Tuesday, July 24, 2007

SAP ABAP Project: Team, Roles & Tools

Remote development for SAP ABAP Project: Team, Roles & Tools

More and more projects are executed for ABAP developments and technical project managers are managing them well. One of the key activities is identifying and deciding the Roles and Responsibilities of the team members.

Key project team players for such projects are:
* Project Manager (Client)
* Business IT Analysts (Client)

* Onsite Coordinator (Service Provider)
* Project Manager (Service Provider)
* Module Lead (Service Provider)
* Developers (Service Provider)


**It is important for service providers to identify the reviewers, of the deliverables.

SAP Project is different than other application development projects. SAP has wide in-built functionality and is not easy for Technical developers / ABAPers. It is important to identify the resources that are trained and can perform good validation testing.

In general the person who is working as onsite coordinator is close to the end user group; this gives him a chance to identify the real test scenarios and is a good candidate to perform the validation for developments, for functional requirements. If test procedure and data is provided by the client; it will resolve most of the trouble areas.

Reviewers must check all the coding conventions and standards along with the business requirement being mapped in the code. Service provider can automate many of these activities using code inspector and other tools. But a strong process activity at this step will enhance the quality of delivery.

When teams are working across the shores the communications must be seam less, instant messengers and desktop sharing are very good tools for facilitating these projects. VoIP is now a days adding real value to project execution.




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