difference between implementation, support & upgradation projects

[Former Member]

Hello Friends,

I am new to SAP. Can anyone tell me what are implementation, support & upgradation projects..what are the differences between those projects? what is role of ABAP developer in these projects?

Regards,

[Former Member]

<b>Implementation projects :</b>

Here we will Install the whole SAP software for the organization ,, and customize some standards according to their requirement !!! and we will develop all their standard documents like Bills , Delivery Chalans, Quotations ,,,,, and all those..

<b>Upgradation</b>:

In these types of projects the organization buys the SAP and get installed the software ... and developed all the required documents as above mentioned .. and if any small modifications are needed for those developed objects the will go for small companies which can do these much small changes....!!!

<b>The role of ABAPER comes in designing the Layouts ( bills, chalanas .. etc ) .. and to store the data in the database ,,, we people need to write some programs ... and to retrieve the data .... and to display...</b>

regards,

sai ramesh

[Former Member]

hi,

Check out some of these threads to know the difference

Regards,

Santosh

[Former Member]

Implemetation: To develop new objects from scratch as per customer's needs and the customozing done tto map to his needs.

Support: The projects where we close/try to close the issues raised by the end users, in the form of tickets, after the projects go live.

Upgradation: Making the necessary changes to all the applications that get affected when a company goes for an upgrade from a lower version of SAP to a higher version of SAP.

Regards,

Ravi

[Former Member]

Hi,

SAP Implementation: SAP Implementation is the whole of processes that defines a complete method to

implement SAP software in an organization. It is based on best practices and case studies from various

literature sources and presents a collection of processes and products that make up a complete

implementation method to allow any organization to plan and execute the implementation of SAP (ERP)

software.The SAP implementation process is made up out of four main phases, i.e. the project preparation

where a vision of the future-state of the SAP solution is being created, a sizing and blueprinting phase

where the solution stack is created and training is being performed, a functional development phase and

finally a final preparation phase, when the last tests are being performed before the actual go live.

ABAP Developer Role is to prepare the Technical Specification (based on a Functional Specification given

by a Functional Consultant), build the code, Review the code and finally to prepare the Unit Test Cases.

Sometimes ABAPer may be asked to do a technical research for an optimal solution.

SAP Support: After a go live, the application needs a maintenance/support to resolve the issues/tickets raised by the users when using the application.Ticket is like a request for changes/bug fixing or a request for a new

ABAP Developer Role includes bug fixing/change the existing code due to new requirements/build a new code etc.

SAP Upgrade: SAP Upgrade is nothing but upgrading the software with a superior version which has got more advantages when compared to the earlier version.

ABAP Developer Role is to go through transactions SPAU/SPDD to compare the old and new version of the change and finally need to activate the relevant one.Some times might need to work on SAP notes too.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Srinivas