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2806 : Incorporate MS Project Server into Your EPPM Business

Processes Using SAP Enterprise Project Connection 2.0

Ian Strain and Kevin Madden

[ Abstract
SAP Enterprise Project Connection 2.0 broadens the coverage of
supported 3rd-party project management and scheduling application with
the introduction of Microsoft Project Server(2007 and 2010). The use of
Microsoft Project is ubiquitous throughout SAP's install base with the
majority using manual, internally developed or other tools to synchronize
the data which are prone to error and time consuming. SAP Enterprise
Project Connections unique Information-Powered Project integration
approach can help your organization rapidly introduce a seamless, end-toend project management business process with minimal disruption to your
existing processes. Regardless of your project management maturity level
or the type of projects your business manages Capital, Service, or
IT/Internal the flexible SOA architecture, data modeling capabilities, and
iterative approach to designing a solution embedded within the SAP
Enterprise Project Connection framework allows you to realize true bidirectional integration.

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

[ Learning Points
Learn how to improve project management maturity using SAP
Enterprise Project Connection 2.0, regardless of the types of
projects your organization manages or the current PPM maturity
level of your organization.
Why information-powered project integration is about designing an
end-to-end process not just mapping data across application
databases and how EPC can quickly enable these processes to be
optimized.
How EPC addresses the concept and role of project management
integration the applications, technologies, architecture and models.
See a demonstration of an End-To-End Distributed EPPM Business
Process using SAP Enterprise Project Connection to align and
synchronize SAP PPM, SAP Project System and Microsoft Project
Server.
Real Experience. Real Advantage.

[ Maturity Models: Integration is key to elevating maturity

Every corporation in the world executes projects in
pursuit of its strategies and business objectives

New SAP Benchmark Survey :

Portfolio & Project Management
SAP PPM Maturity Model

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[ Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management

Integrated Architecture
SAP EPM

SAP Project & Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management Project Management

SAP MRS

Collaborative Product
Development (CPD)

Resource Management

SAP ERP 6.0

Product Structure
Synchronization (PSS)

DMS

MM

PS

PM

FI/CO
CATS

Master Data

SAP NetWeaverTM

People Integration
Portal

Enterprise
Repository

Services

Collaboration

Multi Channel Access

Information Integration
Business
Intelligence

Knowledge
Management

Master Data Management

Process Integration

Application Platform

Integration Broker

J2EE

ABAP

Business Process
Management

DS and OS Abstraction

Legacy/External Systems
Real Experience. Real Advantage.

[ Information-Powered-Integration
Right Information, Right Time, Right Decisions
Integration needs to be in-context
Optimize the synchronization of contextual
information not just data
Enable effective and efficient decision making
Best Practices based on numerous project
implementations
Implementation measured in days w/o costly
customizations

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

[ Business Value
Shorten time to Go-Live
Flexible architecture to model project management
business processes
Using applications as they were intended
Increase Project Management Maturity
Limit redundant/manual data input
Increase Agility
Achieve Ultimate Flexibility Cost Effectively
Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Real Experience. Real Advantage.

[ Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management

Enterprise Project
and Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management

Portfolio Analytics

Managing and monitoring

the portfolio & programs
Strategic Level

Initiate

PPM
Projects

Logistics
PP

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

PS

Resources

Time

Project management
and execution
Tactical Level

Financial Data

Core enterprise processes

& Activities

Project
System

HR
Time

Aggregate

SAP Project Management

FI/CO/BPC

Operations - Level

[ Distributed Project and Portfolio Management

Others Project Mgt

Enterprise Project
and Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management

SAP Project Management

Portfolio Analytics

Others Project Mgt

PPM
Projects
Project
System

Logistics
PP

Financial Data
Project
System

HR
MM

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

Resources

Time

FI/CO/BPC

[ Information-Powered Project Integration

Enterprise Project
and Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management

Portfolio Analytics

Managing and monitoring

the portfolio & programs
Strategic Level

Logistics
PP

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

Integrate
PS

Resources

Time

Project management
and execution
Tactical Level

Financial Data

Core enterprise processes

& Activities

Project
System

HR
Time

Others Project Mgt

SAP Enterprise
Project Connection

Initiate

PPM
Projects

Aggregate

SAP Project Management

FI/CO/BPC

Operations - Level

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[ EPPM Business Processes Capital Project Scenario

Portfolio Management (PPM)
Define Strategy

Identify Opportunities

Analyze Risk and

Rank Opportunities

Create and Approve

Budgets

Initiate Project

Monitor Portfolio

Project Management (PS)

Structure Project

Plan Resources, Cost

Assign Budget

Procure Materials and

Services

Collect Actuals

Monitor Project

SAP Enterprise Project Connection

Scheduling tool
Establish Master
Schedule Structure

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

Detailed Activity
List and Resource
Planning,

Scheduling,
Resource
Allocation, and
Levelling

Status and Progress

Updating

Tracking and
Monitoring

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[ SAP Enterprise Project Connection: What is it?

