Joseph Alexander Soosaimuthu - SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management: A Guide to Implement, Integrate, and Deploy EPPM Solutions

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First, I want to thank the LORD for giving me the knowledge and health to author this book.

Second, I want to show my deepest appreciation to my loving wife, Anne Nisha, for her unfailing support and to my beloved children, Fiona, Shaun, and Christof Arlo, who cooperated during the busy times of lockdown. I also want to express my sincere gratitude to my extended family and friends, who inspired me in many ways to write this book.

Third, I want to extend special thanks to Harikrishna, Divya, James, and Mark, my production and editorial team, for their review and support.

Last but not least, this book would not have been possible without my clients and colleagues, who provided me with rich experiences to write this book.

SAP implementations that involve enterprise project, program, and portfolio management structures are complex and it is vital to determine the correct enterprise and organizational structure for a successful implementation. In this chapter, you learn what the various enterprise and organization units represent and what to look out for when making the decision about your enterprises structure and organizational units.

Many enterprises fail to define when project, program, and portfolio management structures should be created. Due to this lack of clarity, data is not standardized. This impacts the organizations ability to summarize and report key figures at different levels. In this chapter, you learn at what level projects, programs, and portfolios should be created and when to use a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) element and network.

SAP is widely known for its integration and, in this chapter, you learn how to integrate SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management (EPPM) with other SAP modules, such as Plant Maintenance, Material Management, Production Planning, Procurement, Controlling, and Finance. Within SAP EPPM, how information is synchronized between SAP Portfolio Management and Project Management and vice versa.

Enterprise and government organizations that manage capital projects and programs need to prioritize ideas, proposals, and concepts as part of the investment decision. In this chapter, you learn about the prioritization framework, including how it is used to prioritize projects for different uses, such as customer work, internal work, and work performed for the public.