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- Rollout 4.6B -

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ASAP 4.6B at a Glance

In general...

� No revolution, but evolution

� ASAP 4.6B English and German as one CD Set

� Available by Christmas 1999

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Contents

ASAP ASAP Installer Installer (10 min)(10 min)

Admin tool Admin tool + + LauncherLauncher (10 min)(10 min)

Implementation Implementation Assistant Assistant (40 min)(40 min)

Q&Q&Adb Adb + ML + DE + ML + DE (40 min)(40 min)

Issue db Issue db (5 min)(5 min)

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ASAP Installer

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ASAP Installer

Selecting a language starts off the installation wizard. We have selected English.

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ASAP Installer

Some details about the license agreement

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ASAP Installer

Be sure that all other applications are closed. ASAP recommends to shut down your anti-virus software during this process

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ASAP Installer

The installation wizard detects other ASAP installations and allows you to modify them or create a new project. We create a new one project

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ASAP Installer

We have selected to add a project and are now given the choice to run a local or network installation.

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ASAP Installer

Select the directory where you would like your ASAP installation

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ASAP Installer

The complete installation type will ONLY install the R/3 flavor. Select Custom to select another flavor.

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ASAP Installer

We selected custom and R/3, APO, B2B, and BW are possible options. CRM is available on a separate CD.

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ASAP Installer

Selecting R/3, defaults these components. Since we selected a network installation, the Concept Check Tool is not an option.

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ASAP Installer

You can keep the default directory or choose your own directory

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ASAP Installer

Select Install and you are ready to go!

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ASAP Installer

Within 4.6B, one could install multiple versions a roadmap flavors.

You must choose the Custom Installation option which will allow you to check more than one SAP flavor.

Let’s take a look at how it works!

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ASAP Installer

After you select custom installation, you will get the option to choose multiple SAP flavors (i.e. B2B and BW)

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ASAP Installer

Applicable options based on prior selections of Project types, flavors, and implementation type are displayed

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ASAP Installer

Access the installation instructions at any time!

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Contents

ASAP ASAP Installer Installer (10 min)(10 min)

Admin tool Admin tool + + LauncherLauncher (10 min)(10 min)

Implementation Implementation Assistant Assistant (40 min)(40 min)

Q&Q&Adb Adb + ML + DE + ML + DE (40 min)(40 min)

Issue db Issue db (5 min)(5 min)

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Start ASAP Application

First time that you launch any application (IA, Q&Adb or CCT) you will get the Start ASAP Application (via ASAP icons or by program menu).

Administration tool will be launched directly without opening the Start ASAP Application (via Admin icon or program menu)

If you have already an application open and try to open other application the Start ASAP Application won’t be called

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Administration Tool

The new Project Roles tab on the user maintenance in the Administration Tool enables you to:� Add a role or roles to the user account

� Remove a role or roles from the user account

� Create a new role

� Delete user project-specific roles (you cannot delete an ASAP default project role)

The allocation of roles as „resources“ in the Implementation Assistant is now possible, but will not be displayed until Rel. 4.6C.

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Administration Tool: 46A,SP1

New menu for all Administration tool functionality

New icons (edit, create, delete, copy save, cancel) have been added to the user maintenance section

New “Change Password” button

The progress of the Backup and Restore operations is now displayed as ‘Percent Complete’ and ‘Time Left’.

You can now select and copy the Details text for a selected project. This text cannot be modified, however.

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Contents

ASAP ASAP Installer Installer (10 min)(10 min)

Admin tool Admin tool + + LauncherLauncher (10 min)(10 min)

Implementation Implementation Assistant Assistant (40 min)(40 min)

Q&Q&Adb Adb + ML + DE + ML + DE (40 min)(40 min)

Issue db Issue db (5 min)(5 min)

Open issues Open issues / / Questions Questions (10 min)(10 min)

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Implementation Assistant

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� Conceptional Design

� New Tool Features

� Tool Features in Detail

Highlighted Topics

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Conceptional Design

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Implementation Assistant: Changes to User Interface

New icons (expand all, collapse all, hide windows (3 buttons)

New tab for subject areasCustomer links are shown in green

Status bar: Shows installed type, active flavor of roadmap, active view (if there was a change)

Scope and add structure items

WBS numbersturn on /off

Customer status

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New Tool Features

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What‘s New for 4.6B - Implementation Assistant

