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There are 5 modules in this course
SAP Technology Consultant Hands-on Project is the sixth course in the SAP Technology Consultant Professional Certificate program. This is your opportunity to put the knowledge and skills you have gained over the previous five courses into practice.
This fun and interesting project is a high-level challenge based on a real-world problem. You’ll identify key players in the proposed project and take the necessary steps to understand their current technical landscape. You’ll identify their business requirements and develop a solution proposal. Once you’ve obtained sign off from the customer, you’ll then identify the key technology elements you need to cover and assess the stakeholders and other SAP professionals you’ll be working with. You’ll work on and present your design, including your assumptions, proposed recommendations, and other considerations. Then you’ll implement your proposed solution and complete QA/testing activities. And finish off by creating a Post-Implementation Review Report documenting the lessons learnt and the future roadmap.
Overall, this project presents an ideal opportunity to gain experience in assessing the digital transformation drivers in a real-life situation.
By the end of this project, you will be able to:
Review, understand and respond to a customer implementing a new SAP solution.
Complete typical technology consultant project tasks for each SAP lifecycle phase.
Develop and present selected technology consultant project deliverables.
Compare course project work against provided best practice examples and identify gaps or opportunities for development.
Welcome to the hands-on project! In this part of the project, you'll meet the customer and learn more about their industry, organization and technology landscape. You'll discover the customer's business goals for an SAP implementation and identify the stakeholders who'll be critical to the success of the project. Finally, you'll determine the project structure, help assemble the right team, get set-up and kick-off the project.
Case Study: East Canada Paper Company Overview•5 minutes
Case Study: East Canada Paper Technology Landscape •6 minutes
Case Study: East Canada Paper Customer Stakeholder Information •8 minutes
Tracking the project templates and deliverables •30 minutes
Project Team Set-up and Kick-Off•3 minutes
Task 1.1 Project Set-up, Stakeholder Analysis, and Kick-Off •30 minutes
SAP Quality Gates•5 minutes
Summary of Case Study Introduction•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 25 minutes
Practice Quiz for Case Study Introduction•10 minutes
Graded Quiz for Case Study Introduction•15 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 15 minutes
Meet and Greet•5 minutes
Case Study Introduction discussion•10 minutes
Customer Engagement and Discovery
Module 2•3 hours to complete
Module details
In this phase of the project you'll gather information and insights about the customer's business, technology and data landscape to identify their goals and requirements. You'll develop a Customer Journey Roadmap setting out your approach and plan for the next phase. You'll validate your approach and seek signoff to proceed to the Design phase of the project.
Task 2.4: Develop your Customer Journey Roadmap•30 minutes
Summary of Customer Engagement and Discovery•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Customer Journey Roadmap•10 minutes
Practice Quiz for Customer Engagement and Discovery•20 minutes
Graded Quiz for Customer Engagement and Discovery•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
Learning Survey: Best Practice Customer Journey Roadmap•15 minutes
Customer Engagement and Discovery Discussion•5 minutes
Designing an SAP Solution
Module 3•3 hours to complete
Module details
In this phase of the project you'll analyze and design a key part of the Technical Solution and submit your design. You'll submit your design and review the assessment submission of a peer using the peer review rubric provided. You'll validate your approach and seek signoff to proceed to the Implementation and Testing phase of the project.
Introduction to Designing an SAP Solution•4 minutes
6 readings•Total 107 minutes
Case Study Context: Design inputs and insights•4 minutes
Task 3.1: Review the Case Study•20 minutes
Task 3.2: Analysis and Design Inputs•20 minutes
Task 3.3: Design Thinking Exploration•20 minutes
Task 3.4: Develop your Technical Solution Design•40 minutes
Summary of Designing an SAP Solution•3 minutes
2 assignments•Total 50 minutes
Practice Quiz for Designing an SAP Solution•20 minutes
Graded Quiz for Designing an SAP Solution•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 20 minutes
Technical Solution Design Submission and Peer Review•20 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 15 minutes
Learning Survey: Best Practice Technical Solution Design•10 minutes
Designing an SAP Solution Discussion•5 minutes
Implementing an SAP Solution
Module 4•5 hours to complete
Module details
In this phase of the project you'll determine the implementation and testing approach, including a Test Plan, configuration considerations and proposed deployment activities. After the system is deployed, you'll respond to issues during the hypercare period and provide recommendations to improve user adoption. You'll validate the customer's next steps post-implementation.
Introduction to Implementing an SAP Solution•3 minutes
8 readings•Total 223 minutes
Case Study Context: Implementation Inputs and Insights•5 minutes
Task 4.1: Review the Case Study•30 minutes
Task 4.2: Prepare Implementation and Testing Approach•60 minutes
Task 4.3: Develop a Test Plan•60 minutes
Task 4.4: Test Script Validation•30 minutes
Case Study Context: Deployment inputs and insights•3 minutes
Task 4.5: Provide Solution Hypercare•30 minutes
Summary of Implementing an SAP Solution•5 minutes
3 assignments•Total 56 minutes
Practice Quiz: Reflecting on Implementation and Testing Approach •6 minutes
Practice Quiz for Implementing an SAP Solution•20 minutes
Graded Quiz for Implementing an SAP Solution•30 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
Learning Survey: Best Practice Implementation Approach•10 minutes
Learning Survey: Develop a Test Plan•10 minutes
Learning Survey: Solution Hypercare•5 minutes
Discussion of Implementing an SAP Solution•5 minutes
Post Implementation Review and Customer Signoff
Module 5•4 hours to complete
Module details
Now you're ready to take stock of the implementation and provide recommendations to resolve any remaining issues or for future planning. You'll submit your final project deliverables and review the submission of a peer using the rubric provided. Finally, you'll prepare the customer for operational handover and wrap-up the project.
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