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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

SAP Implementation guide



6 phases of Implementation SAP
1)      Preparationà landscape information/ preparation (server info. Cost, how many ppl going to use it etc)
àTeam size: two teams implementation team and core team
(Project managers and steering committee from implementation team and core team together called PMO: Project Management Organization)
àAs is study: study of current situation, processes, legacy system etc. This is done by core team.
àAs is flow chart (tools are Visio, arise etc)
àGather all the reports
àStudy legacy system
àInformation on drawing (handled by Document Management System DMO, also by PP)
àGather information on interfaces-must have, need to have, nice to have
àDocument As Is
àSign off
2)      Business Blueprint
(Requirement analyze phase)
àGather requirement for legacy
àTo be
àGAP analysis (difference between as is and to be)
àTo be process flow
àList of interfaces to be finalized (must have done now and need to have will be post go live)
àList of reports
àRICEFW objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversion, Enhancements, Forms and Workflow)- These are customize reports.
àFunctional specification- for all RICEFW objects
àTechnical specification
àSign off on docs above
àTest scripts
àTest cases
àTest scenario-Simple, complicated and complex
àBusiness process procedure (ASAP)
àUsing PowerPoint all functional consultant give a demo
àUsing PowerPoint presentation give demo only for your module (workshop)
àUsing 800 client give a SAP demo-800 is IDES server (IDES never have customer information)
àQ&A database (to be answered by core team)
àOrganization structure
àCollision list (material, vendor and customer, unit of measure)
àTo be documentation
àTo be sign off (consultant and project manager)
3)      Realization
àCarry out baseline testing in 800 clients
àYou are provided with a new client 300
àCarry out basis configuration (back end) - done by consultant
àCopy of configuration sent to client 300
àTesting carried out in 200-300 is a golden client; no master data, just configuration so we cant do testing in 300 (testing by core team)
àYou are provided with a new client 400 (basic)
àCarry out additional configuration in 400 (200+400)
àCarry out configuration in 300
àTesting carried out in 400 (core team)
àYou are provided with a new client 600 (sandbox)
àCarry out additional configuration in 600 (600+200+400)
àCopy all configurations to client 300
àTesting carried out in 600
àUsing client 600
àUpload master data across all modules (sample load of few parts or entire data end as per client wants)
àAll RICEFW objects must be ready tested by you and ready for testing by business
àCarry out integration testing 1 in client 600 (across all modules)-simple scenario (10) and complicated scenario (10)
àIntegration testing 2in 600 (across all modules, group test), complex scenario (5)
àTraining needs and documents, identify roles and responsibility (based on SOX compliance)
àTraining client 610 produced by basis
4)      Pre go live phase
àSuggest business to clean up master data in legacy, all configurations from golden client will be moved to 910, 960 and 999
àMaster data templates provided by business- if we upload just sample data before then we need to provide templates here otherwise templates provided when entire data uploaded in previous phase)
àUpload master data there are 2 tools: LSMW and interfaces (interfaces like Biz Talk, tibco, XI etc)
àTraining session carried out
àYou are provided with a new client 910 (Development server)
àMaster data upload into 910
àSometimes Business carried out integration testing 3
àYou are provided with a new client 960 (quality and integration test server)
àMaster data upload into 960
àYou are provided with a new client 999 (production server)
àMaster data upload to 999
àCutover activities (in client 999); when to stop legacy, when to start SAP, when to run MRP, controlled start up
5)      Post production support:
àConfiguration change
àMaster data changes
àTransaction level changes
àSome more training
àMaster data to be plugged
àMissing authorization
àComplete all documentation work (For both configuration and end use depend upon client)

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