Project Builder in SAP Project System—Practical Guide

Kieron Dowling (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

343 Seiten

2015
SAP Press (Verlag)
978-1-4932-1209-5 (ISBN)

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If you're using SAP Project System (SAP PS) to juggle your project management tasks, Project Builder is your best friend, and this book is your best resource. Follow along with instructions and screenshots that show you how to create, edit, and manage your project data. Explore Project Builder's graphical maintenance tools like the Planning Board and cost planning functionalities like the Easy Cost Planning module. Learn everything you need to coordinate and execute your next project! 1. User Friendly: Whether you're a project coordinator, manager, or planner, discover how to reap the benefits of Project Builder and navigate its planning tools through detailed screenshots and step-by-step instructions. 2. Project Creation and Maintenance: Whether it is templates, spreadsheets, or from scratch, explore the various ways in which a project can be created or moved around a structure. Then, see how to maintain project and WBS fields. 3. Specialized Functions: Learn how to implement special functions like mass change, or work with simulations to create 'what-if', scenarios. Highlights:

Project maintenance
Network headers and activities
WBS elements
Scheduling
Planning Board
Easy Cost Planning
Sales pricing
Mass change
Configuration and troubleshooting
Simulations
Rules

Kieron Dowling is an SAP Project Systems consultant at CNPC International, and an award-winning software designer. He has more than 20 years of experience working with SAP and training users on Project Builder. Kieron has written a number of titles including SAP Project System Handbook (Essential Skills), published in 2008 by McGraw Hill, in addition to other self-publications.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Project Builder Basics
Symbols
Primary Screen
User-Specific Options
Working Areas
Navigation Methods
Summary
Creating Projects and WBS Elements
Creating a Project from Scratch
Creating a Project by Copy
Adding WBS in Overview
Maintaining Objects in Overview
Maintaining a WBS in Hierarchy Graphic View
Adding a WBS in Structure Overview
Adding Objects to a WBS
Changing the WBS Level
Maintain Project Definition Fields
Maintaining WBS Fields
Summary
Creating and Maintaining Networks
Network Header
Network Activities
Network Relationships in the Overview
Summary
Communication via Attachments and Additional Notes
Accessing the Services for Object Menu
Creating Attachments
Creating Notes
Creating URL References
Attachment List
Private Note
Send Object with Note
Summary
Preparing Cost Plans with Easy Cost Planning
Planning Costs with Easy Cost Planning
Execution Services with Easy Cost Planning
Summary
Sales Pricing
Sales Pricing Prerequisites
Generating Sales Documents
Using DIP Profiles in Sales Pricing
Summary
Using Specialized Functions
Mass Change
Simulations
Validations and Substitutions
Settlements
Summary
Using the Project Planning Board
Project Planning Board Icons
Project Planning Board Features
Project Planning Board Assistant Using the Gantt Chart
Timescale Assistant
Project Planning Board Options
Summary
Configuring Project Builder
Transaction Cross-Reference via Help
Tabs
User-Defined Fields
Field Selections (Unwanted Fields)
Validations
Summary
Troubleshooting Project Builder
Missing and Dependent Information
Authorization and Access Issues
Performance Issues
Posting Issues
Conclusion
Appendices
Additional Project Management Tools
The Author
Index

Reihe/Serie	SAP PRESS Englisch
Verlagsort	Maryland
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► SAP
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
Schlagworte	cost planning • Easy Cost Planner • network activity • Project Builder • project data • SAP • SAP Project System • Simulation • Substitution
ISBN-10	1-4932-1209-5 / 1493212095
ISBN-13	978-1-4932-1209-5 / 9781493212095
Zustand	Neuware