SAP-Centric Projects

Basic Setup in SAP

The following are the basic tools and objects needed to be set up in SAP.

• SAP-IM is used for overall program management and top-down budget control starting with the corporate budget.
• Project expenditures will be settled on a monthly basis to assets under construction (AUC) and upon capitalization to assets.
• The WBS will be set up in SAP and controlled there.
• All general cost planning and budgeting (approved cost plan) will be done on the WBS level.
• Milestones will be defined on the WBS or activity level in SAP.
• One network will be set up in SAP, with scheduling deactivated. Its activities are to be associated with key tasks (and WBS milestones, differentiated by a key) in the Primavera master schedule. Key tasks (beyond milestones) are defined as summary tasks and those that require interaction with purchasing and/or MRP.
• Work centers will be defined in SAP.
• Purchasing will be used in SAP.
• Actuals will be collected in SAP.
• Cost plan starts on WBS level (structure level).
• Cost plan refined on WBS or key activity level through association of work centers that reflect purchase orders.