Its good that you have a Project experience, Market is hot for SAP PLM rather than entering into any general SAP Modules like PP/MM/SD/QM etc as you have already started learning SAP PS which is a first step for SAP PLM.
You can even go through Cprojects, CFolders, xRPM along with Costing knowledge as this skill sets are very rare in market and more demandable. And if you are more interested then you can take a certification even, the course contents are given below.
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<u>SAP Consultant Certification</u>
<b>Solution Consultant PLM - Project Management with mySAP ERP 2005</b>
Software components: SAP ERP Central Component 6.0
Certification exam is included in course TPLM22 and is also offered in separate certification events at many SAP locations.
Certification ID (Booking code): C_TPLM22_05
Certification duration: 3 hours
Number of certification questions: 30
Required certificates for participation in this certification test: None
Consultant Academy courses for certification preparation: TPLM20 (Project Management I), TPLM22 (Project Management II (Case Study))
Alternative Project Team Training courses for certification preparation: PLM200 (Project Management), PLM210 (Project Management - Structuring), PLM 220 (Project Management – Logistic), PLM230 (Project Management – Controlling), PLM240 (Project Management – Reporting)
Please note that you are not allowed to use any reference materials during the certification test (no access to online documentation or to any SAP system).
The certification test Solution Consultant PLM – Project Management with mySAP ERP 2005 verifies the knowledge in the area of the mySAP Product Lifecycle Management for the consultant profile Project Management. This certificate proves that the candidate has a basic understanding within this consultant profile, and can implement this knowledge practically in projects.
The certification test consists of questions from the areas specified below:
Topic Areas
1. Project Structuring (+++)
Basic data in PS: work breakdown structure, network and activities, milestones, PS texts, documents
Project Builder and project planning board
Project simulation
Standard work breakdown structure, standard network
Assembly processing
2. Dates
Time scheduling and scheduling (network scheduling, project scheduling, overall network scheduling)
Actual dates
3. Resources
Work center
Capacity planning and capacity evaluation
Workforce planning to HR resource
Confirmation and working time sheet
Internet scenarios
Workflows in PS
4. Material
Work breakdown structure BOM
BOM PS interface
Component assignment in the network
Material procurement through in-house production or external procurement
Collective stock and project stock
Requirements grouping
Progress tracking
ProMan
Delivery from the project
5. Costs and Budget (++)
Cost planning in the work breakdown structure
Network costing
Assigning orders to the project
Budgeting and availability control
Commitment and actual costs through account assignment and order assignment
6. Revenue and Payments
Revenue and payment planning in the project
Sales pricing and quotation creation
Resource-related billing
Milestone billing and down payment processing
7. Period-End Closing
Template allocation
Application of overhead
Interest calculation
Progress analysis and Progress Analysis Workbench.
Results analysis
Incoming orders
Settlement
8 Miscellaneous
Exernal service and service activities
Organizational units in SAP ERP
Info systems in project management
Field selection
OpenPS
Amount of questions by topic (as percentage of test):
You might want to look at My SAP Training Home for study material and webinars on Project System configuration. Go to: <a href="http://stores.mysaptraininghome.com/-strse-SAP-TRAINING-cln-1dshProject-Systems-%28PS%29/Categories.bok">My SAP Training Home > SAP Training > Project Systems</a>
You should also purchase the latest book from SAP Press 'Project Management with SAP Project System' by Mario Franz. Go to:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1592291252?tag=wwwbettiswort-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1592291252&adid=04WNJ6B9H1AD7T2Y3TPT&">'Project Management with SAP Project System'.</a>
More important than the technical settings, learn what type of projects and issues your clients will experience. Your engineering background should really help.
Most projects will fall in 1 of 3 categories: Expense (R&D, Marketing, etc); Capital (small to large projects); and Revenue (Make-to-Order, Engineer-to-Order, etc). Focus on learning the configuration unique to each.
For example:
- Expense: learn WBS element structure, plans, budgets, settlement, reports
- Capital: learn all the expense configuration, plus network structures and settlement. Learn earned value, scheduling, planning board for your clients with advanced project management maturity level.
- Revenue: learn all expense and capital configuration plus results analysis.
Finally, learn how to best integrate with 3rd party applications like MS Project, Primavera.
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