Project Management integration Enablement

Pre-package integration business processes

Information-Powered Integration In Context

Flexible SOA Architecture rapid implementation to meet

requirements
Management integration

Customer Needs

Capital Projects

Holistic View in context

Service Delivery Process

Optimization

Timely, accurate and

complete information

Shutdown/Turnaround/Out
ages

Reduced administrative
overhead

Routine Maintenance

Reduced TCO
Enable Earned Value Mgmt

Business Benefits
Ready to use integration
out of the box
Leverage existing
investment in external
Project scheduling
applications
Reduced TCO
Reduced Risk
Project/Schedule
variances
Rapid Return on
Investment

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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[ SAP Enterprise Project Connection 2.0: Whats New?

Microsoft Project Server Services Adaptor

Primavera API / Adaptor Enhancements

SAP Standards Compliance

Infrastructure Modifications and Enhancements

MS Project Server
Integration Services
2007 and 2010
version support

Composite Services
for Project, Resources
and Custom Fields

Atomic Services for

discrete objects

Primavera API
Enhancements
API 8.1 support
New methods and
object coverage
Activity Steps, Expense
UDF, Activity Owner,
Steps, Roles, WBS Fields
and Object Deletion

Performance:
Object Compare
Post processing

Java Rules deployment

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

SAP Standards
Compliance
NWDI Integrated
into the SAP
Development
infrastructure
process
Eliminated Open
Source components
Support for additional
NetWeaver Platforms
and Versions.

Infrastructure
Modifications
NetWeaver / EPC
Configuration via CTC
Scenario
Solution Deployment
to Database (Modes)
and versioning
Migration to SAP JRA
Adaptor
Logging and Tracing
(NWCE)

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[ SAP Enterprise Project Connection: Component

Architecture
SAP GUI

SAP NetWeaver CE

ABAP Add On

End Point Systems

Integration Service
Component

Transaction Codes

SAP
Oracle Primavera
Microsoft Project
Server

Adaptors
Data Access Services

Add-On

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

Service Component

NetWeaver Dialog Instance(s)

SAP NetWeaver
CE Cluster

WS

http

Integration

Microsoft Project
Server 2007/2010

JCo

GUI

Web Dispatcher

Oracle Primavera

SAP

ABAP

api

Configuration

SAP ERP
ECC 6.0

NetWeaver CE DB

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[ SAP Enterprise Project Connection: Integration Model

Local Information
Model (LIM)

Local System View of Data

Adaptive
Information Model
(AIM)

Canonical Information
Model (CIM)

Service
Orchestration

Business View of Information

Integration,
Reporting
Reuse

Data Rules & Mappings

Adaptor

Resources

Important
Data

Any System

Data
Rules

Adaptor

Costs

Business
Rules

Finance,
Resources,
Plans

SAP

Business
Services
Projects
Data
Mappings

Adaptor

Project
Management

2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved.

Project,
Activities,
WBS

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

Service
Mappings

Assets

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[ SAP Enterprise Project Connection: What does it do?

Out-of-the-box
integration for SAP Apps

Pre-built for SAP PM & PS Modules

Adaptors for Primavera and MS
Project

Pre-configured mappings
and rules

Default workflows, business rules and data

mappings to enable integration based on use
cases and industry best practices

Standard BAPIs and RFCs

Infrastructure utilizes SAP standard

integration objects

SAP ERP GUI

T-CODE
Open Architecture

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UI with On-Demand, Scheduling and

Audit using SAP Security Model
Framework for enabling easy access
configuration, deployment and
management

[ SAP Enterprise Project Connection: What can it do*?

Modify System of Record

Enable scheduling tool as source to

create and control SAP Objects.

Modify Field Level

Mappings

Rapidly introduce new data objects

and additional fields.

Enhanced Conditional
Logic Business Rules

Evaluate data to determine how to

process updates, including delete.

Enhanced Adaptor
Functionality

Tune system and workflows to

improve performance and overhead.

SAP BAPIs / RFCs

Introduce Custom BAPIs that can be

incorporated into Workflow.

* Customizations must be designed and implemented based on supporting overall business process
Real Experience. Real Advantage.

[ Demonstration
End-To-End Distributed EPPM Business Process using SAP Enterprise Project
Connection to align and synchronize SAP PPM, SAP Project System and Microsoft
Project Server

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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[ Key Learnings
Irrespective of the business or industry where your company competes, the use of
Projects and the need to organize, manage and execute them effectively are
explicitly tied to your companys strategic and business objectives.
Determining your organizations current Project Management Maturity Level is the
first step towards developing a plan to incrementally improve your EPPM level.
Integration of the primary dimensions in EPPM (People, Processes and Systems) is a
prerequisite to elevating your maturity and by incorporating the InformationPowered Project Integration approach available with SAP EPC, you can most
efficiently and cost-effectively improve your PPM practice.
Information Powered Integration is an approach to integration that decouples the
tools, resources and data involved in your current project management business
process and aligns them in a manner that enables the execution of more successful
projects providing timely, accurate and intelligent information to the right systems,
the right people and at the right time within your PPM Ecosystem, thus leading to the
Right Decisions.
The End-To-End Distributed EPPM Business Process using SAP Enterprise Project
Connection to align and synchronize SAP PPM, SAP Project System and Microsoft
Project Server provides a sample Use Case for adopting EPC but also illustrates the
flexibility inherent in SAP EPCs Information Model, Architecture and Infrastructure.
Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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