2016 Jan 10 7:25 AM
Hi folks, just heard that as per the emergence of SAP HANA, the functional consultants job would be cut down. is it true
2016 Jan 12 2:32 PM
Even if SAP designed software that was completely intuitive to configure, there would still be a need for consultants. The actual button-pushing and switch-flipping is the easiest part of the job. The part that requires expertise is helping customers understand their problems and laying out possible paths, with pros and cons for each approach. Businesses will always need (and hire) higher level thinkers who can see the forest instead of the trees. HANA does not change this.
Hope this helps!
--Tom
2016 Jan 10 9:33 AM
Shreyas,
I think you should be more discriminating in who you listen to for advice. Or, just be a little more skeptical. Ask yourself: How does the introduction of HANA actually reduce or eliminate the types of SAP problems that functional analysts are hired to solve?
If anything, there may arise yet another category of functional consultants, whose specialities are more closely related to HANA-specific solutions; we will see. However, I doubt that SAP software will magically become so intuitive; so user-friendly, and so easy to install; that functional consultants will be any less in demand.
Best Regards,
DB49
2016 Jan 10 10:28 AM
thanks dogboy.
i heard in HANA SCM is made very easier & it may kill many functional jobs.
Thats why the question popped up.
2016 Jan 10 3:35 PM
Shreyas,
I doubt that you heard that from anyone who has actually worked on SCM/HANA.
Best Regards,
DB49.
2016 Jan 12 2:32 PM
Even if SAP designed software that was completely intuitive to configure, there would still be a need for consultants. The actual button-pushing and switch-flipping is the easiest part of the job. The part that requires expertise is helping customers understand their problems and laying out possible paths, with pros and cons for each approach. Businesses will always need (and hire) higher level thinkers who can see the forest instead of the trees. HANA does not change this.
Hope this helps!
--Tom
2016 Jan 12 5:03 PM