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Feature planning in an agile SAP implementation

April 17, 2014
Anton
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In one of our previous posts we talked about the core roles and basic team structure in an agile SAP implementation. We are now ready to take a look at one of the first steps in planning the implementation and assessing the work that will need to be done by each team…

June 10, 2013
Mike
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The BestXperts team appreciated the challenge from Woodgrain Millwork to not only guide them through a full rework of their Distribution processes and systems but to make the very new SAP Transportation Management (TM) 9 the hub of that solution. After months of site visits, planning and design sessions, coaching of the Woodgrain IT…

March 24, 2013
Anton
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We don\'t need to tell anyone who is used to working with SAP that getting the terminology right is often a daunting task. Agile project management brings with it a number of new terms that are critical to understand in order to be able to comprehend any of the detailed…

March 24, 2013
Anton
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One of the first things that each software implementation project has to worry about is the general structure of the project team. We at BestXperts have tried a few different variations of project team composition over the years and can definitely attest to the fact that there is no canned project team…

September 23, 2012
Anton
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As I was reading Mike Cohn\'s \"Agile Estimating and Planning\" for the last couple of days, I\'ve taken some notes that I thought were worth sharing and discussing. The later sections of the book really focus on the technical aspects of agile planning, such as using points for estimation, planning poker,…

August 25, 2012
Anton
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It\'s one thing to have the desire to implement SAP software in an agile way, envisioning the benefits of significantly lower cost and much happier end-users. It is a whole other thing to actually make it happen, resisting the constant desire to fall back to the old waterfall ways of…

August 5, 2012
Anton
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To most people the term \"SAP\" is nothing more than a cryptic abbreviation. It is far from a household name. Few are aware of the fact that SAP is the largest business software company in the world. Even fewer know that roughly 65% of the world\'s business transactions run through an SAP…

June 20, 2012
Eric Vota
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In a meeting last week, we got into a debate about the value of tools in an organization. Specifically, we were discussing the merits of our chosen IT demand management software and Agile Project Management tool and whether or not they can be credited with the increase in productivity that our group has achieved…

June 11, 2012
Anton
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We at BestXperts did not adopt agile project management overnight. In fact, it took us years to come up with an approach that was both repeatable and scalable. At first we dispensed with the idea of massive upfront blueprinting and instead began to have many mini-cycles of blueprinting, realization and…

May 21, 2012
Anton
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Don\'t get me wrong, we at BestXperts are diehard SAP fans. After all, we earn our living by implementing SAP software. But there are times when we just can\'t stop ranting about SAP idiosyncrasies that drive us crazy. Most of these rants boil down to one common trend - SAP…

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Feature planning in an agile SAP implementation

SAP Transportation Management 9: Early to the Party!

Agile Terminology for SAP Project Teams

Team Structure in Agile SAP Implementation Projects

Constriction to Force Ourselves to Create

Things you SHOULDN’T do in an agile SAP implementation

US needs to produce more native SAP professionals

Do Tools Matter?

Running SAP projects – the path from waterfall to agile

ERP for the modern age

SAP Transportation Management Integration with EWM

SAP Transportation Management Optimizer Demystified

SAP Transportation Management Ocean Planning Guide

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