SAP WM Blueprint [Analysis & Requirements Gathering]
- Oversee the execution, quality and progress of business requirements gathering phase. Work with the delivery lead and project managers to track deliverable completion as planned.
- Review BPD (Business Process Requirements & Design or BPRD) documents for quality and ensure that business team leads and SME(s) have signed off on all BPD documents.
- Review overall fit gap analysis and RICEF inventory.
- Oversight to change control board meetings throughout the duration of project and advice (also approve or decline) any change requests based on best practices together with leadership alignment. Avoid excessive change requests that may present risk to project delivery and budget.
- Ensure that all sign-off and deliverable approval procedures are followed throughout the project organization.
- Verify setup and project readiness of SAP Solution Manager
SAP WM Realization [ Design / Build / Test]
- Review workplans for all streams PMO, OCM, business teams, integration, legacy, business intelligence, systems architecture / IT infrastructure, RICEFW development and implementation.
- Interview all vendor (SI), external and new hire resources for the project. Define evaluation procedures and selection matrix for other individual team resource selection which may be delegated to team leads. Oversee and adjust project teams based on individual, team or project performance.
- Review overall solution design and application architecture.
- Review selected functional and technical design documents to ensure high quality. This documents should include configuration rationale, RICEFW (or FRICE) specifications, architecture diagrams, etc.
- Ensure best practices are followed in UI designs, ABAP coding standards, application architecture, SOA enablement, etc.
- Review project estimations, progress matrix, issue/risks management and other processes managed by the PMO. Ensure that PMO and delivery leaders are managing well to resolve any project level risks / issues and maintaining progress as per plan.
- Conduct random spot check of system implementation in development and QA SAP environments. Spot checks may include but not limited to code review, IMG setup, transport requests review (may include CHARM), Solution Manager setup, etc.
- Review unit test, product test, integration and assembly test progress. Ensure proper testing and solution / build approval procedures are followed by business and IT teams.
- Review transport strategy, business migration strategy, disaster recovery/ business continuity strategy and training plan
- Verify configuration and usage of SAP Solution Manager
SAP WM Deployment & Go-Live
- Oversee all systems deployment and business migration activities
- Ensure speedy resolution to issues in production system
- Oversee and advise on any cut-over challenges
- Ensure smooth operation of “Center of Excellence” and production support teams
- Oversee smooth transition of the SAP system to business users