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Contents:
Components of TeamSAP

ASAP Roadmaps Major implementation tools

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ASAP: Business Scenario

The implementation team analyses the tools and

services provided by SAP to facilitate the implementation of SAP software.

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ASAP: Objectives

At the conclusion of this unit, you will be able to:

Describe the components of TeamSAP List and briefly describe the five phases of the

ASAP Implementation Roadmap

Discuss the main tools available for

implementing SAP software

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TeamSAP Components People:

Solutions expertise Quality

SAP Consulting partners Complementary software partners Technology & hardware partners

Processes :

Pe op

AcceleratedSAP Consistency

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Products
Products :

AcceleratedSAP Roadmaps or powered-by methodologies SAP Review Program Support, services & training

The Business Framework Strengths

SAP product family Complementary software products Products from technology partners Industry solutions

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TeamSAP involves coordinated interaction between the groups involved in the implementation environment of the products concerned.

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AcceleratedSAP: Implementation Planning

ASAP Roadmap
Continuous Project Preparation Business Blueprint Realization Final Preparation Improvement Go Live & Support

Project Management Change Management Risk analysis Review

Methodology Projectrelated knowledge Services

Implementation Assistant Q&Adb

Tools

Implementation Guide Profile Generator Transport System

Consulting, licensing, training material, Consulting, licensing, training material, support, project reviews support, project reviews
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SAP recommends that you use ASAP as a standard methodology for implementation planning and for implementing SAP software. The ASAP Roadmap provides a step-by-step guide to implementation. During the five phases of an ASAP project, the results of each phase are recorded in specific documents. This is particularly important in Phase 2.

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AcceleratedSAP Implementation Roadmap

ASAP Roadmap
Project Preparation Business Blueprint Realization Continuous Final Preparation Improvement Go Live & Support

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Phase 1: Project Preparation - The primary focus of Phase 1 is getting the project started, identifying team members and developing a high-level plan. Phase 2: Business Blueprint - The primary focus of Phase 2 is to understand the business goals of the enterprise and to determine the business requirements needed to support these goals. Phase 3: Realization - The purpose of this phase is to implement all the business and process requirements identified in the Business Blueprint. You configure the system step-by-step in the work packages Baseline and Final Configuration. Phase 4: Final Preparation - The purpose of this phase is to complete testing, end-user training, system management and cutover activities. Critical open issues are resolved. When you have successfully completed this phase, you will be ready to run your business in your production system. Phase 5: Go Live and Support - Transition from a project-oriented, pre-production environment to a successful and live production environment. The new ASAP Roadmap (available as of Release 4.6A), helps integrate all existing ASAP Roadmaps into one "configurable" one. It is based on the products R/3, BW (Business Information Warehouse), APO (Advanced Planner & Optimizer), CRM (Customer Relationship Management encompassing Mobile Sales/Mobile Services), and B2B (Business to Business Procurement) and provides a single implementation solution within ASAP for all SAP software.

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Global ASAP
Implementation strategy Change management

Global definition of business Manage global activities processes Legal requirements Global system topology Standardization of business processes

Maintenance & Support Program Set-Up Business Blueprint Realization Rollout ASAP Roadmap
Project Preparation Business Blueprint Realization
Continuous

Final Preparation

Improvement

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Go Live & Support

SAP has developed Global ASAP as the standard implementation methodology for the global implementation of SAP software. The basic concept of Global ASAP is to map all activities that do not take place at local level onto a special structure called the Global Roadmap. This Roadmap is structured according to the AcceleratedSAP principle and includes How-to's, accelerators, modeling methods and tools. The Global Roadmap is linked to each Roadmap for projects at local level. A global implementation strategy involves defining a pre-configured corporate system or global template. The global template is the sum of all enterprise-specific configuration and Customizing settings, and models that are included in one SAP System and provide a reference for live systems at the global and local levels (individual companies and plants). This implementation approach is also referred to as the global template rollout of the SAP System. The Global ASAP Roadmap consists of four phases: Global Program Set-Up Global Business Blueprint Global Realization Global Maintenance & Support

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IMG: Tasks

The IMG contains documentation for each activity. The activities can be carried out directly. Functions for project management and project documentation are available.

IMG
Global settings Countries Currencies Calendars

SAP Documentation
Concept Recommendations Requirements Activity WinHelp

Activities
Open Customizing transactions

Project Management
Status/activity data Scheduling Resources Microsoft Project interface

Project Documentation
Efficiently organized using notes Use Microsoft Word

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The IMG contains all Customizing activities you need to implement application components. You can create Customizing projects in an SAP System, to help structure and manage an implementation project. You can also record cross-project documentation. You can create an IMG for each project. From a Project IMG you can work on Customizing transactions, project documentation, crossproject documentation, and information on project management.

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Customer-Specific Configuration Customer-

Manually

ASAP-IMG link Project IMG views

SAP Reference IMG

Generate Customizing Projects

Project IMGs

Generate Project IMG Views

Customizing transactions

Project documentation

Project management

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The IMG acts as a checklist of the Customizing activities that your enterprise should complete to implement an SAP System. The IMG is hierarchically structured. The structure of the IMG and the IMG tools (for example, allocating resources such as project members and the MS Project interface) help your project team to work through the Customizing activities in a rational sequence. For the realization, you can divide the scope of the Reference IMG into different projects, which, in turn, are assigned to Project IMGs. Use a Project IMG to work on Customizing transactions, project and cross-project documentation, as well as information on project management. You can create views to improve the structure of a Project IMG. You can use these views to edit Customizing transactions, project and cross-project documentation, and information on project management, in line with the Project IMG. As of Release 4.6, you can use the ASAP-IMG link in the Q&Adb to create project views. This transfers the project scope set in the Question & Answer database (Q&Adb) to the R/3 System. The views generated by the ASAP-IMG link contain Customizing activities for the processes set in scope in the Q&Adb. To use the ASAP-IMG link, a Customizing project must already exist in the R/3 System.

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Accelerated Industry Solutions: Steps

Industry-specific details in ASAP and documentation Model-based presentation of the industry solution

Industry-specific Business Blueprint

Industry-specific Customizing in IMG and CATTs

Preconfigured Industry System

Industry-specific business components

Business framework component

Accelerated Solution
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System documentation and the ASAP Question & Answer database contain industry-specific information and are the ideal places to start looking for information. Model-based presentations of industry-specific business processes help you analyze the business processes you have selected. Event-driven process chains (EPCs) are available for several industries (for example, the automotive and pharmaceutical industries) and are integrated in the SAP Reference Structure. A structure is available for each industry in the ASAP Question & Answer database, and helps you to produce an industry-specific Business Blueprint (Phase 2 of the ASAP Roadmap). Industry-specific Customizing involves integrating default Customizing parameters for a specific industry in the IMG. SAP has documented this process in the IMG. You can use the Computer Aided Test Tool (CATT) which is also integrated in the system to transfer industry-specific master data structures to the system. Test programs (CATTs), named after the above tool, are provided for the industry-specific business cases defined by SAP. This collection of tools is known as Preconfigured Industry Systems. Industry-specific business solutions are integrated as business components in the business framework. Implementation in the system can also be a ready-to-work solution. The main feature of such a solution is the delivery of a combination of software and hardware required to install an SAP System.

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Implementation Planning and Tools: Summary

You are now able to:

Describe the elements of TeamSAP List and briefly describe the five phases of the

ASAP Implementation Roadmap

Discuss the major tools that support an SAP

implementation

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