SAP Project Implementation Phases

SAP Project Implementation is one of the components of Project Management and required a great degree of project related Knowledge such as Project Management, Change Management, Risk Analysis and Review Programs.

Accelerated SAP (ASAP) is not only a SAP implementation solution but it also supports a comprehensive project plan. Like Project Management, ASAP Methodology also integrates several components and comprises of MS Project templates providing complete work breakdown structures and resource assignments.

SAP Implementation Phases 

Project Preparation Phase – As per Accelerated SAP (ASAP) methodology it is the First Phase of SAP Implementation. During this phase, following components are discussed and documented:

• Initial Project Planning 
• Project Procedures 
• Project Team Members & their Training 
• Project Kickoff 
• Technical Requirements 
• Quality Check 

Business Blueprint Phase - In this phase, a detailed study of business processes and business requirements are undertaken by the Project Team members. This is the phase where Project Team Members interact with respective Core Team Members or Process Owners. The entire requirements gathered during this phase are documented as Business Blueprint. During this phase, following components are discussed and documented:

• Project Management 
• Organizational Change Management 
• Training 
• Develop System Environment 
• Organizational Structure Definition 
• Business Process Analysis 
• Business Process Definition 
• Quality Check 

Realization Phase - In this phase, all the business and process requirements are implemented as documented in Business Blueprint. SAP R/3 system is configured step by step in two work packages, Baseline and Final configuration. How these configurations will be done and how it will be tested.

• Baseline Configuration and Confirmation 
• System Management 
• Final Configuration and Confirmation 
• Development of external Programs & Interfaces 
• Unit Testing & Documentation 
• Final Integration Test 
• Business Scenarios & Process Documentation 
• End User Training & Documentation 
• Quality Check 

Final Preparation Phase - During this phase, following activities are discussed, completed and documented, successful completion of these activities leads to transition of all configurations settings to live R/3 System

• System Management 
• Stress & Volume Tests 
• Cutover Strategies & Plans 
• End User Training 
• Quality Check 

Go Live and Support Phase – This is phase where all configurations/customizations are transported to live production operation and business starts all its activities in the SAP R/3.
During this phase, all the problems/issues related to hardware, network, operating system, database, training, and application system are addressed by the project team members and they help the end users in achieving their day to day task/assignments. This phase is further divided as:

• Application Production Support and Maintenance 
• Project Implementation End 

Continuous Improvement Phase – Towards continuous improvement and to overcome the organizational, business & technology changes the followings are covered under this phase:

• Post go-Live Support 
• Improve System performance 

ASAP is SAP’s solution to effective project implementation and management. It is divided into 5 major phases namely:

1. Project Preparation 
2. Business Blueprint 
3. Realization 
4. Final Preparation 
5. Go Live and Support 

Project Preparation 

1. Initial project Planning, scoping and goal setting 
2. Implementation strategy 
3. Team formation 
4. Project Kickoff 
5. Training 

Business Blueprint 

1. Refining goals and objectives 
2. Requirement gathering 
3. As-Is & To-Be documentation 
4. Gaps Analysis 
5. Documentation 

Realization 

1. Business Process Requirement implementation based on defined blueprint 
2. Baseline configuration and confirmation 
3. Integration configuration 
4. System management 
5. Final configuration and confirmation 
6. Development of program interfaces 

Final Preparation 

1. Unit testing 
2. Integration Testing 
3. User training 
4. System management 
5. Cutover 

Go Live and Support 

1. Migration to production environment 
2. Support 
3. Monitoring 
4. Performance optimization

How To Create a Chart Of Accounts Account Group [SPRO]

This tutorial takes you through the steps by steps How To Create a Chart Of Accounts Account Group via Transaction SPRO.

Enter Transaction code SPRO in the command field. In the next screen Select SAP reference IMG

In next screen-”Display IMG”  navigate the following menu path :

SAP Customizing Implementation Guide -> Financial Accounting -> General Ledger Accounting

-> G/L Accounts -> Master Data -> Preparations -> Define Account Group

In the next screen, select New Entries.

In the next screen, Enter following Information

1. Enter the Chart of Accounts key in which the Account Group is to be created

2. Enter unique Account Group key

3. Enter Description for the Account Group

4. Enter the number range for the G/L account to be created in the Account Group

Select Field Status from the Application menu.

In the next screen, you can change the field status for different sections of the G/L COA Master Data. For example select Account Control.

Now you can maintain the status of different fields belonging to Account Control Tab between Suppressed   ( Hidden ), Required, Optional and Display modes.

