Sap Enterprise Portfolio And Project Management

Learn the fundamentals of SAP Enterprise Project and Portfolio management Project Systems (PS), Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) and Commercial Project Management (CPM) and their integration with other SAP modules. This book covers various business scenarios from different industries including the public sector, engineering and construction, professional services, telecom, mining, chemical, and pharmaceutical. Author Joseph Alexander Soosaimuthu will help you understand common business challenges and pain areas faced in portfolio, program and project management, and will provide suitable recommendations to overcome these challenges. This book not only suggests solutions within SAP, but also provides workarounds or integrations with third-party tools based on various Industry-specific business requirements. SAP Portfolio and Project Management addresses commonly asked questions regarding SAP EPPM implementation and deployment, and conveys a framework to facilitate engagement and discussion with key stakeholders. This provides coverage of SAP on-premise solutions with ECC 6.08 and SAP PPM 6.1 deployed on the same client, as well as S/4 HANA On-Premise 2020 with integration to BPC and BI/W systems. Interface with other third-party schedule management, estimation, costing and forecasting applications are also covered in this book. After completing SAP Portfolio and Project Management, you will be able to implement SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management based on industry best practices. For your reference, you’ll also gain a list of development objects and a functionality list by Industry, and a Fiori apps list for Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management (EPPM). What You Will Learn Understand the fundamentals of project, program and portfolio management within SAP EPPM Master the art of project forecasting and scheduling integrations with other SAP modules Gain knowledge of the different interface options for scheduling, estimation, costing and forecasting third party applications Learn EPPM industry best practices, and how to address industry-specific business challenges Leverage operational and strategic reporting within EPPM Who This Book For Functional consultants and business analysts who are involved in SAP EPPM (PS, PPM and CPM) deployment and clients who are interested and are in the process of having SAP EPPM deployed for their Enterprise.

This book covers various business scenarios from different industries including the public sector, engineering and construction, professional services, telecom, mining, chemical, and pharmaceutical. --

This book provides consultants and project managers who use SAP PS as well as PS implementation project team members with a comprehensive overview of the functions and customization options of SAP Project System. You learn how to maintain control of the entire project lifecycle, from design to planning, and from budgeting to controlling to invoicing and beyond. This unique reference provides concise and straightforward information on the many integration scenarios available for SAP Project System. Focused chapters provide you with detailed coverage of those aspects that involve several different project phases, such as reporting or interfaces to other project management tools.

Understand how SAP Project System supports the entire lifecycle of your project, from planning to invoicingLearn how to customize, maximize, and use the full potential of SAP Project SystemAlign your business processes with the different phases of SAP Project System3rd edition, with new features from SAP ERP 6.0, EHP5 and 6Don't let projects stress you out any longer-get them under control with this book! From development, to planning, to controlling, and to invoicing, no essential project step or function is left out. You'll get started with a thorough introduction to the functions and customization of SAP Project System. After mastering the basics, you'll learn how to map specific business processes and execution, carry out the different phases of project management, and much more.All Phases of the Project CycleWhether you're interested in project planning, budgeting, implementation, invoicing, or reporting, find comprehensive coverage of all project phases.Overview of StructuresLearn how to efficiently use work breakdown structures, networks, milestones, and statuses.Editing and Maintenance FunctionsFind out how to handle tools such as Project Builder and Project Planning Board, use the field selection and mass change functions, and more. Integration ScenariosExplore how to use SAP Project System in combination with other project management tools, including Open PS for Microsoft Project and SAP Portfolio and Project Management.Updated for EHP5 and 6Discover new functions from the two latest Enhancement Packages, as well as SAP Enterprise Project Connection (also relevant for users with older releases [as of 4.6C]).HighlightsWork breakdown structure and networkMilestones, documents, statuses, and versionsTools for master data maintenanceScheduling and planningBudgeting functionsExternal services and internal activitiesRevaluation, overhead rates, interest calculationResults analysis, cost forecast, settlementProject Information System: Structures and FinancialsOpen PS for Microsoft ProjectSAP Portfolio and Project Management

This one-stop guide details how to integrate and use project portfolio management with SAP to support your business processes. Focused on cProjects and RPM — as well as the integration with SAP Project System — this guide describes the implementation and usage of the SAP tools for project portfolio management in a process-oriented way. It uses sample customer examples and projects to illustrate specific solution options, is based on the latest SAP releases, and includes an entire chapter on project procedures. Readers get a detailed overview of the typical requirements for a PPM solution, and learn how SAP supports the integration of sub-processes such as portfolio planning, project execution, time recording, and reporting. Expert insights into SAP RPM and its detailed configuration options: master data management, financial and capacity planning, questionnaires, scoring models, and metrics management serve to make this book indispensible. In addition, the configuration options and functions of cProjects are explained clearly with special attention paid to customizing the project structure, document and resource management, project alerts, evaluations, and more. Plus, find out how SAP RPM and cProjects integrate with SAP PS, SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP NetWeaver BI, MS Project, and SAP ERP. Real-world customer examples illustrate how customer enhancements extend the scope of the solution scenario, including custom fields, cross-system versioning, and more.

This book explains the functional scope, the data model, the solution architecture, the underlying engineering concepts, and the programming model of SAP S/4HANA as the most well-known enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The approach is to start with general concepts and then to proceed step-by-step to concrete implementations in SAP S/4HANA. In the first part the reader learns about the market view of ERP solutions and vendors. The second part deals with the business processes for sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, services, procurement, and human resources which are covered with SAP S/4HANA. In the third part the underlying concepts of SAP S/4HANA are described, for example in-memory storage, analytics and search, artificial intelligence, process and data integration, security and compliance, lifecycle management, performance and scalability, configuration and implementation. The book is concluded with a final chapter explaining how to deploy an appliance to explore SAP S/4HANA. The target audience for the book are managers and business analysts who want to understand the market situation and future ERP trends, end users and process experts who need to comprehend the business processes and the according solution capabilities provided with SAP S/4HANA, architects and developers who have to learn the technical concepts and frameworks for enhancing SAP S/4HANA functionality, and consultants and partners who require to adopt and configure SAP S/4HANA.

As an executive, your organization may have limited resources. This book will instruct you and your leadership teams on implementing strategy through identifying, selecting, prioritizing, resourcing, and governing an optimal work portfolio. You’ll learn how to sponsor every project stage, as well as leading project managers as direct reports. Detailed advice is given for developing project management competency and utilizing input from customers, employees, and processes. You’ll learn how your organization can capitalize upon information technology to become competitive and to effectively implement business strategies, as well as how to make portfolio and project decisions using both qualitative and quantitative data and reliable analysis methods.