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.
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Höhe: 22.9 cm
Breite: 17.5 cm
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978-1-59229-268-4 (9781592292684)
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As Senior Vice President, MArtin Riedel heads the SAP Global Upgrade Office.
1 ... Introduction ... 13
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
