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(2) Content Overview What is “SAP Best Practices“ Product description Deliverables. Concept of Use SAP Best Practices: Installation “One Step” Installation SAP Best Practices Tools. Building Block Principle Building Block Approach Building Blocks Overview List. Preconfigured Business Scenarios Benefits of SAP Best Practices. SAP AG 2005, TW 2.
(3) Interested in Value-Add? How can you achieve …value-add by reducing costs for your evaluation/implementation project? …value-add by reducing business process costs? …value-add by increasing revenue?. questions but only one answer….. SAP Best Practices SAP AG 2005, TW 3.
(4) SAP Best Practices: Reduce Cost, Time and Risk. • SAP Best Practices are. Cost Pragmatic methodology. the sound foundation for prepacked ready-touse business solutions. SAP Best Practices. • SAP Best Practices cover well-proven business scenarios that help to exploit the potentials of mySAP ERP. • Flexible building block technology enables you to implement and adapt your solution in a very flexible way SAP AG 2005, TW 4. Extensive documentation. Proven preconfiguration. Time. Risk. Time/Cost/Risk Saving Tools SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant SAP Best Practices Personalization Assistant extended Computer Aided Test Tools (eCATTs) Business Configuration Sets (BC sets).
(5) Product Description: What is “SAP Best Practices“ “SAP Best Practices“ is the brand name for preconfigured SAP solutions. An SAP Best Practices package contains: A step-by-step implementation procedure Documentation: A. Technical documentation (e.g. how to set up the system) and B. Business documentation that describe the business content of the preconfigured solution. Bundle of preconfiguration settings that speed up the installation process. Three different kinds of SAP Best Practices packages: Industry packages are designed to meet industry-specific needs, for example SAP Best Practices for High Tech SAP Best Practices Baseline Package: Can be used in all areas where an industry package is not available. It comprises generic busin. scenarios SAP Best Practices cross-industry packages provide predefined business scenarios that focus on the areas of CRM, SCM, EP, and BI. SAP AG 2005, TW 5.
(6) SAP Best Practices Traditional project. Enable fast and easy implementaWorking prototype tion of mySAP Business Suite With SAP Best Practices. Demonstration of a solution that is easy to: identify with implement adapt to specific requirements . Time and effort savings. Get a living and fully documented prototype within days that you can rapidly turn into a productive solution. Identification and anticipation of reusable business processes and project activities SAP AG 2005, TW 6.
(7) SAP Best Practices Provides a Complete Portfolio to Support Customers and Partners in the Midmarket “I've never seen SAP so supportive as when we worked on this effort. I've been blown away by their level of support, sending people to our office, assisting us in training and inviting us to meetings. They are really behind this SMB push.” Allen Abell – N2 Vertical Solution Dev. Kit . Developer‘s Guide How-to‘s Templates Documentation. Solution Architects Development support Sales/presales support. Demo environment Hosted SAP demonstration environment with SAP Best Practices content SAP Best Practices demo environment for laptops. LIFE-CYCLE SOLUTION MGMT SERVICES. BUSINESS CONFIGURATION REPOSITORY KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY. SAP AG 2005, TW 7. Content . Scenario description End user documentation Installation Guide Configuration Guide Data migration sheets Training material Configuration Settings Business Configuration Sets Master Data Test cases Print forms User roles. Knowledge Transfer Workshops on demand E-Learning.
(8) SAP Best Practices Deliverables Structure. Documentation BP Scenario overview BP Business process procedures. Preconfiguration Preconfiguration settings Master data. Installation instruction . Step-by-step guide to be used together with the Installation Assistant. Configuration Documentation Installation Assistant. Best Practices Configuration Guide … for all scenarios Definition and documentation of integrated business processes. SAP AG 2005, TW 8. Preconfigured configuration settings and installation automation.
(9) How Do I Get Started? Prerequisite You have installed the software required for your solution in your system landscape (e.g. SAP ECC). The SAP Best Practices package contains two components: Documentation DVD with business documentation, technical documentation, documentation templates System add-on. The Add-On contains all necessary elements (eCATT procedures, Business Configuration Sets, programs, transactions) that are needed for the installation process of SAP Best Practices. GO. To prepare for the installation of SAP Best Practices import the SAP Best Practices add-on into your system. SAP AG 2005, TW 9.
(10) SAP Best Practices: Installation. SAP Best Practices Business Scenario. Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 .... ..... SAP AG 2005, TW 10. Choose the scenarios that you would like to install The documentation provided with SAP Best Practices enables you to make a profound decision Scenario overview including Scenario diagrams. 1..
(11) “One Step” Installation What is the “One Step” installation?. new. The “One Step” installation approach combines the automated tools ‘eCATT’ and ‘BC-Sets’ to speed up the installation process. It reduces the necessary installation activities to install one or more building blocks to a minimum of single installation steps. In the past: You had to enter specific values several times DURING the installation process; this was partly very time-consuming because it interrupted the smooth installation flow. Now: All necessary data entries can be done BEFORE you start the automated “One Step” installation. The “One Step” installation runs automatically (with few interruptions only) and makes use of the data you entered before. After completion you can check the activation log. SAP AG 2005, TW 11.