� Authorization Concept

� Multiple Roadmaps: � Installation of multiple roadmaps possible within one ASAP Project (english version

only!!), combination of different Roadmap flavors is possible

� Edit Roadmap/KC/BPPs structure items� Ability to “scope” and add new items to Roadmap/KC/BPPs structure

� Improved Print function� Print selected Roadmap topic with all subtopics

� Views� By roles; by roadmap flavor; by subject area; by scope; combination is possible

� Knowledge Corner� Restructured: 6 Subject Areas

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What‘s New for 4.6B - Implementation Assistant

� Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) number in the title of the Roadmap tasks can be turned on /off

� Customer status can be displayed; maintainence only on access level III possible

� Find � Find in Database: (Extra menu):

� Search for structure item titles

� Search for link titles

� Find in Files: Find tool (selection options in Option menu: help to specify search)

� Indexed search or full text search

� Limit search to file type

� Limit search to document type

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Tool Features in Detail

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Authorization Concept

• 3 Access Levels withdifferent authorizations

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New icons: previous/next , expand all, collapse all, refresh, Qadb, CCT, print, view, hide windows

Menu and Status bar

Status bar: Shows installed type, active flavor of roadmap, active view (if there was a change)

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Menu: File

Print:- choose between two printing options

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Menu: Edit (1)

Set structure items in/out of scope

for Roadmap, KC, BPPs- over menu or right mouse click

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Menu: Edit (2)

Add new structure item:

- Save new file as htm under topics

- Add structure item as previous, as next,as child

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Menu: Edit (3)

Add links to structure itemInsert link:- drag & drop of files

Insert internet link...- insert internet links over menu item

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Menu: Edit (4)

Edit attributes of structure item- possible for customer structure items only

Edit attributes of links:- possible for customer links only

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Menu: View

� More views available in addition to view by roles and subject areas (4.6A)

� By roadmap flavors...� Shows selected roadmap flavor; possible to combine different roadmap flavors

� By scope� Shows selected structure items only

� Possible to combine different views

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Menu: Extras

Alphabetical file list:

- moved in menu bar to EXTRAS- content depends on tab strip- selects title of files (SAP only)

Find Structure item...

Find Link...- search for items in database

- easiest and best way to locate structure item titles and link titles (SAP/Customer)

- search function depends on selected view

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Menu: Options

Options:- different items: turnon/off

- update find index:update of index files (SAP +customer files)

- find..:(selection option for findtool) - choose between indexed and full text search and limit search of file types,document types

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Knowledge Corner: restructured

Knowledge Corner:

- Restructured to 6 subject areas:

Cross SAP Implementation Topics , SAP Products Corner,Industry Corner,Country Corner, Service Corner,SAPNet Information Direct

- Add structure items, create links,internet links, set KC filter (scope selected KC topics)

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BPPS

Add structure items,create links, internetlinks, set BPP filter(scope selected KCtopics)

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The Find Tool

Advanced Find Tool:

- searches for keywords in files- find options in OPTION MENU:helps to limit search of file types, document types

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Contents

ASAP ASAP Installer Installer (10 min)(10 min)

Admin tool Admin tool + + LauncherLauncher (10 min)(10 min)

Implementation Implementation Assistant Assistant (40 min)(40 min)

Q&Q&Adb Adb + ML + DE + ML + DE (40 min)(40 min)

Issue db Issue db (5 min)(5 min)

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Q&Adb 4.6b at a Glance

� User role approach integrated in Q&Adb� Administration menu

� Define your project standards and customize Q&Adb� Project protect options (Locking scope and CIT) � Transfer Scope from Project Estimator

� Question editor (global flag was removed)� Copy other answers� Edit and print comments

� CI Template editor� Bullets, Fonts, Alignments� Copy/Paste, e.g. graphics� Consolidated Blueprint Layout

� Other User Interface improvements

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User Role Approach

� Identify and describe User Roles in SAP Reference structure

� Un-/Assign User Roles in the context of a business process

� Un-/Assign transactions to User Rolesin the context of a business process

� Create User Role Report

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User Role Approach

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Extended Adminstration Menu

� Predefine CITs� Rename sections, Edit comments� Reduce CIT sections

� Protect project � Scoping� Lock answering of CITs and questions� Disable edit question function

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Transfer Scope from PE/Scope Document

� Transfer Additional Scope Only is importing Scope information from a selected scope document� using the edited Sample document from IA� generated out of PE (SAP internal only)

� Option Set all Subitems to: In Scope is primarilydesign to decide if strucure items on Level 5 (Business Processes) are also set in scope

