Tips

Tips

SAP implementation

• Courtroom lessons from a failed SAP ERP implementation

  A consulting firm's expert witness explains what SAP and a global manufacturer did -- and didn't do -- that led to a major SAP ERP implementation failure.  Continue Reading

• Get users on board with stakeholder mapping

  Say no to SAP implementation failure by getting key stakeholders engaged. Here's how to identify potential issues and help ensure that users welcome the new ERP system.  Continue Reading

• Six tips to ensure a successful global SAP rollout

  Managing a global SAP rollout is complex and challenging. But by limiting custom development and following other tried-and-true lessons, you can better navigate the challenges.  Continue Reading

• Fight SAP cybersecurity risks with patches, research

  No system, not even SAP ERP, is immune to security risks -- more than 400 SAP vulnerabilities have been identified. Here are tips for battling threats to SAP cybersecurity.  Continue Reading

• Prevent SAP ERP implementation failure

  An SAP ERP implementation or upgrade requires careful system integration. An expert shares tips for ensuring a successful project.  Continue Reading

• Seize business benefits of using SAP SolMan in ERP implementation, upgrade

  The functional benefits of SAP SolMan (Solution Manager) are often underused or ignored, and that's a mistake, writes expert Jawad Akhtar.  Continue Reading

• Integrating SAP xMII with Guided Procedure

  Want to make a powerful composite app? Try these steps to integrate xMII with Guided Procedure.  Continue Reading

• User management with SAP NetWeaver Administrator

  This is a crash course in the User Management Engine (UME) and on how it enables you to easily manage users, groups and roles.  Continue Reading

• Defining shared services and shared outcomes in the public sector

  Shared services IT deployments allow governments to focus their limited resources on value-added activities that are central to their missions, rather than on routine administrative and transactional functions. The end result is improved outcomes at...  Continue Reading

• Moving installed SAP systems in zones between hosts in ten minutes

  How to move installed SAP systems from one host to another one in about ten minutes.  Continue Reading

• Important points for planning a R/3 upgrade project

  Mainstream support for SAP R/3 4.6C ended in Dec 2006, and the extended maintenance will end in Dec 2007, so it's important and possibly imperative to upgrade from R/3 4.6. This blog from SAP Developer Network highlights some of the critical factors...  Continue Reading

• Go-Live check

  Confused about the various checkpoints before and after a Go-Live? This handy tip walks you through the typical process so you know what to expect.  Continue Reading

• Don't just calculate ROI. Help deliver it.

  IT and business teams are beginning to put more effort into measuring the actual business value enabled by their technology investments.  Continue Reading

• Breaking into SAP consulting: tips for functional and technical SAP consultants

  Interested in breaking into SAP consulting work? This extensive special report taps the expertise of SAP career gurus Jon Reed and Bill Scheer.  Continue Reading

• Server management costs soar, says IDC

  According to IDC's latest report, server revenues are down while shipments are up. But IT shops are picking up the cost of managing more machines.  Continue Reading