pitfalls and gain all the benefits of SAP. The authors introduce start-to-finish business, technical, and project management roadmaps for successful SAP implementation. Then, drawing on their immense experience, they walk you through the entire process of planning and deployment.Setting the Stage.
What It Means to Implement SAP.
SAP Projects: Characteristics and Themes.
Business Vision.
ERP Solution Vision.
Financial Impact: Total Cost of Ownership.
Managing Knowledge and the Knowledge Repository.
Getting Started.
Project Management Checkpoint 1: Groundwork.
Building the SAP Project Management Office.
SAP Project Management.
No Implementation Is an Island: Partners Required.
Building the SAP Project Team.
Staffing World-Class SAP Project Leadership.
Staffing the SAP Business Teams.
Staffing the SAP Technical Support Organization.
High Availability Considerations and Solutions.
Disaster Recovery Considerations and Solutions.
Availability and Recoverability: Organizational Factors.
Introduction to SAP Platform Sizing.
Conducting the SAP Platform Sizing Process.
Training SAP Staff.
Developing the SAP Data Center.
SAP Realization/Functional Development.
Project Management Checkpoint 2: Revisiting Key Artifacts.
Preparing for SAP Component Installations.
Installing SAP NetWeaver Components.
Installing SAP Business Suite Components.
Functional Development.
Functional Configuration Change Control.
Functional, Integration, and Regression Testing.
Advanced Concepts: Unlocking SAP with SOA and Web Services.
Planning for Go-Live.
Project Management Checkpoint 3: Project Team Retention.
SAP Infrastructure Operational Considerations.
SAP Infrastructure and Platform Testing.
SAP Load and Stress Testing.
Technical Change Control.
SAP Systems and Operations Management.
Preparing for SAP Go-Live.
Appendixes.
A. Case Study Answers.
B. SAP Acronyms.