…so in this blog I will write form time to time about current, recent and former activities, events and experiences, as it seems to fit and belong in here. I think it must have been about 30 SAP Project I did and this year, 2009, was actually my 20th year working in SAP Consulting, so there have been some interesting moments I came across.
But it was only recently, like August 2009, that I was attending a SAP Solution Manager presentation of one of the UK's major consultancies, at their customer, one of the biggest UK logistics providers (names and details….contact me….). So the "Senior Sap Project Manager" from that major consultancy, long years experience, but somehow not so much into Governance and best practises, presented SAP Solution Manager, benefits and disadvantages.
What really struck me, and I still haven't really recovered fully, that this "Senior SAP Project Manager" was seriously, with a straight face and all focused, explained that the "biggest disadvantage" of the SAP Solution Manager - Project Management is, that it "forces you to work disciplined". I almost chocked and was sure he was making a joke, this was a presentation to customer staff and no one with a bit of mind left could make such a comment. But no, he was all serious and actually, after chatting with him after the presentation, I do really think he believes in what he was saying there and than.
If you are a customer and implementing SAP - run as far and as fast as you can, if you ever come across such an attitude - or an company where such approach is permitted, accepted or even believed "right".
These days, best practise, experience, common sense and just a bit of brain and reasonable thoughts, you will approach an SAP project in a structured, organised, well-planned and, yes, disciplined way. In projects where we have done this, more often than not, it was immediately clear that only a structured approach with a clear methodology enables you to make a major project successful. You can not jump into planning and assigning 200 staff to task without clear pictures, vision, tasks and scheduling for each and every single of them. SAP Solution manager helps a lot.
And not only in Project Management - Enterprises around the globe realising that with the right Governance, Management, Organisation and Skills they can deliver much more with less, better quality and first time right.
Please do feel free to comment or ask if you feel so, will come up with another nice example soon…
All the best
Frank
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