(12) “One Step” Installation Scope of “One Step“ Installation With the current version of SAP Best Practices, the “One Step“ installation has already been realized for all SAP Best Practices building blocks. The SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant is a tool that guides you through the installation process. The SAP Best Practices Personalization Assistant is a tool that helps you to install SAP Best Practices with personalized values.. The “One Step” installation approach is a step forward to an extremely fast and comfortable way for setting up a solution based on SAP Best Practices.. SAP AG 2005, TW 12.
(13) SAP Best Practices Tools SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant Using the SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant you can easily install the complete SAP Best Practices Baseline Package or selected scenarios within a very short time. The SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant is an SAP ECC based tool that guides you step-by-step through the installation process directly in the system.. SAP Best Practices Personalization Assistant The SAP Best Practices standard installation takes place using default values and sample master data. If you want to install SAP Best Practices with personalized values, SAP Best Practices offers the possibility to easily adapt selected values to your needs. The current version of the SAP Best Practices Baseline Package allows you to personalize central organizational data. The SAP Best Practices Personalization Assistant is an MS Excel based tool that guides you through the personalization activities. The subsequent installation of the personalized solution is performed using the SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant. SAP AG 2005, TW 13.
(14) Business Configuration Sets (BC-Sets) - Definition BC-Sets are groups of configuration settings which are grouped according to logical, business management criteria to a unit for documentary, preconfiguration, quality assurance and re-use purposes which are independent of the original configuration tables/views which are accessible across the system landscape. BC Sets represent snapshots of configuration settings .... .... Business Process. SAP AG 2005, TW 14. Configuration tables/views. BC Set.
(15) eComputer Aided Test Tool (eCATT) – General Usage The eCATT allows you to combine and automate business processes as repeatable test procedures. eCATTs check process transactions and transaction chains automatically. Check transaction results. Check system messages. Check database updates by performing determining values and making target/actual comparisons. Check reactions to changes in configuration settings. eCATTs allow to create Sample master data Test data Training data. SAP AG 2005, TW 15.
(16) Installation Procedure. Load the SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant input files (projects) containing installation activities for required scenarios into respective system.. Activate the SAP Best Practices Installation Assistant projects to install required scenarios.. 3.. 4.. Wherever possible, installation steps have been automated.. Your personal solution prototype. SAP AG 2005, TW 16. 5..
(17) Turn SAP Best Practices into a Live System Preconfigured System. Install scenarios. Install selected scenarios. 6.. Prototype. DEV. QAS. PROD. SAP AG 2005, TW 17. Import. Customer-specific delta Customizing. Export. Define requirements Train project team Pick and choose from the pre-settings Load them into the development system Automatic transfer of preconfiguration used as a basis for further configuration. SAP Best Practices are the foundation for the entire duration of your implementation project.
(18) Building Block Principle An SAP Best Practices package is not a monolithic block but structured in Building Blocks. Building Blocks… are the technical methodology for the SAP Best Practices development and delivery provide SAP Best Practices users with small, flexible, and transparent pieces of functionality (Building Blocks), for example a specific scenario that can be implemented like an add-on to an existing solution foster inter-operability and reusability by providing the necessary guidelines and tools to enable content developers to create Building Blocks that follow a common structure. SAP AG 2005, TW 18. Layer 1 Scenarios. Layer 1 Building Blocks. Layer 0 Building Blocks.
(19) Definition of Building Blocks - Content Building Blocks are reusable units covering 1. Business content (solutions, scenarios, processes or combinations) 2. Technical procedures (connectivity, technical setup of a system) 3. Common standards (organizational structures, basic logistics). Criteria: What is required for a best practice What can be reused (reduction of redundant development effort). No static criteria for content covered by Building Blocks. SAP AG 2005, TW 19.
(20) SAP Best Practices Building Block Principle To set up an SAP Best Practices scenario, you have to install a number of building blocks in a predefined sequence.. 3.. 1.. 4.. 2.. This sequence is documented in the SAP Best Practices “Quick Guide”.. SAP AG 2005, TW 20.
(21) SAP Best Practices “Quick Guide” SAP Best Practices Quick Guide To ensure a successful installation and to prevent possible mistakes, read the SAP Best Practices Quick Guide before you start with any installation activities. This document provides important information on the tools, configuration and documentation delivered with SAP Best Practices. The document describes generic installation activities that you have to conduct to successfully install SAP Best Practices. It is therefore a prerequisite of any SAP Best Practices installation.. SAP AG 2005, TW 21.
(22) Benefits of SAP Best Practices Save time and money and achieve predicted results. Less risks avoid common e-Business beginners‘ mistakes. Empowerment through competitive business expertise. Fast track to extending your business solution with new business processes. No trial runs start straight off with a fully documented prototype that is fully reusable. Failure is not an option! it works: what you see is what you get for implementation. Communication among project team members and executives becomes more effective. Business platform for partners evaluation, joint development, own development. Consistent approach focusing on integrated end-to-end business processes. SAP AG 2005, TW 22.
(23) Information on SAP Best Practices. More information and contact http://www.sap.com/bestpractices (Internet) http://service.sap.com/bestpractices (SAP Service Marketplace) [email protected] (e-mail). How to order. free of charge. Documentation CD only Order online: On the Services Marketplace www.service.sap.com from the Knowledge Shop (Partners/Customers, only!) Complete software package with Documentation CD and Configuration Settings CD To be ordered from your contract department or directly on the Service Marketplace www.service.sap.com from the Software Catalog (Partners/Customers only!) SAP AG 2005, TW 23.
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