ASAP Roadmap

Phase 1: Project Preparation

 Phase 2: Business Blueprint

Phase 3: Realization

Phase 4: Final Preparation

Phase 5: Go Live & Support

Available ASAP Tools For SAP R/3

SAP R/3 offers many packages to implement SAP effectively and cost efficiently. Some of the packages with tools are

AcceleratedSAP (ASAP):

	The Project Estimator: Estimates required resources, costs and time frame.
	The Concept Check Tool:
	The Implementation Assistant:

1.                               ASAP Implementation Roadmap & Project Plan

2.                               Knowledge Corner

Question and Answer Database (Q&Adb): Used to assist in gathering requirements for business processes.

1.                                                               Business Process Master List (BPML)

2.                                                               Issues Database

SAP R/3 Business Engineer:

	SAP R/3 reference model: Comprehensive graphical process flows describing the SAP R/3 functionality from different point of view. It contains scenarios, processes and functions.
	Implementation Guide (IMG): Used to configure all system parameters for the business processes in SAP R/3.

 Preconfigured Systems:

	Preconfigured US and Canadian clients
	Preconfigured industry system

ASAP Implementation Methodology

Any enterprise application software has to cover a broad spectrum of functionality, yet to be configured enough to meet specific requirements. SAP achieves this by ASAP methodology & R/3 Business Engineer. 

AcceleratedSAP (ASAP) is SAP’s standard implementation methodology. It contains the Roadmap, a step-by step guide that incorporates experience from many years of implementing SAP. Quality checks are incorporated at end of each phase to ensure quality of deliverables and monitor critical success factors. 

ASAP is delivered as a PC based package, so that an implementation project can begin prior to having an SAP R/3 system installed.

	ASAP Tools
	ASAP Roadmap

ASAP and Business Engineer have compatibility with many third party modeling tools and packages like MS Excel etc

R/3 Business Engineer

 

It contains a set of configuration and implementation tools, which enable you or your consultants to define configuration SAP. It helps to implement SAP R/3 very fast. SAP has standardized the SAP implementation procedure, simplified the way fu8nctions are presented and reduced the technical complexity of implementation. The Business Engineer resides in SAP. 

ASAP along with Business Engineer is suitable to

	Business professionals who need to discuss, prototype and design their Business Blueprint (enterprise model)
	IS departments of large enterprises who need to customize R/3 applications more effectively and more rapidly.
	Small and medium scale companies, who wish to implement SAP in cost-effective way.
	Consultants and SAP partners who are looking for efficient way of offering their services.

 

Some of the features of ASAP with Business Engineer are:

	Reduced implementation time.
	Intuitive understanding of wide range of functions offered by SAP R/3
	Process optimization using proven scenarios, processes and value chains.
	High quality installations through comprehensive procedural guidelines.
	Continuous, dynamic adjustment and optimization of SAP R/3 applications.
	The capability to copy configured areas.