This book has been written as a practical manual for anyone who is involved in managing projects using SAP R/3, covering general management functions, data processing and customization of the application. The book covers the practical and theoretical aspects of project management and project control and the specifics of the PS project management module of SAP R/3. The book utilises worked examples throughout to familiarise the reader with the project management functions of the system, and introduces practical tips on customizing the system to meet the requirements of a company.
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Introduction: German
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Project management without the support of special software seems hardly conceivable today. Several companies offer software programs to meet this need. The SAP R/3 System has proven itself a winner in the battle for market share among business software products. The success of this industry-neutral system rests primarily upon its performance. The SAP R/3 System offers an individual component for every area of business activity. At the same time, the components (Human Resources, Logistics and Accounting, and so on) offer complete mutual integration. Such integration provides a unified system that supports all business tasks.
The success of the SAP R/3 System has given its integrated Project System (PS) component a special place in the market for project software. Precisely the integration of the PS component with related business areas offers obvious advantages.
This book focuses on the PS component contained in the SAP R/3 System (release 3.0F) and its support of project planning, execution and control. The book presents the application areas and performance characteristics of the component. As it introduces the various functions of the component, it also explains the basic terminology and procedures of project management. It then builds upon these explanations to present a strategy that can support the introduction of the SAP R/3 System and project management.
The consistently practical orientation of the book helps both the SAP novice and the experienced user who now wish to work more intensely with the PS component. The presentation of the most important procedures and methods of project management makes the book equally suitable for the following audiences:
l management holding responsibility for projects;
l experienced project leaders interested in SAP-supported projects control;
l inexperienced beginners in project management.
The structure of the chapters allows readers to examine the material in separate sections. Experienced project leaders can skip the introductory chapter on project management and move directly to sections of particular interest.
The individual chapters cover the following material.
Chapter 1 offers a detailed introduction to the topics of project management and project controling. It introduces and explains the most significant terms. The reader becomes familiar with various types of projects, each of which demands special procedures and management methods. It uses the various phases of a project to introduce methods of project management and project controling. The chapter provides the reader with an understanding of the most important demands of leading a project and enables the reader to use methods of project management and project controling.
Chapter 2 provides an introduction to the SAP R/3 System. It covers the most significant performance characteristics of the PS component for project management and project controling. It first treats the integration of the PS component in the complete SAP R/3 System and then discusses the advantages of the integrated model. To conclude, it introduces the organizational structure of the component and explains the terminology of the PS component.
Chapter 3 (which, along with Chapter 4, forms the heart of the book) treats the use of the PS component with the example of a concrete case. Step-by-step, the chapter leads the reader from defining a project to planning its structure and managing its status. The chapter provides the reader with the information needed to use the PS component independently. It covers various options, including cost planning and scheduling. After it describes the execution of a project, the chapter shows how users can apply project reporting and the variety of reports available in the R/3 System to enable effective project controling. A specific section covers change management, an issue that plays an important role in the day-to-day life of a project. This section also covers project control using the functions of the graphical project planning board.
Chapter 4 presents the customizing settings used in the practical example given in Chapter 3. Based upon the example case, the chapter explains step-by-step how to use Customizing to tailor the PS component to individual projects. It begins by introducing the topic of customization to illustrate how managers can use other components for project control and what settings they must make in the other components. It then presents the Customizing settings in the PS component. Given the alignment of the example case in this chapter, the reader can transfer settings directly into an actual system.
Chapter 5 describes how to introduce standard software and the issues managers must observe during operational conversion of project management. The chapter also answers specific questions on the introduction of the PS component as a project management tool. It considers the environment of enterprises and determines the concerns that arise when replacing existing information processing systems using the SAP R/3 System, and introducing project management as a part of the future enterprise organization. In this context, the chapter develops strategies for the introduction of project management as a management tool and for the introduction of the SAP R/3 System. In conclusion, the chapter presents a strategy for the introduction of the PS component as a project management tool. A specific section on communications strategy explains how to use communications to increase internal acceptance of projects.
Chapter 6 summarizes the book, offers a short overview of its contents and looks at future functions in the SAP R/3 System.
Graphical representations and symbols lead the user through the book and the menus of the R/3 System. They clarify the narrative descriptions and enable the reader to work with the book more easily.
The checkered flag appears next to material describing the result of the procedures that follow.
The road describes the menu path in the R/3 System that the reader must follow to achieve the results noted above.
The start arrow identifies the menu or mask from which the path described above begins.
The info flag identifies text of particular interest.
Several colleagues at DaimlerChrysler AG contributed to the success of this book. I wish to express my sincere thanks to them. I especially wish to thank the employees of the competence center for SAP R/3 in the IT department at plant 096 and my colleagues in FTK (Business Administration/Controling) in the Research and Technology Department of DaimlerChrysler AG. I wish to thank personally GŸnter Hšnes, director of FTK; Detlev Knobloch, the director of FTK/P (Project Controling/Process Design); Thiemo Walter, PS component expert Peter Schumann, the director of IT; Agnes Hampel, PS component expert; and all those responsible for release management in the competence center for SAP R/3 at IO/F.
The success of the SAP R/3 System has given its integrated Project System (PS) component a special place in the market for project software. Precisely the integration of the PS component with related business areas offers obvious advantages.
This book focuses on the PS component contained in the SAP R/3 System (release 3.0F) and its support of project planning, execution and control. The book presents the application areas and performance characteristics of the component. As it introduces the various functions of the component, it also explains the basic terminology and procedures of project management. It then builds upon these explanations to present a strategy that can support the introduction of the SAP R/3 System and project management.
