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BW Fast Track
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MyITgroup Overview
MyITgroup, Ltd
Workforce
Solutions
Outsourcing
MyITgroup is a global SAP professional
service organization and SAP Services
Partner , which operates exclusively
within the SAP services market.
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Service Model
The MyITgroup service model
Workforce
Solutions
Outsourcing
Thousands of SAP experts
ready to meet any demand.
Get the highest value
solutions for your business.
Reduced your cost without
compromising quality
• Provide Professional Services and Solutions exclusively
within the SAP market segment. “All we do is SAP.”
• Have Participated in over 650 SAP Engagements
• Currently supporting more than 85 SAP projects across
the United States, Latin America, Canada, Europe
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MyITgroup Workforce
• Over 300 global companies, government agencies
mid market and small businesses trust and rely on
MyITgroup Workforce to define, match and deliver
the SAP professionals that will tangibly contribute to
the success of their SAP projects.
• Why?
– We are one of the largest SAP staffing companies in
the Americas and we are only about SAP.
– With Workforce, SAP staffing services are elevated to
a new level of quality, performance and overall value.
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MyITgroup - Solutions
MyITgroup has established solution practices that is strictly
focused on the delivery of SAP. Our mission is to develop
tools, methodology and solutions around the SAP suite in
support of our clients initiatives.
Our goal is to be your one-stop partner to handle all our SAP
implementation needs. From a single functional
enhancement to a new SAP installation, MyITgroup is your
partner of choice.
Dedicated SAP Practices:
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SAP Business Intelligence (BW/SEM)
mySAP CRM
mySAP SRM
mySAP ERP and Upgrade
SAP NetWeaver (Enterprise Portal / XI)
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MyITgroup - Outsource
Our investment, your advantage
Take advantage of MyITgroup’s investment in SAP
infrastructure and expertise to service your SAP
initiatives. We have created an outsourcing alternative
that focuses on quality of service while delivering up to
75% cost savings versus traditional delivery models.
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Application Management
• Basis administration
• System monitoring
Application Development
• ABAP / J2EE development
• Business Connector / XI
SAP Functional Support
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MyITgroup – BI/BW Practice
MyITgroup has established a BW practice that is strictly
focused on the delivery of SAP BW/SEM. The BW Practice
mission is to develop tools, methodology and solutions around
the SAP BI Suite in support of our clients initiatives.
Our goal is to be your one-stop partner to handle all your SAP
BI implementation needs. From a single functional
enhancement to a new BW installation, MyITgroup is your
partner of choice.
Our BW Practice Offerings:
• BI Implementations
• BW Upgrades
• BW Test Drive & BW Live Programs
• BW Fast Track Assessments
• BW Jump Start Team Training
• BW Performance Tuning
• BW Security
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Fast Track Overview
Business Process Consideration
Technical Evaluations
Project Management
Timeline and Staffing
Pricing
Key Drivers
Assumptions
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Overview
• MyITgroup as develop our Fast Track
Assessment program to support our clients in
their evaluation of a planned implementation of
SAP BW and/or SEM.
• The following document provides the specific
information and overview of our approach for
conducting the assessment, including
activities, timeline and deliverables.
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Fast Track - Assessment
• Our assessment may be split into four distinct
assessment areas, each with a clearly delineated
scope.
• The scope of each of these areas are determined
by a combination of best practices and our prior
project experience in similar assessment projects.
• Assessment Areas:
– Business Assessment
– Technical Assessment
– Strategic Planning
– Project Management
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Business Assessment
• The Business assessment will employ a review of
the business processes used in the reporting
environment today. This review will focus on the
areas where consolidating occurs and the loading
and the presentation of these number to the enduser.
• It is not an assessment of the calculation of the
numbers or the formulas used, but rather a process
review against best practices for BW reporting.
• Business Assessment consists of:
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Business processes in SAP BW reporting
As-is support organization
User satisfaction and BW system interaction
Training for users, technical project staff, and
business organization
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Technical Assessment
This Slide is used if
we are assessing live
system
• The technical assessment would start with a review of
the operational data store and the InfoCubes in
production today and evaluate these against typical
configuration parameters.
• Technical Assessment key activities:
– Review current BW landscape and functional requirements
– Review BW base installation to ensure all components are
installed and functional based on business requirements
– Review data extraction, ODS, Infocubes, queries
– Review Intersystem communication
– Review performance metrics across OS / DBASE /
Application
– Review portal integration, if applicable
– Capture gaps and issues and provide risk/impact assessment
– Develop assessment document and make recommendations
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Technical Assessment
If client is installing new system:
• MyITgroup will conduct a conference call with our BW
lead to discuss all relevant technical requirements for
the installation and handle any pre-installation question
and issues that the client may have.
If systems are installed already:
• Once systems have been installed, we recommend
that our BW Basis Lead be on site for five days to
review the system. The goal will not only provide the
Technical Assessment of the new installation. During
this period they will not only review the installation, but
provide knowledge transfer on key performance and
tuning options within the system.