Note : The default status of fields is Optional. After maintaining the field status, press Save.  Enter your Change Request Number. You have successfully created a Chart of Accounts Account Group.

How To Define Business Roles [SAP CRM]

The Business role is the central object for controlling the Navigation Bar, the Logical Links and the authorizations for users. The business role determines the different profiles of the UI and what is visible on the UI.

How to define and assign Business Roles.

Go to IMG Path: Customer Relationship Management > Business Roles > Define Business Roles or to transaction CRMC_UI_PROFILE

Pick a suitable role which you want to create a copy of and note the PFCG Role ID

Go to Transaction PFCG and create a Z copy of the standard PFCG role

Once the PFCG Role is created go to IMG Path: Customer Relationship Management > Business Roles > Define Business Roles and create a new business role with the above created PFCG Role.
(It is convenient to copy the standard role to Z name space and change the PFCG role ID). Save the changes.


IMG Path: Customer Relationship Management > Business Roles > Define Organizational Assignment or transaction PPOMA_CRM

• Users/Business partners are assigned within the Organizational Model to a Position
• User / Business Partners can be assigned to multiple Positions
• Each Position can have exactly one Business Role

Double click on the position, menu option Goto > Detail Object > Enhanced ObjectDescription

Go to Business role and click on create

Maintain the Business role

Save the changes and run UI.

How To Add Favorites To SAP Main Menu

One of the more productive ways of working within SAP is to use the Favorites procedure On the SAP Main Menu.  Generally a user processes the same T-codes over and over.  SAP has a built-in method of gathering all of these procedures into one area labeled Favorites.  This allows the user to find their T-code easily without looking for it in the menus or memorizing it.
There are different methods on adding favorites to your user ID.  The user can choose which method they feel comfortable using.
Insert Transaction
On the main menu in SAP click on Favorites>Insert Transaction

Enter the T-code and then click on the green check.

Continue with this process to add more T-codes.

For Example, the following T-codes are recommended for Asset Technicians.

Drag and Drop

If the user finds a T-code in a menu, it can be added by dragging and dropping it under the favorites folder.  On the T-code Highlight the T-code and then  click and hold the left mouse click.  While holding, drag the T-code up to the folder.

Add Manually

If the user finds a T-code in a menu, it can be added highlighting and clicking on the right mouse click.  Then click ‘Add to favorites’. 

Once your favorites have been added, the user will be able to access the T-codes easily.  The favorites can be saved as a raw list like below, or folders can be added to organize the favorites.

What Is Business Objects in SAP

Business Object Type in SAP contains methods, attributes and events which give a component based view of any Business Process.
For example we have a Purchase Order business process. This process includes various small functionalities. It will have process of changing Purchase orders based upon requirements, functionality to retrieve the details of purchase order etc.
Each of these functionalities is encapsulated inside a method. The method can call the function modules present in R3 system or can have there own code to execute some functionality. So if we consider Purchase Order as a Business Object then it will be identified by key field Purchase Order number.
Each purchase order business object based upon key field purchase order number is different. It’s so because each purchase order is different and will contain different details.
So the methods contain business functionality. Attributes are just like properties of the Business Object.  For example for any purchase order Purchasing Group, Purchasing Organization etc are attributes.
Technically we can say that business object types are just like any template. At runtime we instantiate or create runtime objects for any BO (Business Object) type based upon the key fields we pass.
Two runtime Business Objects of same BO type are different from each other based upon the key fields we pass. So the key field is the differentiating factor for two or more runtime Business Objects of same BO type.
To  Browse  for  BO  open  tcode  SWO2  (Path  ->  Tools  ->ABAP  Workbench->Overview>Business Object Browser).

You can expand the nodes and can check various Business Objects in BOR. You can double click on the BO node and it will take you to BO display (SWO1).

How Download & Install SAP NetWeaver 7.01 ABAP Trial Version [VIDEO]

Step by step how to download & install SAP NetWeaver 7.01 ABAP Trial Version. Check out full video after the break.

How to download & install SAP NetWeaver 7.01 ABAP Trial Version :

1. Login to http://sdn.sap.com or choose 'Not A Member' to get new account.
2. After login click Download > Sofware Download > SAP NetWeaver Main Releases > SAP NetWeaver 7.01 - ABAP Trial Version
3. Download file SAPNW7.01ABAPTrial.part1.rar and SAPNW7.01ABAPTrial.part2.rar
4. Extract the file
5. Open file start.htm from <extract_folder> and then follow the instruction

Note : Make sure MS Loopback is installed if no DHCP server is available on your network (which dynamically determines the IP address) or your computer is not connected to any network.