The consistently practical orientation of the book helps both the SAP novice and the experienced user who now wish to work more intensely with the PS component. The presentation of the most important procedures and methods of project management makes the book equally suitable for the following audiences:
l management holding responsibility for projects;
l experienced project leaders interested in SAP-supported projects control;
l inexperienced beginners in project management.
The structure of the chapters allows readers to examine the material in separate sections. Experienced project leaders can skip the introductory chapter on project management and move directly to sections of particular interest.
The individual chapters cover the following material.
Chapter 1 offers a detailed introduction to the topics of project management and project controling. It introduces and explains the most significant terms. The reader becomes familiar with various types of projects, each of which demands special procedures and management methods. It uses the various phases of a project to introduce methods of project management and project controling. The chapter provides the reader with an understanding of the most important demands of leading a project and enables the reader to use methods of project management and project controling.
Chapter 2 provides an introduction to the SAP R/3 System. It covers the most significant performance characteristics of the PS component for project management and project controling. It first treats the integration of the PS component in the complete SAP R/3 System and then discusses the advantages of the integrated model. To conclude, it introduces the organizational structure of the component and explains the terminology of the PS component.
Chapter 3 (which, along with Chapter 4, forms the heart of the book) treats the use of the PS component with the example of a concrete case. Step-by-step, the chapter leads the reader from defining a project to planning its structure and managing its status. The chapter provides the reader with the information needed to use the PS component independently. It covers various options, including cost planning and scheduling. After it describes the execution of a project, the chapter shows how users can apply project reporting and the variety of reports available in the R/3 System to enable effective project controling. A specific section covers change management, an issue that plays an important role in the day-to-day life of a project. This section also covers project control using the functions of the graphical project planning board.
Chapter 4 presents the customizing settings used in the practical example given in Chapter 3. Based upon the example case, the chapter explains step-by-step how to use Customizing to tailor the PS component to individual projects. It begins by introducing the topic of customization to illustrate how managers can use other components for project control and what settings they must make in the other components. It then presents the Customizing settings in the PS component. Given the alignment of the example case in this chapter, the reader can transfer settings directly into an actual system.
Chapter 5 describes how to introduce standard software and the issues managers must observe during operational conversion of project management. The chapter also answers specific questions on the introduction of the PS component as a project management tool. It considers the environment of enterprises and determines the concerns that arise when replacing existing information processing systems using the SAP R/3 System, and introducing project management as a part of the future enterprise organization. In this context, the chapter develops strategies for the introduction of project management as a management tool and for the introduction of the SAP R/3 System. In conclusion, the chapter presents a strategy for the introduction of the PS component as a project management tool. A specific section on communications strategy explains how to use communications to increase internal acceptance of projects.
Chapter 6 summarizes the book, offers a short overview of its contents and looks at future functions in the SAP R/3 System.
Graphical representations and symbols lead the user through the book and the menus of the R/3 System. They clarify the narrative descriptions and enable the reader to work with the book more easily.
The checkered flag appears next to material describing the result of the procedures that follow.
The road describes the menu path in the R/3 System that the reader must follow to achieve the results noted above.
The start arrow identifies the menu or mask from which the path described above begins.
The info flag identifies text of particular interest.
Several colleagues at DaimlerChrysler AG contributed to the success of this book. I wish to express my sincere thanks to them. I especially wish to thank the employees of the competence center for SAP R/3 in the IT department at plant 096 and my colleagues in FTK (Business Administration/Controling) in the Research and Technology Department of DaimlerChrysler AG. I wish to thank personally GŸnter Hšnes, director of FTK; Detlev Knobloch, the director of FTK/P (Project Controling/Process Design); Thiemo Walter, PS component expert Peter Schumann, the director of IT; Agnes Hampel, PS component expert; and all those responsible for release management in the competence center for SAP R/3 at IO/F.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very high level view,
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This review is from: Project Management with SAP(R) R/3(R) (Hardcover)
This book restates in somewhat clearer terms what the standard SAP documentation will tell you. It does not address the underlying principles of Project Management. The reader expected a treatise on Project Management and how SAP supports the various philosophies, strategies, tactics and techniques, instead, the writer merely glosses over the project management aspects and writes a series of explanations of SAP functionality within the Project System module. A better title would have been "SAP R/3 Project System - The Basic Functions". For the reader that does not have access to SAP documentation (avaliable free from SAP), or is interested in reviewing the standard delivered functions of the Project System module, this book covers the basics...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pls come out with latest version (my SAP ERP or atleast 4.7),
By sahil (india) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Project Management with SAP(R) R/3(R) (Hardcover)
I really appriciate the author for his effors, The book would have been much better, if it was in the format like SAP-SD by Glen Williams.
The author really needs to explain each field in detail ,as done in SAP-SD by Glen Williams. The SAP version covered in the book is old 3.0F, We need atleast 4.7 version or even better my SAP ERP. The author needs to explain basics better. Customizing needs to be explained in detail ,with flow charts showing the movement of data. Different types of projects need to be covered like 1)Customer Projects 2)Investment projects 3)R&D Projects The Controlling aspects related to SAP-P.S must be explained in detail. Pls give T-codes and Menu Path where ever required. If the pattern of SAP training material is followed ,It would make the book much better. We really require good books on SAP-P.S since there are no other books available apart from this.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Project Controlling is now 110% feasible!,
By Sunil Hareendran (Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Project Management with SAP(R) R/3(R) (Hardcover)
This step by step detailed project management book by draeger really forcemultipied our understanding of Time schduling of Projects in SAP R/3. The book shows appropriate screen shots at relevant points to have a better understanding of the funcntionality.I would have given this a 5 star but because of not covering external processing and general cost on the activities. Besides, the SAP version covered in the book is a little bit old 3.0F
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