SAP Consulting and Project Management (Book/CD-ROM package) (Paperback)

by Joy Ghosh (Author)

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Product Description
Managing a full cycle implementation of SAP R/3 requires more than just technical know-how. It takes careful project planning, organizing, optimum functional and technical configuration and system testing, which can be a complex process. Using the tools found inside this practical guidebook, you'll be able to successfully navigate through the critical stages of a project, and complete the job on time and within budgetary constraints. Worksheets, presentations and templates found both in the book and on the CD-ROM give tips on custom development, configuration, performance tuning, self and team management, and can help you keep tabs on schedules and monitor progress of the project. For SAP consultants, project managers or anyone wanting insight on how to successfully manage a SAP implementation project, this is the most significant and authoritative book available.

From the Back Cover
Learn to manage a SAP implementation project effectively and save your company time and money. This complete toolkit will show you how!

Managing a full cycle implementation of SAP R/3 requires more than just technical know-how. It takes careful project planning, organizing, optimum functional and technical configuration and system testing, which can be a complex process. SAP Project Management is the first book to provide you with a comprehensive roadmap for laying out pertinent project guidelines before implementation starts and illustrates ways and means to adhere to the roadmap. Using the tools found inside this practical guidebook, you'll be able to successfully navigate through the critical stages of a project, and complete the job on time and within budgetary constraints.

Written by an expert SAP consultant, this book can help you to:

Understand expectations of every role in the implementation project Allocate appropriate human, financial and infrastructural resources to appropriate areas of the project Optimize configuration settings and fine tune system performance Understand the system architecture in simple terms. Organize an efficient development team that can be effective in an integrated environment Establish realistic goals and milestones and meet project timelines

Invaluable worksheets, presentations and templates found both in the book and on the CD-ROM give tips on custom development, configuration, performance tuning, self and team management, and can help you keep tabs on schedules and monitor progress of the project. For SAP consultants, project managers, or anyone wanting insight on how to successfully manage a SAP implementation project, this is the most significant and authoritative book available.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (December 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072122544
• ISBN-13: 978-0072122541
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,724,547 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hey! The CD had nutin on it! What a Rip!, November 1, 2000

By	Forrest Horner "forresth20" (Orangevale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

The book had a lot of fluff in it that is already covered in a bunch of other books. I was hoping that the CD would have some good templates so I didn't have to re-invent the wheel...thats the main thing that attracted me to the book. But the CD contained a single boring power point presentation on a rather mundane aspect of SAP. I feel like I got a bit ripped off, considering that the cover states that there's all this great stuff.

About half of the book wasn't that great, First, advice about how to fill out a resume, or how to behave in an office is a bit out of context. Second, covering the highlights of all the various SAP modules had been beat to death in other books. Third, covering what the new "mySAP.com" really is, and what it isn't, is covered in the trade rags, so why spend () bucks?

There is some good advice in the book for managing a SAP project, and there are pictures/diagrams of various boilerplate documents that can be used to help manage a SAP project. But without them being on the CD, the book just ain't that great.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent SAP project handbook, October 27, 2000

By	Mike (Kansas) - See all my reviews

I have been managing several SAP projects over the last few years and this is the first book in my opinion that really covers the unique and often intagible project issues during an R/3 implementation. Mr. Ghosh is obviously well initiated in R/3 projects and provides valuable insight in managing a R/3 project as well as insight into general issues and hurdles that accompany any ERP implementation. This book was written for project managers and implementation team members alike. I would highly recommend this book to anyone from project team members to skilled project managers. Mr. Ghosh presents the material in an easy to understand format while still providing depth and significant meat to each chapter.

There are not many books that tackle real project issues, this one does. Bottom line, great read, a must have for the entire SAP project team.