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SAP Implementation Unleashed: A Business and Technical Roadmap to Deploying SAP

By George D. Anderson, Charles D. Nilson, Tim Rhodes, Sachin Kakade, Andreas Jenzer, Bryan King, Jeff Davis, Parag Doshi, Veeru Mehta, Heather Hillary
Published May 21, 2009 by Sams. Part of the Unleashed series.

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Copyright 2009
Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
Pages: 888
Edition: 1st

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ISBN-10: 0-672-33004-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33004-9

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—addressing make-or-break issues and hidden gaps that other guidebooks ignore. You’ll discover how to employ processes, models, and toolsets that help you achieve implementation excellence while systematically reducing cost and business risk. Along the way, you’ll find actionable advice and real-world insight into innovative project management, best-suited leadership, effective load testing, contemporary infrastructure implementation, and more.

George W. Anderson is responsible for providing enterprise applications thought leadership for the EDS/HP office of the CTO. A long-time SAP consultant and PMI-certified project manager, George has authored several best-selling books and enjoys new challenges.

Charles D. Nilson is a senior program manager for EDS/HP and has led many successful SAP implementation teams over the years. He is a PMI PMP and is SAP Partner Academy certified in MM and PP.

Tim Rhodes is a senior SAP technical consultant for EDS/HP and a Basis/infrastructure veteran focused on implementing, migrating, and upgrading SAP Business Suite and NetWeaver solutions. Tim is also an SAP-certified technical consultant, OCP, MCSE, and HP Master ASE.

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Define the business vision driving your implementation, and use it to design your solution
Use TCO techniques to fully understand SAP’s financial impact in your organization
Structure your SAP project management office, business teams, technical support organization, and overall project team
Size, plan, and test your SAP infrastructure to deliver the best performance and availability at the best cost
Integrate SAP into an SOA environment
Install and configure SAP Business Suite and NetWeaver components
Perform basic functional configuration, testing, and change management activities
Enable a smooth transition by successfully performing the critical tasks that immediately precede
SAP Go-Live
Choose the right mix of tools and applications to test, manage, and monitor SAP
Prepare your SAP Operations team for its post-implementation responsibilities

Category: Databases

Covers: SAP

User Level: Beginner–Intermediate–Advanced

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Part I Setting the Stage

1 What it Means to Implement SAP

2 SAP Projects: Characteristics and Themes

3 Business Vision

4 ERP Solution Vision

5 Financial Impact: ERP Costing and ROI

6 Knowledge Repository

Part II Getting Started

7 PM Checkpoint 1

8 Building the SAP PMO

9 SAP Project Management

10 No Implementation is an Island: Partners Required

11 Building the SAP Project Team

12 Staffing a World-Class Project Team

13 Staffing the SAP Business Teams

14 Staffing the SAP IT Technical Support Organization

15 HA Considerations and Solutions

16 DR Considerations and Solutions

17 Availability and Recoverability: Organizational Factors

18 Introduction to SAP Platform Sizing

19 Conducting the SAP Platform Sizing Process

20 Training SAP Users

21 Developing the SAP Data Center

Part III SAP REALIZATION/FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

22 PM Checkpoint 2

23 Preparing for SAP Component Installations

24 Installing SAP NetWeaver Components

25 Installing SAP Business Suite Components

26 Functional Development

27 Functional Configuration Change Control

28 Functional, Integration, and Regression Testing

29 Advanced Concepts: Functional Testing

Part IV PLANNING FOR GO-LIVE

30 PM Checkpoint 3: Project Team Retention

31 SAP Infrastructure Operational Considerations

32 SAP Infrastructure and Platform Testing

33 SAP Load and Stress Testing

34 Technical Change Control

35 SAP Systems and Operations Management

36 Preparing for SAP Go-Live

Appendix A Case Study Considerations and Conclusions

Appendix B SAP Acronyms and Terminology

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