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ASAP

Contents:
 Components of TeamSAP
 ASAP Roadmaps
 Major implementation tools

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ASAP: Business Scenario

 The implementation team analyses the tools and

services provided by SAP to facilitate the
implementation of SAP software.

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ASAP: Objectives

At the conclusion of this unit, you will be able to:

 Describe the components of TeamSAP

 List and briefly describe the five phases of the
ASAP Implementation Roadmap
 Discuss the main tools available for
implementing SAP software

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TeamSAP Components

People:
Solutions expertise
Quality
 SAP
Processes :
AcceleratedSAP

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 Consulting partners

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 Complementary Consistency

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software partners
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AcceleratedSAP Roadmaps

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 Technology & or powered-by methodologies

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hardware partners  SAP Review Program

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Products  Support, services
& training
Products :
The Business Framework
Strengths
 SAP product family
 Complementary software products
 Products from technology partners
 Industry solutions

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 TeamSAP involves coordinated interaction between the groups involved in the implementation
environment of the products concerned.

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AcceleratedSAP: Implementation Planning

ASAP Roadmap
Continuous
Project Final
Preparation Improvement
Preparation
Realization Go Live &
Business Support
Blueprint

Methodology  Implementation
 Project
Management Assistant
Project-  Q&Adb
 Change
Management related Tools  Implementation
knowledge Guide
 Risk analysis
 Profile Generator
 Review  Transport System
Services

Consulting,
Consulting, licensing,
licensing, training
training material,
material,
support,
support, project reviews
project reviews
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 SAP recommends that you use ASAP as a standard methodology for implementation planning and
for implementing SAP software. The ASAP Roadmap provides a step-by-step guide to
implementation.
 During the five phases of an ASAP project, the results of each phase are recorded in specific
documents. This is particularly important in Phase 2.

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AcceleratedSAP Implementation Roadmap

ASAP Roadmap

Continuous
Project
Preparation Final Improvement
Preparation
Go Live &
Business Realization Support
Blueprint

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 Phase 1: Project Preparation - The primary focus of Phase 1 is getting the project started, identifying
team members and developing a high-level plan.
 Phase 2: Business Blueprint - The primary focus of Phase 2 is to understand the business goals of the
enterprise and to determine the business requirements needed to support these goals.
 Phase 3: Realization - The purpose of this phase is to implement all the business and process
requirements identified in the Business Blueprint. You configure the system step-by-step in the work
packages Baseline and Final Configuration.
 Phase 4: Final Preparation - The purpose of this phase is to complete testing, end-user training,
system management and cutover activities. Critical open issues are resolved. When you have
successfully completed this phase, you will be ready to run your business in your production system.
 Phase 5: Go Live and Support - Transition from a project-oriented, pre-production environment to a
successful and live production environment.
 The new ASAP Roadmap (available as of Release 4.6A), helps integrate all existing ASAP
Roadmaps into one "configurable" one. It is based on the products R/3, BW (Business Information
Warehouse), APO (Advanced Planner & Optimizer), CRM (Customer Relationship Management
encompassing Mobile Sales/Mobile Services), and B2B (Business to Business Procurement) and
provides a single implementation solution within ASAP for all SAP software.

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Global ASAP

 Implementation strategy  Change management

 Global definition of business  Manage global activities
processes
 Legal requirements
 Global system topology
 Standardization of business
processes

Maintenance &
Support

Realization
Business
Program
Blueprint
Set-Up
Ro llo ut ASAP Ro ad m ap
Continuous
Project
Preparation Final Improvement
Realization Preparation
Business Go Live &
Blueprint Support
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 SAP has developed Global ASAP as the standard implementation methodology for the global
implementation of SAP software. The basic concept of Global ASAP is to map all activities that do
not take place at local level onto a special structure called the Global Roadmap. This Roadmap is
structured according to the AcceleratedSAP principle and includes How-to's, accelerators, modeling
methods and tools. The Global Roadmap is linked to each Roadmap for projects at local level.
 A global implementation strategy involves defining a pre-configured corporate system or global
template. The global template is the sum of all enterprise-specific configuration and Customizing
settings, and models that are included in one SAP System and provide a reference for live systems at
the global and local levels (individual companies and plants). This implementation approach is also
referred to as the global template rollout of the SAP System.
 The Global ASAP Roadmap consists of four phases:
 Global Program Set-Up
 Global Business Blueprint
 Global Realization
 Global Maintenance & Support