� Undo PE scope Settings will reset the Q&Adbto the scope right before importing PE scope

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Improved Question Editor

� Copy answers of related questions� Set status� Maintain comments (automatically

included in Business Blueprint)

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Improved CI Template Editor

� CI Template editor:� Bullets, Fonts, Alignments� Copy/Paste, e.g. graphics� Consolidated Blueprint

Layout

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Other User Interface Improvements

� Reports� Report option Structure level: selected structure items and subitems

are highlighted in bold

� Open / delete report from structure: (Delete is „buggy“ so far)

� Functional Spec/Development: Goto and display function

� Add transaction function is redesigned:� consistency check included, to ensure that Tcode is unique

� Inserting URLs, programs, ...

� Adding Project documentation: right mouse menu available but overall right mouse menu still not consistent

� Rename via slow mouse click (?)

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� Available from 4.0B and 4.5A/B to 4.6A Q&Adb structure but ...� ... only CIT content for SAP (original) structure items

� ... no questions at all

� ... no CIT content for copied and added structure items

� Upgrade tool 4.6A will be available via SAPNet

� Upgrade from 4.6A to 4.6B: 2 options� Functional upgrade only

� Functional and content upgrade

� Content upgrade includes all new structure items and questions

� Upgrade from 4.0 to 4.6B (!):

Q&Adb Upgrade

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� Status Maintenance for Structure items and Questions

4.6A, SP1: Status Management

� Status maintenance is related to ownership� Status report

� counts items on lowest level only� considers Master data and Business Processes� doesn‘t consider items with initial status

Not Yet Processed/Not Yet Answered

� Status Predefined could be used for� Industries� Global

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4.6A, SP1: Improved Report Options

� New select options� Project documentation

� CIT filter, only available for detailed reports� Print options

� Reference to dominant structure item:did not work correctly with 4.6A but is correctedwith 4.6B.

� Print status, was also corrected with 4.6B

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Q&Adb features designed for Global ASAP

� Create Global template� Assign Global attributes to structure items

� Attributes (global, harmonized, local, ...)� Template

� Other CI templates � Global specific Report options� TPML, TOSL, TDL

� Two additional columns (Global attributes, template)

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Create Global Template

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Big Picture - Global ASAP

� Create templates/versions in Administration menu

� Assign templates and global attribute at structure items

� Transfer Scope to R/3 and Import/Export per template (4.6C)

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Q&Adb - Development News 4.6C

Preliminary!

� New features � Issue tracking and documentation handling based on Solution Manager proposal

� Usability issues: Admin options, Category filters, right mouse menu, more icons, ...

� Questions

� Same editor as for CI Templates

� Improved “Edit Question“ mode

� Reporting: Attached documentation as hyperlink or include content in Blueprint

� Global

� Template-specific Scope transfer to Project IMG

� Template-specific Import/Export

� Protect structure items in local Q&Adb

� Value integration

� Incorporate Assessment db features

� KPIs as new TOP level: to assign on process level

� Solution Maps as additional “Knowledge Corner“(?) is included

� Backlog 4.6B: Undo, View Subordinates, ...

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Master Lists 4.6B at a Glance

� BPML � Link to: multiple documents for Test scenario

column and BPPs� Copy to subitems: X is copied upwards� EUPs: file needs to be saved in BPP folder� Renaming of column Related files to Project

documentation

� Other ML: no changes, AL is “hard to sell“

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Diagram Explorer 4.6B

� Visualization� no diagrams on Process level available but ...� EPC of Process Groups on Scenarío level

� Knowledge Map View� Access to SAP documentation� Step upwards� No additional log on (User/password) required

� DE 4.6B automatically replaces DE 4.6A

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Knowledge Map View

On Process Group Level

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Contents

ASAP ASAP Installer Installer (10 min)(10 min)

Admin tool Admin tool + + LauncherLauncher (10 min)(10 min)

Implementation Implementation Assistant Assistant (40 min)(40 min)

Q&Q&Adb Adb + ML + DE + ML + DE (40 min)(40 min)

Issue db Issue db (5 min)(5 min)

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Issues Database 4.6B

� Reporting� Layout of Issue Form has been improved� You can’t access generated issue reports from the Q&Adb. They

are only accessible directly in the Microsoft Explorer Folder.

� Assigning Issues

� When assigning a person responsible for an issue, use the “none” option if you don’t want to specify the persons in the fields Responsible 1 and Responsible 2. You can create a view oruse the filter properties to see how many issues are not assigned within your project.