SAP Implementation Phases

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SAP Implementation

Phases
Project Preparation Phase
Project Preparation Phase As per
Accelerated SAP (ASAP) methodology it is the
First Phase of SAP Implementation. During this
phase, following components are discussed and
documented:
Initial Project Planning
Project Procedures
Project Team Members & their Training
Project Kickof
Technical Requirements
Quality Check
Business Blueprint Phase
Business Blueprint Phase- In this phase, a detailed study of
business processes and business requirements are undertaken by
the Project Team members. This is the phase where Project Team
Members interact with respective Core Team Members or Process
Owners. The entire requirements gathered during this phase are
documented as Business Blueprint. During this phase, following
components are discussed and documented:
Project Management
Organizational Change Management
Training
Develop System Environment
Organizational Structure Definition
Business Process Analysis
Business Process Definition
Quality Check
Realization Phase
Realization Phase- In this phase, all the business and process
requirements are implemented as documented in Business
Blueprint. SAP R/3 system is configured step by step in two
work packages, Baseline and Final configuration. How these
configurations will be done and how it will be tested.
Baseline Configuration and Confirmation

System Management

Final Configuration and Confirmation

Development of external Programs & Interfaces

Unit Testing & Documentation

Final Integration Test

Business Scenarios & Process Documentation

End User Training & Documentation

Quality Check
Final Preparation Phase
Final Preparation Phase- During this phase,
following activities are discussed, completed
and documented, successful completion of
these activities leads to transition of all
configurations settings to live R/3 System
System Management
Stress & Volume Tests
Cutover Strategies & Plans
End User Training
Quality Check
Go Live and Support Phase
Go Live and Support Phase This is phase where
all configurations/customizations are transported to
live production operation and business starts all its
activities in the SAP R/3.
During this phase, all the problems/issues related to

hardware, network, operating system, database,


training, and application system are addressed by
the project team members and they help the end
users in achieving their day to day
task/assignments. This phase is further divided as:
Application Production Support and Maintenance

Project Implementation End


Continuous Improvement Phase
Continuous Improvement Phase
Towards continuous improvement and to
overcome the organizational, business &
technology changes the followings are
covered under this phase:
Post go-Live Support
Improve System performance

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