Types of SAP projects

TYPES OF SAP PROJECTS

There are six types of projects.It includes,

1) Implementation Projects: These projects are the projects where the activities would be started from the scratch till go live. These are also called as full-life cycle implementations or end-to-end implementations.

The following are the phases involved in an implementation project. They are:

i) Plan 

ii) Blue Print 

iii) Build

iv) Test 

v) Go live

vi) Post implementation project

• Plan is a phase in which the scope of the project is friezed. 
• Blueprint phase is used to put the understanding of the scope of the project and the approach to map the same in SAP system on a paper.
• Build is the phase where the solutions are developed in SAP system as per the agreed scope in the blueprint.
• Test phase is used to test whether all the solutions developed in SAP system are meeting the customer requirements.
• Go live is the phase where the solutions given in SAP system would be accepted by the users and their after all the processes would be processed in SAP system.
• Post implementation support is a phase where support is rendered to the customer in order to resolve the initial hiccups immediately after implementation. 

2) Support/Maintenance Projects: These are the projects where the SAP systems which are already live would be supported in case of any change management.

3) Global Projects: It is a project which would be seen in case of multinational companies. In these kinds of projects the solutions are rolled across geographical locations in a phased manner.

4) Upgrade Projects: These are the projects where version of SAP would be upgraded from the old to latest.

5) Mergers & Acquisitions: These are the projects where the exisisting company is being merged or being acquired by another company.

6) Conversions: These are the projects where the process of a company would be converted from one platform to another platform.

Ex: People soft to SAP.