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Technical Assessment
This Slide is used if we are
doing standard technical
review
• Technical Review Activities:
– Review current BW landscape and functional requirements
– Review BW base installation to ensure all components are
installed and functional based on business requirements
– Review data extraction, ODS, Infocubes, queries
– Review Intersystem communication
– Review performance metrics across OS / DBASE /
Application
– Perform system and sizing assessment
– Review portal integration, if applicable
– Capture gaps and issues and provide risk/impact
assessment
– Develop assessment document and make
recommendations
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Strategic Roadmap
• Based on the Business and Technical Activities,
MyITgroup will conduct an interactive strategy session
in review of our findings and develop a BW/SEM road
map that can be used by the client.
• Strategic Road Map key activities:
– Strategic roadmap for implementing proposed
solution(s), including scope and a prioritized plan
– Proposed reporting architecture
– Milestone plan for tool or data migration
– Technical scope of proposed component
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Project Management
• The goal of the project management session is to
focus on how to run a successful BW implementation
project.
• MyITgroup will discuss the overall objectives and
scope of the BW /SEM implementation and review the
overall implementation approach. Based on this
understanding, we will validate the template project
plan and highlight all key activities that are required to
meet internal objectives.
• The goal is to ensure that our clients are provided a
project template plan that reflects all the key activities
that are required to perform a successful
implementation.
• As part of this effort, we will also discuss all known
issue and risks and document to ensure these are
managed to.
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Project Management
• Project Management Key Activities:
– Review template plan and highlight key activities
associated with client initiatives
– Provide risk/impact assessment for the project
– Quality Assurance/Validation of project
implementation meets established functional and
technical requirements
– Best Practices discussions around project
management of a BW implementation
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Fast Track Timeline
• MyITgroup usually provides assessment
services within a single week period.
Days
Client Name
Activities
BW Overview
Business Assesment
Project Manament
Strategic Planning
Technical Assessment
Presenation of Findings
Consulting Resources
BW Director
BW Tech Lead
Total Hours
1
2
3
4
5
1
8
8
16
2
8
8
16
3
8
8
16
4
8
8
16
5
8
8
16
Total Hours
40
40
80
Note: The actual duration will depend on which area the
client wants to focus on and the deliverables required.
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Fast Track cost
• MyITgroup goal is to provide and assessment that is
tailored to your specific needs. Most assessment
are carried out between 4-7 days of both on site and
offsite activities.
• Fast Track cost are typically between the following:
– $12,000 to $20,000 + Expenses
– Assessment as detailed in this document:
• $17,500 + Expenses
NOTE: Actual fee will be determined based on
client assessment requirements and
deliverables being requested. Assessment
Range $6,000 - $30,000
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Why take the Fast Track?
• Ensure the system architecture of the BW
implementation is optimized to take full advantage of
the power of BW and standard SAP tools
• Ensure you implement high value improvements to
enhance current system performance as well as to
allow for future system growth both in size and
functional content
• Ensure smooth integration of future content within
BW system and NetWeaver adoption program (ESA /
EP / XI)
• Validate your implementation approach against “bestin-class” implementations.
• Ensure the proper foundation to support future BW
initiatives.
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Client Requirement
• We recommend a small core team of 2
individuals that are assigned full-time to the
assessment from the client side
• We also recommend that key SME’s and
technical resources be available part time to
support the assessment over the 5 day
period.
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Summary
MyITgroup will bring highly qualified resources
to this project who have successfully completed
assessments for our other clients.
Our project management team brings years of
SAP implementation experience to the team to
ensure all aspects of this initiative are carried
out on time and within budget.
With this experience in mind, we believe that
MyITgroup is uniquely positioned to assist you in
achieving a successful and cost-effective
authorization project.
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Pre Assessment Questions
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Questions before on site visit
If client has BW already installed
1) How many environments do you have today (sandbox, dev, test, prod, other)
1b) What is your hardware platform (OS, Server sizes in RAM and processors)
1c) What is your disk strategy (type, RAID-5/S, volume, hot swappable, disaster recovery and
backup)
1d) how many application servers do you use in production environment today
1e) What is the expected growth in data volume in 1 yr/3yr/5yr ("guesstimate")
2) How many users are there (power, casual, executives)
2b) What are their respective interfaces (Bex, web template, cockpit, other)
2c) What is the expected growth in number of users 1yr/3yr/5yr
2d) What do the users like the most of the current reporting system
2e) What do the users like the least of the current reporting system
2f) Are there, or will there be, any "competing" reporting systems in addition to BW
3) How many data stores do you have and what are their names and purpose (ODS,
Infocubes)
3a) How many process chains do you have (daily/weekly/monthly/other)
4) What was the primary driver to implement BW
4b) What is the current primary driver for BW
4c) Who is sponsoring the effort
4d) What is the perceived largest risk of the BW effort
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