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The ASAP provides the methodology for implementing and continuously optimizing
your SAP System. It divides the implementation process into five phases
Accelerated SAP (ASAP) is SAP's standard implementation methodology. It contains
the Roadmap, a step-by-step guide that incorporates experience from many years of
implementing.
The implementation of your SAP System covers the following phases:1. Project Preparation
2. Business Blueprint
3. Realization
4. Final Preparation
5. Go-Live and support
PREPARED BY: SHIV MANDOWARA- SAP CONSULTANT
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1. Project Preparation: i.
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In this phase you plan your project and lay the foundations for successful
implementation. It is at this stage that you make the strategic decisions crucial to
your project.
This phase initiates with a retrieval of information and resources. It is an
important time to assemble the necessary components for the implementation.
Some important milestones that need to be accomplished for this phase includes:
2. Business Blueprint:i.
In this phase you create a blueprint using the Question & Answer database
(Q&Adb), which documents your enterprises requirements and establishes how
your business processes and organizational structure are to be represented in the
SAP System. You also refine the original project goals and objectives and revise
the overall project schedule in this phase.
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3. Realization:With the completion of the business in phase 2, functional experts are now ready to begin
configuring SAP. The Realization phase is broken in to two parts.
1) Your SAP consulting team helps you configure your baseline system, called
the baseline configuration.
2) Your implementation project team fine-tunes that system to meet all your
business and process requirements as part of the fine tuning configuration.
Configure the requirements contained in the Business Blueprint.
Baseline configuration (major scope) is followed by final configuration (remaining
scope).
Conduct integration tests and drawing up end user documentation.
Some important milestones that need to be accomplished for this phase includes:Configuration Testing:
With the help of your SAP consulting team, you segregate your business processes
into cycles of related business flows. The cycles serve as independent units that
enable you to test specific parts of the business process. You can also work through
configuring the SAP implementation guide (IMG). A tool used to assist you in
configuring your SAP system in a step by step manner.
Knowledge Transfer:
As the configuration phase comes to a close, it becomes necessary for the Project
team to be self-sufficient in their knowledge of the configuration of your SAP system.
Knowledge transfer to the configuration team tasked with system maintenance (that
is, maintenance of the business processes after Go-live) needs to be completed at this
time. In addition, the end users tasked with actually using the system for day-to-day
business purposes must be trained.
Baseline Configuration and Confirmation
System Management
Final Configuration and Confirmation
Development of external Programs & Interfaces
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4. Final Preparation:This Phase also concentrates on the fine tuning of your configuration before Go-live
and more importantly, the migration of data from your old SAP system or other
systems to SAP.
Complete your preparations including testing, end user training, system management
and cutover activities.
Ensure that all the prerequisites for your system to go live have been fulfilled.
Some important milestones that need to be accomplished for this phase includes:System Management
Stress & Volume Tests
Cutover Strategies & Plans
End User Training
Quality Check
Workload testing (including peak volume, daily load, and other forms of stress testing), and
integration or functional testing are conducted to ensure the accuracy of your data and the
stability of your SAP system. Now is an important time to perform preventative
maintenance checks to ensure optimal performance at your SAP system. At the conclusion
of phase 4, take time to plan and document a Go-live strategy. Preparation for Go-live
means preparing for your end-users questions as they start actively working on the new SAP
system.
5. Go-live and Support:In this phase you move from a pre-production environment to the live system. The
most important elements include setting up production support, monitoring system
transactions, and optimizing overall system performance.
PREPARED BY: SHIV MANDOWARA- SAP CONSULTANT
DATE: 22.02.2013
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Following are the tools which are used in the ASAP Methodology:1.
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ASAP Roadmap
Implementation Assistant
Question & Answer Database
SAP Reference Structure
Knowledge Corner
Concept Check Tool
1. ASAP Roadmap:The ASAP Roadmap provides the methodology for implementing and continuously
optimizing your SAP System.
2. Implementation Assistant:The Implementation Assistant is a key ASAP navigation tool. It allows you to access
the ASAP Roadmap along with many other tools and accelerators.
3. Question & Answer Database:The Question & Answer database (Q&Adb), through which you navigate using the, SAP
Reference Structure, is the key tool you use to define your business requirements when
implementing your SAP System. You can use it to set your project scope in a processspecific manner and to draw up your Business Blueprint.
4. SAP Reference Structure:PREPARED BY: SHIV MANDOWARA- SAP CONSULTANT
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