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IMG: Tasks

IMG
•The IMG contains documentation
for each activity. Global settings
•The activities can be carried out directly. Countries
•Functions for project management
Currencies
and project documentation are available.
Calendars

Project Project
SAP Documentation Activities Management Documentation
 Concept  Open Customizing  Status/activity data  Efficiently organized
 Recommendations transactions  Scheduling using notes
 Requirements  Resources  Use Microsoft Word
 Activity  Microsoft Project
 WinHelp interface

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 The IMG contains all Customizing activities you need to implement application components.
 You can create Customizing projects in an SAP System, to help structure and manage an
implementation project. You can also record cross-project documentation.
 You can create an IMG for each project.
 From a Project IMG you can work on Customizing transactions, project documentation, cross-
project documentation, and information on project management.

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Customer-Specific Configuration

Manually ASAP-IMG
link

Project Project
SAP Generate IMG
Generate IMGs
Reference Project IMG views
Customizing
IMG Projects Views

Customizing Project Project

transactions documentation management

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 The IMG acts as a checklist of the Customizing activities that your enterprise should complete to
implement an SAP System. The IMG is hierarchically structured.
 The structure of the IMG and the IMG tools (for example, allocating resources such as project
members and the MS Project interface) help your project team to work through the Customizing
activities in a rational sequence.
 For the realization, you can divide the scope of the Reference IMG into different projects, which, in
turn, are assigned to Project IMGs. Use a Project IMG to work on Customizing transactions, project
and cross-project documentation, as well as information on project management.
 You can create views to improve the structure of a Project IMG. You can use these views to edit
Customizing transactions, project and cross-project documentation, and information on project
management, in line with the Project IMG.
 As of Release 4.6, you can use the ASAP-IMG link in the Q&Adb to create project views. This
transfers the project scope set in the Question & Answer database (Q&Adb) to the R/3 System. The
views generated by the ASAP-IMG link contain Customizing activities for the processes set in scope
in the Q&Adb.
 To use the ASAP-IMG link, a Customizing project must already exist in the R/3 System.

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Accelerated Industry Solutions: Steps

Industry-specific details in ASAP and documentation

Model-based presentation of the industry solution

Industry-specific Business Blueprint

Industry-specific Customizing in IMG and CATTs

Preconfigured Industry System

Industry-specific business components

Business framework component

Accelerated Solution
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 System documentation and the ASAP Question & Answer database contain industry-specific
information and are the ideal places to start looking for information.
 Model-based presentations of industry-specific business processes help you analyze the business
processes you have selected. Event-driven process chains (EPCs) are available for several industries
(for example, the automotive and pharmaceutical industries) and are integrated in the SAP Reference
Structure. A structure is available for each industry in the ASAP Question & Answer database, and
helps you to produce an industry-specific Business Blueprint (Phase 2 of the ASAP Roadmap).
 Industry-specific Customizing involves integrating default Customizing parameters for a specific
industry in the IMG. SAP has documented this process in the IMG. You can use the Computer Aided
Test Tool (CATT) which is also integrated in the system to transfer industry-specific master data
structures to the system. Test programs (CATTs), named after the above tool, are provided for the
industry-specific business cases defined by SAP. This collection of tools is known as Preconfigured
Industry Systems.
 Industry-specific business solutions are integrated as business components in the business
framework. Implementation in the system can also be a ready-to-work solution. The main feature of
such a solution is the delivery of a combination of software and hardware required to install an SAP
System.

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Implementation Planning and Tools: Summary

You are now able to:

 Describe the elements of TeamSAP
 List and briefly describe the five phases of the
ASAP Implementation Roadmap
 Discuss the major tools that support an SAP
implementation

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