SAP Project System Handbook Book

Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     1
Project System: An Overview of PS     1
From Start to Finish     2
Organization     2
Integration     4
Summary     5
Scenarios     7
A Typical Scenario     7
A Typical Working Scenario     7
Elements in the Scenario     8
Summary     23
Methods and Styles     25
Ways of Using PS     25
Asset Projects     25
Customer Projects     30
Service Project     33
Working with Materials     33
Working with CRM     35
Summary     36
Features of Project System     37
Structural Elements     38
Coding Masks: How Project Numbers Are Coded     39
Project Profiles: How a Project Should Behave-What It's Allowed to Do     39
Project Definition: What a Project's Defaults Are     40
WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) Elements: The Hierarchical Structure     40
Templates: How a Project Should Look     41
Milestones: Things a Project Must Remember to Do     41
Networks (Part 1): How to Carry Out Tasks in aSpecific Way, Order, and Time Period     42
Networks (Part 2): What Materials and Resources Are Needed to Carry Out a Task     42
Networks (Part 3): Internal Activities-Planning Internal Resources     43
Networks (Part 4): External Activities-Planning External Resources     43
Networks (Part 5): General Cost Activities-Planning Unspecified Costs     44
Networks (Part 6): Material Components-Planning Materials     44
Internal Orders: Objects that Can Be Assigned to a Project Structure     44
Attachments and PS Text: Attachments to the Project Structure     45
Cost and Resource Planning     45
Structure Cost Planning via WBS: Direct Entry of Costs Against a WBS Structure, Without Regard to Cost Elements     46
Detailed Cost Planning via WBS: Planning Costs Against a WBS at Cost Element Level     46
Detailed Cost Planning via Network: Planning Costs Against a Network Activity Using Cost Elements, Materials, Services, or Activity Types     46
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     47
Plan Versions: Distinct Repositories for Keeping Your Planned Costs Separate     47
Statistical Key Figures: Objects Used for Storing and Planning Invisible Costs or Consumption     48
Overheads (CO): Additional Costs Calculated via Costing Sheets     48
Value Categories: Giving Meaning to Values     48
Budgeting     49
Budgeting in Projects: When the Budget Is Controlled from Within a Project     49
Budgeting in Investment Programs: When the Budget for All Projects Is Controlled by a Capital Investment Program     50
Availability Control: When You Need to Control Expenditure     50
Time and Capacity Planning     51
Dates in WBS: Managing Basic and Forecast Dates     51
Scheduling in Networks (Part 1): Managing Start/Finish Rules and Executing Scheduling     51
Scheduling in Networks (Part 2): Managing Start/Finish Rules and Executing Scheduling     52
Work Centers and Activity Types: Planning Capacities and the Cost of Utilizing the Resource     52
Workforce Planning: Planning Who Does What, and When     53
Revenue Planning     53
Structure Revenue Planning: Direct Entry of Revenue Against a WBS Structure, Without Regard to Revenue Elements     54
Detailed Revenue Planning: Planning Revenue Against a WBS by Revenue Element     54
Sales Orders (SD): Revenue Planning via Sales Order (or Quotation)     54
Execution     55
Status Management: Setting Project Restrictions (Business Processes) by Status      55
Actuals: Posting Actual Costs, Revenues, and Dates to a Project     56
Simulations: Simulating What You Want to Do Before You Really Do It, Without Committing     56
Project Versions: Snapshots of a Project for Comparison Purposes     57
Period-End (and Regular Processes)     57
Settlement: Transferring Actual Values to the "Owner"     57
Period-End: Executing Regular, Cyclical Processes     58
Progress (Part 1): Updating and Reviewing a Project's Progress     58
Progress (Part 2): Updating and Reviewing a Project's Progress     59
Archiving: Taking Your Projects out of the Live System     59
Billing: Sending the Customer an Invoice     60
Summary     60
Configuration     61
The IMG and Customization     61
Structures     65
Coding the WBS     66
Status Management     69
Project Profile     79
Networks     92
Milestones     115
Field Selections     120
Validation/Substitution     124
Documents     127
PS Text     128
Costs     129
Planned Costs     130
Dates     165
WBS Scheduling     166
Network Scheduling     169
Material     175
Procurement     176
Summary     184
Tools     185
The Project Builder     185
Project Builder Structure     185
Project Builder Icons     186
Project Builder Menus     188
Inside the Project Builder     195
The Planning Board     210
Planning Board Icons     211
ProMan (Project-Oriented Procurement)     213
Exceptions     214
Using ProMan     214
Standard Reporting     216
Summary     223
Technical Information     225
Transaction Codes     225
CJ and CN Sorted by Code     226
CJ and CN Sorted by Description     235
Tables     244
General Tables     244
Table Fields     246
Logical Databases     253
The Complete IMG     256
Summary     271
Tips and Tricks     273
Design Tips     273
Projects with Sales Documents     273
Classes and Characteristics      275
Object Dependencies     276
Validations and Substitutions     277
Project Progress     278
Progress Analysis     278
Other Useful Information     285
Known Limitations     286
Summary     286
Index     287