Agile SAP: Introducing flexibility, transparency and speed to SAP implementations - Softcover

Sean Robson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849284458 ISBN 13: 9781849284455

Publisher: IT Governance Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This book presents the relatively new Agile approach to SAP, which has proven to be very successful in real-world projects, giving greatly improved implementations, reducing risks, and helping to bring projects in on schedule and within budget.

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About the Author

Sean Robson, MBA, PMP, CSM, has 14 years’ SAP experience in project management, portfolio management, team leadership, configuration and development. A Project Management Professional and Certified ScrumMaster, with wide consulting and industry experience, Sean has managed a wide variety of SAP project types and sizes. He has worked on projects in several industries throughout North America, including manufacturing, utilities, insurance, health care, aerospace and defense, and the public sector.

From the Back Cover

Deliver your projects on time and to budget!

The use of Agile methods to implement SAP is a relatively new approach and one that has proven to be very successful. Agile techniques can greatly improve your SAP implementations, reduce risks, and help you bring your projects in on schedule and within budget.

Many SAP projects use waterfall methodologies, but these often run into budgeting and scheduling problems. In this unique book, Sean Robson offers practical advice on the most effective way to see projects through from beginning to end. Basing his strategies on the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto, and drawing on his vast experience, he particularly focuses on the use of Scrum and Kanban and their suitability for certain types of projects, enabling you to select the most appropriate method for the task in hand.

As you read this book, you will learn how to build customer loyalty by delivering consistently high standards and offering greater flexibility and transparency. You will realize cost savings as you analyze your expenditure, reduce waste, and increase efficiencies in the delivery cycle. Effectiveness will increase as you promote greater inter-company collaboration and reduce the stress that so often accompanies large-scale projects. You will be able to eliminate unnecessary paperwork as you improve the clarity of requirements. Late projects, and those that exceed budget, will be a thing of the past!

About the author

Sean Robson MBA, PMP, CSM has 13 years' SAP experience in project management, portfolio management, team leadership, configuration, and development. He is a project management professional and certified Scrum Master with wide consulting and industry experience, and has managed large-scale projects worth up to $5M. He has experience with a wide variety of SAP functionality including Netweaver Portal, Netweaver Mobile 7.1, Customer Relationship Management, and various ERP Central Component modules.

Essential guidance on Agile approaches to SAP you won’t get elsewhere!

Edition details

• Publisher: IT Governance Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849284458
• ISBN 13: 9781849284455
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216