Business Questions For Implementing SAP PS

You need to prepare the SAP Project System implementation by asking questions in general keeping in mind about the client business process in related to SAP.

In the following questions, you should cover and also list out all the possible combinations with respect to SAP.

Project Management

1) Will you be using the PS module? (If yes, consider the PS organizational requirements in the overall design of the organization.)

2) Describe how your project processing should look, divided into phases.

3) What triggers creation of a project?

Customer Inquiry and Quotation

1) Have you installed the Sales and Distribution module? (If yes, consider which types of SD inquiry and quotation documents are required to support the project-driven process.)

Project Planning

1) How detailed is your project planning? (Remember that there are different levels of planning detail.)

Cost Planning

1) Do you track costs for your projects? (If yes, consider using WBS elements and/or networks.)

2) Do you focus only on dates and capacities? (If yes, consider using networks for planning.)

3) Do you plan costs by period and distribute these costs according to the project schedule? (If yes, consider using networks for planning.)

Dates Planning

1) Do your projects involve extensive scheduling? (If yes, consider using network.)

Materials

1) Describe how you currently procure materials for your projects.

2) Do you assign materials manually? (If yes, consider using the explode BOM function within the component overview on the project. If not, consider using the BOM/PS interface to assign the materials).

3) Do you plan/specify materials by material number? (If yes, consider adding the components to the network If no, consider using text materials.)

Plan Periodic Processing

1) Currently, do you record your cost of sales and WIP automatically today? (If yes, consider using results analysis in project system.)

Plan Periodic Reposting

1) Do you periodically move costs from a project/cost center (such as telephone costs) to other projects/cost centers?

Result Analysis

1) Do you use result analysis to forecast your work in process (WIP) and cost of sales (COS) or do you simulate them?

Reporting

1) Which tools do you have available for reporting?

2) what are all the types of reports you get?

Project monitoring and controlling

1) On what aspects do you monitor project progress (labor, cost, dates, finance, progress)

Actual Settlement

1) What are the dependencies between your project actuals and your cost center actuals?

2) It is possible to settle actual values between projects and cost centers. What is the relationship between work performed by cost centers on projects and non-project work?

Final Settlement

1) How do you ensure that all project costs have been received and paid?

Closing

1) When in your project life cycle can you decide to close a project

Project Completion

1) Do you have requirements from a company guideline when closing a project?

2) What legal requirements do you have to follow when closing a project?

Documentation

1) Do you have a business process for tracking relevant customer documentation throughout the project?

2) Do you have a standard project scope documentation process?  If yes, provide an example and consider using PS texts or the Document Management System (DMS).

Project Archiving

1) How long do you need access to your project in the production system?

2) How do you store old projects?

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