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ASAP Methodology®
1 SAP BW Class – Guidelines on ASAP Methodology® Guidance
Consulting
Contents:
Disclaimer
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Contents
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The BW Project Guidelines …………………… ……………………... 4
1) Project Preparation / Requirement Gathering …………………….. 4
2) Business Blueprint …………………………………………………… 4
3) Realization ………… ………………………………………………… 5
4) Final Preparation …………………………………………………….. 5
5) GO Live & Support ………………………..………………………….. 6
Questionnaire for Initial Business Blueprint
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Question to be considered for DATA SOURCES
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Data Input Requirement
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Authorization/Roles Queries
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Monitoring and Tracking Process
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Outbound Interfaces
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A summary of above listed questions
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References
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_______ Copyright© 2007 by Guidance Consulting Instructor:
Touseefuddin Syed Page 3SAP BW Class – Guidelines on ASAP
Methodology® Guidance Consulting
The BW Project Guidelines Stages in BW project 1 Project Preparation /
Requirement Gathering 2 Business Blueprint 3 Realization 4 Final
Preparation 5 GO Live & Support
1) Project Preparation / Requirement Gathering
a) Collect requirement thru interviews with Business teams /Core
users / Information Leaders.
b) Study & analyze KPI’s (key figures) of Business process.
c) Identify the measurement criteria's (Characteristics).
d) Understand the Drill down requirements if any.
e) Understand the Business process data flow if any.
f) Identify the needs for data staging layers in BW – (i.e. need for
ODS if any)
g) Understand the system landscape.
2) Business Blueprint
a) Check Business content against the requirements
b) Check for appropriate Info Objects - Key figures & Characters
c) Check for Info cubes / ODS
d) Check for data sources & identify fields in source system
e) Identify Master data
f) Document all the information in a file – follow standard templates
Q) If BW is currently in place, what are the primary data sources for that
Master / Transactional data which will be utilized in the Planning Process?