German BanchioProgram Director| RWSRosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
I'm an experienced SAP/ IT Applications Project Manager but still didn't have the chance to manage an S4/HANA project (Or using Activate methodology in an SAP ECC project).
Based on the radical changes brought by S4/HANA from the app POV, is it also radical the change of managing this new kind of projects? I'd also like you to share experiences using Activate Methodology (either for SAP ECC or S4 project). Saving Changes...
We just finished an upgrade from EEC v6 EHP 4 to EHP 8. Last year we completed a CRM upgrade with migration to HANA. We're starting to discuss our S/4HANA implementation. Based on what we've done, so far, the migration will be the biggest difference, and we'll be doing a lot of the upgrade during uptime, hoping that "near zero downtime" tools will have improved enough in the next year to keep our upgrade and validation downtime under 20 hours.
I'm working on getting approval to go to the SAP Project Management conference, in Las Vegas, in November. That is where I hope to learn more about implementing S/4HANA and using Activate.
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2 replies by German Banchio and Radovan Hanzel
Jul 31, 2017 12:47 PM
German Banchio
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Hi Aaron,
Thanks for your input! Please keep me posted about the learnings of that conference (if you get the approval... LOL)
Sep 17, 2017 11:28 AM
Radovan Hanzel
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I am writing to ask for some information. I will manage Sap transformation from one entity to another and data migration. Could you pls provide me som plan or any proposals how to manage without any delay this project ? How much time we can 3 months is enough ?
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German BanchioProgram Director| RWSRosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Jul 31, 2017 10:49 AM
Replying to Aaron Porter
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We just finished an upgrade from EEC v6 EHP 4 to EHP 8. Last year we completed a CRM upgrade with migration to HANA. We're starting to discuss our S/4HANA implementation. Based on what we've done, so far, the migration will be the biggest difference, and we'll be doing a lot of the upgrade during uptime, hoping that "near zero downtime" tools will have improved enough in the next year to keep our upgrade and validation downtime under 20 hours.
I'm working on getting approval to go to the SAP Project Management conference, in Las Vegas, in November. That is where I hope to learn more about implementing S/4HANA and using Activate.
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for your input! Please keep me posted about the learnings of that conference (if you get the approval... LOL) Saving Changes...
I've worked in S4/Hana Implementation on 2016 (one of the first project in Europe).
Our big challenge was that we were the first, then there wasn't a lot of documentation or lessons learned about the process. The biggest differences were some mandatory Z and Y programs modification and data migration.
In this kind of migrations is critical the integration tests performed by Key Users.
We didn't have the chance to work with Activate Methodology. But we have full support from SAP team during all implementation.
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1 reply by German Banchio
Jul 31, 2017 2:45 PM
German Banchio
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Mayte, thanks for your response!
My questions:
- Was it a greenfield project?
- Did you have traditional ECC consultants? Or hired SAP S4/HANA consultants?
- What was the size/ functionalities applied?
- Did you use standard waterfall ASAP methodology to implement?
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German BanchioProgram Director| RWSRosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Jul 31, 2017 2:28 PM
Replying to Mayte Mata Sivera
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I've worked in S4/Hana Implementation on 2016 (one of the first project in Europe).
Our big challenge was that we were the first, then there wasn't a lot of documentation or lessons learned about the process. The biggest differences were some mandatory Z and Y programs modification and data migration.
In this kind of migrations is critical the integration tests performed by Key Users.
We didn't have the chance to work with Activate Methodology. But we have full support from SAP team during all implementation.
Mayte, thanks for your response!
My questions:
- Was it a greenfield project?
- Did you have traditional ECC consultants? Or hired SAP S4/HANA consultants?
- What was the size/ functionalities applied?
- Did you use standard waterfall ASAP methodology to implement?
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1 reply by Mayte Mata Sivera
Jul 31, 2017 2:54 PM
Mayte Mata Sivera
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Here the fast answers.
- Was it a greenfield project? No
- Did you have traditional ECC consultants? Or hired SAP S4/HANA consultants? Traditional ECC consultants, they received a functional delta training from SAP. But as we were the first, we some SAP S4/HANA consultants provided by SAP, take in mind that this project was more than 2 years ago. SAP was the owner of the first knowledge. I'm super proud of participating in that project I learnt a lot.
