asap methodology

[Former Member]

Can u tell me the entire process of asap methodology and what consultants will do after final preparation?what is the cut over strategy.? and what to answer if any one asks what is ur system landscape? is it dev qty and prd. is this enough?

Regards

vamsi

[Former Member]

Hi,

Accelerated SAP (ASAP) is an approach specifically developed by SAP to help customers implement the SAP software as quickly and efficiently as possible in. ASAP provides content, tools and expertise from thousands of successful implementations, which can be reused to ensure a successful implementation. ASAP toolset comprises of the following powerful tools which can be used for successful planning and implementation.

u2022 SAP Solution Composer: SAP Solution composer can be used to map the customeru2019s business requirements to SAP solutions.

u2022 SAP Road Maps: SAP offers a pre defined set of road maps for various implementations (spanning across a variety of technologies), which can be used readily for any specific project

u2022 SAP Solution Manager: SAP Solution Manager can be used for efficient solution design, documentation, and configuration and testing purposes.

The Accelerated SAP Roadmap consists of the following phases. The activities to be carried out in each of these phases will change according to the nature of the implementation and the choice of technology.

u2022 Project Preparation

u2022 Business Blueprint

u2022 Realization

u2022 Final Preparation

u2022 Go-Live & Support

Final Preparation (Preparation for Production Use)

The primary objectives of this phase are to run a final technical system test, to provide end-user training, to migrate data and system to a production environment. The final system tests consist of carrying out volume and stress tests and testing the peripheral equipment and system administration procedures.

Key users will be trained, who in turn have to train end users according to the u201Ctrain-the-traineru201D concept. End-user acceptance is increased and a knowledge base is created for end users on how to deal with online reporting and future system enhancements.

Another objective of this phase is to work out a Go-Live strategy. This plan details the strategy for data conversion, data conversion audit procedures and a project team support structure.

The final step before turning the ignition key on the new System is to check whether the system and the user organization are ready to Go Live.

In general the functional consultants will be used at this phase.

To answer a question like "System landscape".

We have to mention the development/production and client also.

Regards,

Krishna.

[Former Member]

Hi Vamsi

The ASAP Implementation Methodology divides the life of the project into 5 Phases.

a) Project Preparation

b) Blueprinting

c) Realization

d) Final Preparation & Go-Live

e) Post go-live support

Each phase has a set of tasks / activities.

The role of consultants in the final preparation phase would be primarily to co-ordinate the migration of master data, end-user Trainings and doing any corrections which are received as input during end user training. Lastly co-ordinate the migration of cut-over data.

Hope this answers your query in a nutshell.

with kind regards

Sundar