Project Related Questions...............

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have couple of Questions.... Please help me out ...

1.What is a cutover plan or cutover startergy...? which phase of the project it comes into picture?

2.What is steering committee.... ?

3.What is KPI( Key performance indicators)......

4.What is a Rollout project.. What is the difference between the rollout project and step by step implementation?

Thanks in advance.....

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

1. Cut over plan/strategy - when a project is about to go live, we need to have paln how and when we will stop using the legacy system/process and when the new system/process will be available to the users. What are the actions to be performed to make sure the change over is smooth. Ex if a change in the process for automatic payment is to be implemented, we need to plan - till when the user should complete the pending payments using the old process, what actions are required in the production system to set up the new process and from when the user will start using the new one.

2. Steering comittee is the comittee comprising of the project owner which will include the director/CFO/CIO who has approved this project and is responsible and answerable to the board. This project managers report to this committe. The committee reviews the progress once in a month. The main functions are - Directs the efforts of the SAP Project Manager and the Customer Project Manager and the project team; Ensures that the project results meet the business requirements and are developed according to the organizationu2019s policy; Is oriented towards quick decisions (within three to five working days)

3. KPIs are measures which are used to evaluate the performance of an individual or team. Based on the scope of work or job profile, areas are identified which are crucial for the process. The individuals or teams performance in these areas are evaluated and rated. KPIs are frequently used to "value" difficult to measure activities such as the benefits of leadership development, engagement, service, and satisfaction.

4. Roll out project is a project where an existing system is copied and used with minimum customization where as in step by step implementation the entire system is set up. Ex - XYZ company decides to implement SAP. This becomes a step by step implementation. Noe XYZ company decides to start a new business as its subsidiary and wants to implement SAP for the new company, this will be a roll out as we can just copy existing settings for the company code already implemented for XYZ and do customizing only specific to the new business.

Hope this helps.

Thanks and Regards,

Anit

[chandrasekharbadeti_chand]

1.What is a cutover plan or cutover startergy...? which phase of the project it comes into picture?

Answer: Cutover Strategy or Cutover Plan is the activity done in ASAP methodology,While transfering the data from the Legacy System to the SAP System. At this point of time the billing will be stopped,all the open orders, contracts, pricing data will be transfered as per the cutover plan which is provided by the implementation partner.

What ever you want to do on the system you need to do before or after this activity.

This activity will be done in Final Preparation Phase, that means to stop the DEV Systems and QAS Systems. It is ready to run in PRD System. (Cut over to production)

2.What is steering committee.... ?

Answer: Selected members from Client side and Implementors Side will be formed as committee known as Steering Committee.

And this committee sets agendas and schedules of business and Implementation of SAP.

3.What is KPI( Key performance indicators)......

Answer: Before starting of the SAP Implementation, Steering Committee will Identify some KPIs and they will concentrate more time on these KPIs.

4.What is a Rollout project.. What is the difference between the rollout project and step by step implementation?

Answer: Step by Step implementation means Implementation of SAP in an client from scratch.and Rollout Project means, implement the same settings in another company code of the same client.

As per my knowledge, may be these are useful answers to all your above questions.

Thanks

Chandra