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SAP Best PracticesPrepackaged Industry & Cross-industry Know-How

Quick Overview

SAP Best Practices

Prepackaged Industry & Cross-industry Know-How



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What are SAP Best Practices?

With SAPBest Practices

Traditional project

Time and effort savings

Working CRM prototype

Get a living and fully documented

prototype within days that you

can rapidly turn into a productive

solution

Get a living and fully documented

prototype within days that you

can rapidly turn into a productive

solution

Demonstration of a solution that iseasy to:

Demonstration of a solution that iseasy to:

identify with

implement

adapt to specific requirements

Enable fast and easy implementation

of mySAP Business Suite

Enable fast and easy implementation

of mySAP Business Suite

Identification and anticipation of reusable business processes

and project activities




SAP Best Practices

Extensive preconfiguration to set up

a) the complete system landscape

b) end-to-end business scenarios

Detailed documentation on settings

& processes

Clear methodology: comprehensible

step-by-step approach

Time Risk

Pragmaticmethodology

Proven

preconfiguration

Extensive

documentation

SAP Best Practices

Cost

Business Scenarios

User Documentation

Implementation Roles

Automated Installation

Pre-Configuration

Training Material

Data Sheets for Migration

Test Catalogues

Deliverables

Components




SAP Best Practices Deliverables Structure

Definition and documentation of integrated

business processesPreconfigured configuration settings

and installation automation

« for all scenarios

Preconfiguration

settings Master data

Test catalogs

Installation role

PreconfigurationDocumentation

BP Scenario overview

BP Business process procedures

SAP Best Practices Installation Guide

Step-by-step guide to be used

together with the installation role

SAP Best Practices Configuration Guide




How do I get started?

Prerequisite

You have installed the software required for your solution in your systemlandscape (e.g. SAP R/3, SAP CRM)

The SAP Best Practices package

contains two components:

Documentation CD with business documentation,

technical documentation, documentationtemplates and conversion forms

System add-on. The Add-On contains all necessary

elements (CATT procedures, Business Configuration

Sets, programs, transactions, project IMG, test catalog)

that are needed for the installation process of

SAP Best Practices

GOTo prepare for the installation of SAP Best Practices,

import the SAP Best Practices add-on into your system




SAP Best Practices: Installation

Choose the scenarios that you

would like to install

The documentation provided with

SAP Best Practices enables you to

make a profound decision

Scenario overview includingScenario diagrams

1.

SAP Best Practices

Business Scenario

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 3

....

....




SAP Best Practices Installation Guide & InstallationRole

It supports a step-by-step

approach to set up a

prototyping environment

Installation roles are available

for R/3, BW, CRM, EBP and APO

The installation role

is the counterpart of

the installation guide

2.




Technical Information

To be used with automatedinstallation procedures (e.g.BC Set, CATT)

To be used as manualinstallation instruction ORas reference documentation

for automated steps

The SAP Best Practices

Configuration Guides can

be used as step-by-step

instructions to set up your

solution manually, if you do

not want to use theautomated procedures.

The SAP Best Practices

Configuration Guides also

serve as documentation for

all settings and the

complete preconfigurationthat comes with SAP Best

Practices.

More

detailed

information

BP Installation Guide BP Configuration Guide

SAP Best Practices Installation & Configuration Guides




Technical Information: Building Block Principle

Building Blocks

are the technical methodology for the SAP Best Practices

development and delivery

provide SAP Best Practices users with small, flexible, andtransparent pieces of functionality (Building Blocks), for example a specific scenario that can be implemented like anadd-on to an existing solution

foster inter-operability and reusability by providing thenecessary guidelines and tools to enable content developersto create Building Blocks that follow a common structure

SAP Best Practices Building Blocks




SAP Best Practices Tools

SAP Best Practices take advantage of two

tools that speed up implementation

Business Configuration Sets

(BC Sets)

Computer Aided Test Tool

(CATT)

The installation role comprises

automated activities. You can

Activate a BC Set

Start a CATT procedure1111

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Business Configuration Sets - Definition

A Business Configuration Set is a set of Configuration settings

which are grouped according to logical, business management criteria to a unit

for documentary, preconfiguration, quality assurance and re-use purposes

which is independent of the original Configuration tables/views

which is accessible across the system landscape

BC Sets are snapshots of Configuration settingsBC Sets are snapshots of Configuration settings

BusinessBusiness

ProcessProcess

Configuration tables/viewsConfiguration tables/views

... ...

BC SetBC Set




Differences Between Transport Request and BC Set

B

Transport RequestTransport Request

BC SetBC Set

A




CATT procedures ² General Usage

1. The Computer Aided Test Tool (CATT) allows you to combine

and automate business processes as repeatable test

procedures.

CATTs check process transactions and transaction chains automatically.

Check transaction results.

Check system messages.

Check database updates by determining values and making target/actual

comparisons.

Check reactions to changes in Customizing settings.

2. CATTs allow to create

Sample master data

Test data

Training data




Installation Procedure

Work through user menu to install

required scenarios

Wherever possible, installation

steps have been automated.

Simply enter your personal data and

execute the transaction

All steps are documented in the

installation guide

Your personal

mySAP All-in-One prototype

4.

5.

Load user roles containing installation

activities for required scenarios intorespective system and assign users to

these roles.

3.




Turn SAP Best Practices into a Live System

SAP Best Practices are thefoundation for the entireduration of your implementation project

C u s t om er - s p e ci f i c

d el t a C u s

t omi z i n g

Prototype

DEV

QAS

PRODImport

Export

Preconfigured

System Define requirements

Train project team

Pick and choose fromthe pre-settings

Load them into thedevelopment system

Automatic transfer of preconfiguration usedas a basis for further configuration

RunCATTs

Activateselected BC Sets

+

RunCATTs

ActivateBC Sets

+

6.




Benefits of SAP Best Practices

Save time and moneyand achieve predicted results

Less risksavoid common beginnersµ mistakes

Empowermentthrough competitive business expertise

Fast trackto extending your business solution with new mySAP.com business processes

No trial runsstart straight off with a fully documented prototype that is fully reusable

Failure is not an option!it works: what you see is what you get for implementation

Communicationamong project team members and executives becomes more effective

Business platform for partnersevaluation, joint development, own development

Consistent approachfocusing on integrated end-to-end business processes




Information on SAP Best Practices

More information and contact

http://www.sap.com/bestpractices (Internet)

http://service.sap.com/bestpractices (SAP Service Marketplace)

[email protected] (e-mail)

How to order Documentation CD only

Order online: On the Services Marketplace www.service.sap.com from the Knowledge Shop

(Partners/Customers, only!)

Complete software package with Documentation CD and Configuration Settings CD

To be ordered from your contract department or directly on the Service Marketplace

www.service.sap.com from the Software Catalog (Partners/Customers only!)

free of charge




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