- Did you use standard waterfall ASAP methodology to implement? Waterfall.
Mayte, thanks for your response!
My questions:
- Was it a greenfield project?
- Did you have traditional ECC consultants? Or hired SAP S4/HANA consultants?
- What was the size/ functionalities applied?
- Did you use standard waterfall ASAP methodology to implement?
Here the fast answers.
- Was it a greenfield project? No
- Did you have traditional ECC consultants? Or hired SAP S4/HANA consultants? Traditional ECC consultants, they received a functional delta training from SAP. But as we were the first, we some SAP S4/HANA consultants provided by SAP, take in mind that this project was more than 2 years ago. SAP was the owner of the first knowledge. I'm super proud of participating in that project I learnt a lot.
- Did you use standard waterfall ASAP methodology to implement? Waterfall.
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1 reply by Radovan Hanzel
Sep 17, 2017 11:27 AM
Radovan Hanzel
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Dear Mayte Mata,
I am writing to ask for some information. I will manage Sap transformation from one entity to another and data migration. Could you pls provide me som plan or any proposals how to manage without any delay this project ? How much time we can 3 months is enough ?
- Did you have traditional ECC consultants? Or hired SAP S4/HANA consultants? Traditional ECC consultants, they received a functional delta training from SAP. But as we were the first, we some SAP S4/HANA consultants provided by SAP, take in mind that this project was more than 2 years ago. SAP was the owner of the first knowledge. I'm super proud of participating in that project I learnt a lot.
- Did you use standard waterfall ASAP methodology to implement? Waterfall.
Dear Mayte Mata,
I am writing to ask for some information. I will manage Sap transformation from one entity to another and data migration. Could you pls provide me som plan or any proposals how to manage without any delay this project ? How much time we can 3 months is enough ?
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2 replies by Mayte Mata Sivera and Radovan Hanzel
Sep 18, 2017 10:35 AM
Radovan Hanzel
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I will be maybe in new organization main part of this project will be devide systems from one business entity and transfer some data to new Chines company IT systems
Sep 18, 2017 10:57 AM
Mayte Mata Sivera
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Hi Radovan,
If I could answer the question about if 3 months is enough with the information that you provided, I would be the "fairy of SAP projects" not a project manager.
The project plan and therefore the schedule will be directly proportional to the size of the organization, the team, the amount of data to be migrated, if you are going to use an external data migration system or your team will do it with LSMW or SCATT load systems...
If you'll provide more info, maybe I will be able to help you...
But being my self an Ex-IBMer, I know that maybe:
- This information about your client and information could be confidential, then you couldn't share in a public forum
- In your department or business unit, you'll have tons of templates of similar projects. I will encourage you to look for them.
We just finished an upgrade from EEC v6 EHP 4 to EHP 8. Last year we completed a CRM upgrade with migration to HANA. We're starting to discuss our S/4HANA implementation. Based on what we've done, so far, the migration will be the biggest difference, and we'll be doing a lot of the upgrade during uptime, hoping that "near zero downtime" tools will have improved enough in the next year to keep our upgrade and validation downtime under 20 hours.
I'm working on getting approval to go to the SAP Project Management conference, in Las Vegas, in November. That is where I hope to learn more about implementing S/4HANA and using Activate.
I am writing to ask for some information. I will manage Sap transformation from one entity to another and data migration. Could you pls provide me som plan or any proposals how to manage without any delay this project ? How much time we can 3 months is enough ?
The difference between "old" ASAP and SAP Activate together with S4/HANA is that the new SAP approach embraces more agility. You still run your projects with known project management processes, but SAP Activate allows you to tailor your project with more agility. In practise we are running this projects in a hybrid mode. It is also vital to understand what level of agility an organization can digest based on their skills and maturity. Saving Changes...
I am writing to ask for some information. I will manage Sap transformation from one entity to another and data migration. Could you pls provide me som plan or any proposals how to manage without any delay this project ? How much time we can 3 months is enough ?
I will be maybe in new organization main part of this project will be devide systems from one business entity and transfer some data to new Chines company IT systems Saving Changes...
I am writing to ask for some information. I will manage Sap transformation from one entity to another and data migration. Could you pls provide me som plan or any proposals how to manage without any delay this project ? How much time we can 3 months is enough ?
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