SAP suggests to go for ASAP Methodology which contain 5 phases

1) About the company

1.1) Company profile 1.2) Company business process

2) Project kick off strategy

2.1) Brief presentation on ERP and its benefits 2.2) Brief presentation on SAP Modules and its implication 2.3) Identification of Modules that suits business 2.4) Brief presentation about ASAP methodology and its benefits 2.5) Identification of core team member

3) Requirement gathering
3.1) Identifying the existing business process AS IS Study 3.2) AS IS document preparation 3.3) Identifying the GAP 3.4) Mapping the business process into SAP

4) Business blue print preparation

4.1) Business blue print document preparation 4.2) BBP Review with core team members 4.3) Identifying RIEFCW 4.3) BBP Sign off

5) Realization Phase
5.1) Identifying the system landscape 5.2) Configuring the business process in SAP 5.3) Configuration document preparation 5.4) Internal auditing 5.5) Testing the configuration Unit testing 5.6) Unit testing document preparation 5.7) Unit testing sign off 5.8) Integration testing 5.9) Integration document preparation 5.10) Integration document sign off 5.11) Transporting the configuration to other clients 5.12) External auditing 5.13) User training document preparation 5.14) User Trial & test 5.15) User acceptance data preparation 5.16) User acceptance test sign off

6) Final Preparation
6.1) Identifying User roles & authorization 6.2) Master data preparation 6.3) Cut over activities

7) GO live
7.1) Uploading master data 7.2) Initial uploading of stock 7.3) Maintaining all open items in SAP 7.4) Supporting day to day activities 7.5) Month end activities by closing MM posting periods 7.6) Excise utilization on every month end 7.7) Year end activities training to core team members