Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management


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  1. Encourage Effective Decision Making with the Analytic Hierarchy Process

    Reading time: 307 mins

    ManagementThe Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is an effective, multi-criteria decision-making method that helps you to assign logical, concrete values to your choices so you can make more informed judgments. Learn how to use AHP to intelligently structure and analyze complex problems and more easily synthesize your data with your criteria. Key Concept Named for a...…

  2. How Internal Orders Differs from Project System in Overseeing Capital Projects

    Reading time: 12 mins

    Often managers are unsure whether to use Internal Orders or Project System (PS) for managing capital projects. The author compares the two methods so that you can make your own decision about which is best suited for your capital project. For example, did you know that PS allows you to create multiple versions of a...…

  3. Ease Your SAP Upgrade Transition with SAP Solution Manager

    Reading time: 16 mins

    ManagerUnderstand the importance of upgrade-relevant features available in SAP Solution Manager. Learn the details of the mandatory features for an upgrade to use the compare and adjust functionality of SAP Solution Manager. Take away guidelines for upgrade project phases leveraging SAP Solution Manager as the key enabler. Key Concept The deciding factors of an SAP...…

  4. Selecting the Right BI Tool: SAP BusinessObjects BI Portfolio and Personas

    Reading time: 13 mins

    With the acquisition of SAP BusinessObjects a few years back, SAP extended its offerings in the Business Intelligence (BI) area and is now in a position to offer companies a broad range of BI products. With this larger set of BI clients also comes more complexity when choosing the right BI tool based on your...…

  5. Managing the People Side of an SAP Project: Live Q&A with Doug Whittle

    Reading time: 40 mins

    For many project managers, managing the technical and project-based components of an SAP initiative is the easiest part of their jobs. With so many diverse personalities involved in a project, it’s no wonder that managing the human side of an SAP project often presents the greatest challenge to project managers. In a live Q&A, Managing...…

  6. Connect SAP Solution Manager to SAP Quality Center as Part of Your Automated Testing Solution

    Reading time: 13 mins

    ManagerAs part of an automated testing solution, learn how to create a project in SAP Solution Manager and SAP Quality Center by HP. After that, you can integrate the two projects for bidirectional transfer of data between the two applications. With this integration, you are preparing the projects so that test requirements can be transferred...…

  7. 21 Tips for Managing a Multi-Project BW Implementation

    Reading time: 12 mins

    /Project ManagementAt some point, your BW project team may be faced with several implementation projects occurring at the same time. Because of the highly shared nature of objects in the BW architecture, this scenario can cause significant problems for the project management team. The authors share their expertise in coping with such situations and offer...…

  8. Demystifying the Global Rollout: Using Template and Implementation Projects to Manage a Global Deployment

    Reading time: 15 mins

    ManagerOrganizations are increasingly seeking to reduce costs and improve enterprise agility by standardizing processes across the globe. Learn how SAP Solution Manager can help you build an SAP process template and manage the localization requirements as you roll it out across the enterprise. By using SAP Solution Manager features such as the template project, implementation...…

  9. Boost Project Clarity and Flexibility with a PMO

    Reading time: 9 mins

    Management Projects that are governed in ad hoc fashion or hatched in chaotic environments have lower success rates. These failures can often be attributed to bureaucratic wrangling, or because established methods and procedures have not been fully adopted by all project team members. It’s a lesson Sam Gorham has learned well. An IT professional with...…

  10. The SAP Solution Manager Role Matrix Made Easy

    Reading time: 17 mins

    ManagerLearn how clearly identifying SAP Solution Manager roles that address your organization’s requirements and support the future use of SAP Solution Manager functionalities can allow you to build a robust position-mapping role matrix. Key Concept After a successful implementation, SAP Solution Manager should run smoothly and provide transaction access to user groups with the proper...…