SAP Upgrade

Former Member — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:00:13 GMT

Hi,

am about to start in a new job as the general manager for a small/midsize company in the seafood manufacturing business. They have implemented SAP five years ago, and it was now mentioned that an upgrade was necessary quite quickly. I have experience from ERP implementation, but never worked with SAP, or with an ERP upgrade. Can anyone give me some advise what to be aware of in terms of deciding when to do the upgrade and for the process of doing it?

thanks,

Diwakar

Re: SAP Upgrade

Former Member — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:47:14 GMT

Hi,

Here is a typical upgrade project plan so you can have an idea as to what all happens in an upgrade project. These are very typical steps, but they may differ in your case due to the Hardware/OS/Database that you are currently using. Please do not assume that all upgrade projects can happen in this time itself. A SAP partner has to understand your current systems and suggest the approach and timelines.

Preparation Phase 6 days

Kick Off Meeting 1 day

Upgrade Project Procedures Preparation 1 day

Prepare Upgrade Project Plan 1 day

Technical Requirements Assessment 3 days

Assess Training needs of Key-users & End-users 1 day

Prepare Detailed Basis Activity List for DEV, QA & PRD 1 day

Business Blueprint Phase 6 days

Develop System Landscape Upgrade Plan 1 day

Functional Requirement Checklist 1 day

ABAP Development check list 1 day

Develop detailed Training Procedures & Documentation for Key Users & End Users 1 day

Identify Testing Scope & Scenarios 1 day

Identify Authorizations Conversion to Roles for SAP ECC 6.0 2 days

Develop Documents as per Basis Activity List 1 day

Develop Authorization Matrix for Activity Groups to Roles Conversion 2 days

Prepare Upgrade Deliverables Checklist 1 day

Realization Phase 28 days

Installation of Solution Manager 3.2 System 1 day

Creation of New Development System for Upgrade Project (Homogenous System Copy - PRD) 2 days

Upgrade to AIX & Oracle 10g, SAP ECC 6.0 on New Development Server 3 days

Upgrade Frontend Software 4 days

Perform SPAU & SPDD Corrections 5 days

Perform ABAP Development & Corrections 10 days Perform Authorizations Conversions and corrections after upgrade 8 days

Perform Upgrade Testing for each Application Module 7 days

Perform Unit & Integration Testing 6 days

Perform Training to Key Users & End Users (Generic & Specific) 3 days

Upgrade to AIX, Oracle 10g, SAP ECC 6.0 on Quality System 1 day

Homogenous System Copy of PRD to New Quality & Upgrade to AIX, Oracle 10g & SAP ECC 6.0 2 days Perform Testing in Quality System 3 days

Testing by end users on Quality System 1 day

Production Realization & Go-Live Phase 6 days

Upgrade to Production System Operating System to AIX (after close of business hours - 23:00) 1 day

Oracle Upgrade to 10g (after close of business hours - 23:00) 1 day

SAP Release Upgrade to ECC 6.0(Downtime Minimized - Downtime occurs in non-business hours) 2 days

User Acceptance Testing 1 day

Production System Go-Live 1 day

Post Go-Live Support 14 days

Post Go-Live Support 14 days Note: This is high level plan subject to change during Business Blue Print Phase 0 days

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Cheers,

Chandra Sekhar.

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