SAP Archives - Page 8 of 22 - Innovate. Integrate. Transform. Run.

Series on SAP ERP Project Success Factors
Series on SAP ERP Project Success Factors

Series on SAP ERP Project Success Factors

By Bill Wood|December 19th, 2011|

This is a compiled sets of posts related to SAP project success criteria ================== The Top 5 ERP Success Factors by Project Stage from 22 Critical Success Factors https://www.iitrun.com/the-top-5-erp-success-factors-by-project-stage-from-22-critical-success-factors SAP Implementation Partner or Company Selection Criteria https://www.iitrun.com/sap-implementation-partner-or-company-selection-criteria SAP Success Factors for Vendor Selection – Responsibility Matrix 1 https://www.iitrun.co [...]

An SAP ABAP Innovation Revolution Beyond HANA
An SAP ABAP Innovation Revolution Beyond HANA

An SAP ABAP Innovation Revolution Beyond HANA

By Bill Wood|December 12th, 2011|

Some time back, I wrote about Opportunities for SAP Innovation. At the time, I wasn’t really expecting a lot, and I likely did not have much influence. However, I do find it coincidental that many of the suggestions I offered have been adopted. Some of them, such as the switched framework to improve order management processing, are included in ECC 6.0 EhP4. One issue that I have been contemplating for a long time is how to dramatically improve ABAP development and overall application enhancemen [...]

7 Tips for Effective Client Management of SAP Consultants
7 Tips for Effective Client Management of SAP Consultants

7 Tips for Effective Client Management of SAP Consultants

By Bill Wood|December 5th, 2011|

Over the years, the most successful SAP projects I have participated in had strong client side leaders. They had some knowledge and understanding of how to deliver large, complex, or difficult projects. Not just SAP projects, but large complex undertakings. Their ability to deliver projects came from their ability to manage, direct, and engage with project participants. They took the initiative to directly manage their own projects. Many of these leaders had something else in common. They under [...]

SAP Program Management Requires a Type of CMMI
SAP Program Management Requires a Type of CMMI

SAP Program Management Requires a Type of CMMI

By Bill Wood|November 7th, 2011|

Many are unaware that SAP provides a broad set of tools and resources for Program Management and the Capability Maturity Model (or CMM). Few are familiar with SAP’s broad set of supports for this purpose, such as the ASAP Methodology Phase 6 “Run” enhancement. This enhancement is loaded with key information that aligns with Program Management responsibilities and CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) [FN1]. So, what is CMM (or CMMI as it is more properly referred to)? “CMMI (Capability M [...]

ERP II & ERP III – SAP Business IT Revolution
ERP II & ERP III – SAP Business IT Revolution

ERP II & ERP III – SAP Business IT Revolution

By Bill Wood|October 31st, 2011|

The day after I released my last post (SAP IT Governance – Achieve Business IT Engagement), techrepublic.com published a review of the CIO future direction. While I do not agree with all of the Gartner conclusions they published, I certainly agree with the “new CIO manifesto” (TechRepublic: Get drastic: 15 IT best practices to kill). Reading through the comments left on the TechRepublic post was enlightening. However, most of the comments focused on the details of one or two points of disagreem [...]

SAP IT Governance – Achieve Business IT Engagement
SAP IT Governance – Achieve Business IT Engagement

SAP IT Governance – Achieve Business IT Engagement

By Bill Wood|October 24th, 2011|

Proper SAP project governance is a function of the business in partnership with IT. With the exception of a few of SAP’s technical applications (such as parts of Solution Manager, HANA, etc.), the entire application suite is about business-- business transaction processing and business processes. If key business resources are not directly engaged in SAP project governance, you may never realize the SAP benefits you expect. This leads me to ask: What benefits you expect from an SAP implementatio [...]