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Project and Program Management

Business Scenario

 

Business Scenario Maps

  • CAD-Driven Design Process
  • Collaborative Engineering with cFolders
  • IM&C: CAD AutoDesk Inventor Integration (Collaborative)
  • IM&C: Collaboration Folders with SAP ERP Integration
  • New Product Development
  • Project Management for R&D
  • xApp: Resource & Portfolio Management (SAP xRPM)

    • Key Performance Indicators

  • Average Development Cost per New Product
  • Concept Approval Cycle Time
  • Market Survey Costs
  • New Product Release Phase In, and Maint. as a % of Order Mngt. Costs
  • Number of Prototypes Built
  • Research & Development Costs

    • SAP Best Practices

  • IM & C: NPDI - Product Development and Collaboration
  • IM & C: NPDI - Prototype Development

    • Partner Opportunities

  • Partner Opportunities in Industrial Machinery & Components
  • CAD

    • See also

  • Customer Success Stories by Sub-Industry
  • SAP NetWeaver Benefits
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    "Project and Program Management" scenario  provides you a complete set of capavilities from project structuring over scheduling, resource management, cost management down to reporting. The focus is on process methodologies, deliverables, commitments and responsibilities - so all the things which can make a difference and allows you to monitor, analyse, evaluate and optimize your overall portfolio, including e.g. concepts, projects and products.

    Business Goals & Objectives


    Increase Speed & Efficiency

    Increase collaboration (internally & externally
    Increase volume of new products / designs with existing staff
    Speed innovative products / designs to market

    Increasing Revenue

    Develop new markets
    Develop service offerings

    Increasing Transparency & Accountability

    Accurately calculate project risks

    Managing Fixed Assets & Resources

    Reduce lifecycle costs

     

    Business Processes
    Strategic Portfolio ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available
    The primary challenge of strategic portfolio management is to provide a comprehensive up-to-date view of a company’s entire project portfolio and answer several important questions.

    Is the portfolio aligned with corporate goals? What is the future demand for resources and what is the capacity? Are the most skilled employees working on the most appropriate projects? Will the portfolio meet its business performance targets? What are the risks and impact of a delay? Timely answers to these questions are critical in determining which projects to pursue and which ones to fix or cancel.

    Project registration and enforcing an enterprise-wide decision making process for approving projects is an additional critical area in strategic portfolio management.

    Strategic portfolio management combines and gives visibility into the financial, strategic and operative aspects across your entire project portfolio to enforce governance, to make fact-based decisions and to maximize return on existing assets.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP Resource and Portfolio Management (SAP RPM)

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    Project Planning and ScopingSAP Component or Feature Available
    Setting up a project plan including the complete project structure, schedule and assigned documents using cProjects or PS.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP

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    Project ExecutionSAP Component or Feature Available
    Executing a project based on the project plan including creation of documents, simulation of alternative project structures and analytics using cProjects or PS

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP

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    Resource and Time ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available
    Assigning resources to work that has to be done in the project including resource search using PS or cProjects. After the project has been released this process covers time confirmation on projects.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP

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