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Dowling, Kieron. SAP® Project System Handbook. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008.

SAP® Project System Handbook

Authors: Kieron Dowling

Published:  February 2008

eISBN: 9780071544511 0071544518 | ISBN: 9780071544504
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • Project System: An Overview of PS
  • From Start to Finish
  • Organization
  • Integration
  • Summary
  • 2 Scenarios
  • A Typical Scenario
  • A Typical Working Scenario
  • Elements in the Scenario
  • Summary
  • 3 Methods and Styles
  • Ways of Using PS
  • Asset Projects
  • Customer Projects
  • Service Project
  • Working with Materials
  • Working with CRM
  • Summary
  • 4 Features of Project System
  • Structural Elements
  • Coding Masks: How Project Numbers Are Coded
  • Project Profiles: How a Project Should Behave—What It’s Allowed to Do
  • Project Definition: What a Project’s Defaults Are
  • WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) Elements: The Hierarchical Structure
  • Templates: How a Project Should Look
  • Milestones: Things a Project Must Remember to Do
  • Networks (Part 1): How to Carry Out Tasks in a Specific Way, Order, and Time Period
  • Networks (Part 2): What Materials and Resources Are Needed to Carry Out a Task
  • Networks (Part 3): Internal Activities—Planning Internal Resources
  • Networks (Part 4): External Activities—Planning External Resources
  • Networks (Part 5): General Cost Activities—Planning Unspeci.ed Costs
  • Networks (Part 6): Material Components—Planning Materials
  • Internal Orders: Objects that Can Be Assigned to a Project Structure
  • Attachments and PS Text: Attachments to the Project Structure
  • Cost and Resource Planning
  • Structure Cost Planning via WBS: Direct Entry of Costs Against a WBS Structure, Without Regard to Cost Elements
  • Detailed Cost Planning via WBS: Planning Costs Against a WBS at Cost Element Level
  • Detailed Cost Planning via Network: Planning Costs Against a Network Activity Using Cost Elements, Materials, Services, or Activity Types
  • Easy Cost Planning via WBS: Planning Costs Against a WBS via Unit Costing, but with the Use of Cost Models to Make Data Entry Simpler
  • Plan Versions: Distinct Repositories for Keeping Your Planned Costs Separate
  • Statistical Key Figures: Objects Used for Storing and Planning Invisible Costs or Consumption
  • Overheads (CO): Additional Costs Calculated via Costing Sheets
  • Value Categories: Giving Meaning to Values
  • Budgeting
  • Budgeting in Projects: When the Budget Is Controlled from Within a Project
  • Budgeting in Investment Programs: When the Budget for All Projects Is Controlled by a Capital Investment Program
  • Availability Control: When You Need to Control Expenditure
  • Time and Capacity Planning
  • Dates in WBS: Managing Basic and Forecast Dates
  • Scheduling in Networks (Part 1): Managing Start/Finish Rules and Executing Scheduling
  • Scheduling in Networks (Part 2): Managing Start/Finish Rules and Executing Scheduling
  • Work Centers and Activity Types: Planning Capacities and the Cost of Utilizing the Resource
  • Workforce Planning: Planning Who Does What, and When
  • Revenue Planning
  • Structure Revenue Planning: Direct Entry of Revenue Against a WBS Structure, Without Regard to Revenue Elements
  • Detailed Revenue Planning: Planning Revenue Against a WBS by Revenue Element
  • Sales Orders (SD): Revenue Planning via Sales Order (or Quotation)
  • Execution
  • Status Management: Setting Project Restrictions (Business Processes) by Status
  • Actuals: Posting Actual Costs, Revenues, and Dates to a Project
  • Simulations: Simulating What You Want to Do Before You Really Do It, Without Committing
  • Project Versions: Snapshots of a Project for Comparison Purposes
  • Period-End (and Regular Processes)
  • Settlement: Transferring Actual Values to the “Owner”
  • Period-End: Executing Regular, Cyclical Processes
  • Progress (Part 1): Updating and Reviewing a Project’s Progress
  • Progress (Part 2): Updating and Reviewing a Project’s Progress
  • Archiving: Taking Your Projects out of the Live System
  • Billing: Sending the Customer an Invoice
  • Summary
  • 5 Configuration
  • The IMG and Customization
  • Structures
  • Coding the WBS
  • Status Management
  • Project Profile
  • Networks
  • Milestones
  • Field Selections
  • Validation/Substitution
  • Documents
  • PS Text
  • Costs
  • Planned Costs
  • Dates
  • WBS Scheduling
  • Network Scheduling
  • Material
  • Procurement
  • Summary
  • 6 Tools
  • The Project Builder
  • Project Builder Structure
  • Project Builder Icons
  • Project Builder Menus
  • Inside the Project Builder
  • The Planning Board
  • Planning Board Icons
  • ProMan (Project-Oriented Procurement)
  • Exceptions
  • Using ProMan
  • Standard Reporting
  • Summary
  • 7 Technical Information
  • Transaction Codes
  • CJ and CN Sorted by Code
  • CJ and CN Sorted by Description
  • Tables
  • General Tables
  • Table Fields
  • Logical Databases
  • The Complete IMG
  • Summary
  • 8 Tips and Tricks
  • Design Tips
  • Projects with Sales Documents
  • Classes and Characteristics
  • Object Dependencies
  • Validations and Substitutions
  • Project Progress
  • Progress Analysis
  • Other Useful Information
  • Known Limitations
  • Summary
  • Index