Cultural patterns and corporate success02/04/2009 by Michael Loebbert
A Gallup poll from last year in German companies shows: 67 percent of employees make work to rule. Cause was the lack of leadership culture, of real self-evident characteristics such as esteem, respect, personal development opportunity and involvement in decisions. The damage to the economy because of the lack of innovation and frustration of [...]
How Tool-based SAP Change Control Helps SAP Customers01/29/2009 by Peter Helfenstein
HP PPM in combination with beteo’s SAP Change Control Current Practice can help SAP customers to reduce cost and risk the SAP change process.
This article summarizes the potential benefits, challenges and approaches of implementing a SAP change control solution based on HP PPM and beteo SAP Change Control Current Practice as well as illustrates a [...]
Integrating Jira and HP Quality Center01/21/2009 by Ruben Meier
Testing departments use HP Quality Center (QC) for quality management and testing activities. Besides managing test requirements, it also helps them to compile test plans, and to conduct and monitor testing. In addition, Quality Center gives them a way to manage all defect tracking.
However, developers often work with their own tools to manage bugs and [...]
SAP Consolidation – a Challenge to Further Development?01/09/2009 by Dieter Steiger
In a highly interesting and descriptive blog posting on the SAP Community Network, Tao Zhang, who works for Benteler Group, discusses the SAP consolidation process. His article focuses on the challenges and potential benefits, approaching the issue from the company’s perspective.
New Challenges
As I see it, the biggest challenges facing SAP system environment consolidation projects in [...]
beteo Successfully Assists SBB in Implementing HP Quality Center12/10/2008 by Peter Helfenstein
Test factory based on HP Quality Center is available for all SBB projects
When it came to the complex and systematic implementation of the software quality management program, SBB called upon the Swiss Application Lifecycle Management consulting company beteo. SBB is utilizing HP Quality Center in its test environment, where standardized test procedures and consistent test [...]
SAP Upgrade Analysis – Procedures and Results11/25/2008 by Fritz Mosonyi
In reply to numerous inquiries, I would like to take the opportunity to describe, in greater detail, the SAP Upgrade analysis using IntelliCorp LiveCompare.
Analysis Procedure
We usually establish an upgrade analysis as a small-scale project in which the customer receives specific, clearly defined reports. The typical project has a duration of under two weeks, while the [...]
Transport Management – SAP CTS+ will hardly straighten it out11/24/2008 by Dieter Steiger
In my article on SAP Change and Transport Management, I discuss the topic of “measures that ensure horizontal and vertical consistency.” After attending the TechEd Berlin 2008, it appears that SAP and its Enhanced Change and Transport System CTS+ remain unwilling to accept this challenge but instead prefer to leave it up to customers and [...]
SAP Business Process Change Analyzer – Does It Analyze Business Processes?11/18/2008 by Dieter Steiger
Accompanied by considerable fanfare, SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker introduced an SAP Solution Manager module called the SAP Business Process Change Analyzer (SAP BPCA) at this year’s TechEd in Berlin. So, what’s behind it? Can the Business Process Change Analyzer fulfill the expectations that its name suggests?
The fact that SAP has even introduced the BPCA seems [...]
SAP Solution Manager – Does It Manage SAP Solutions?11/17/2008 by Dieter Steiger
I was fortunate to attend various presentations on the topic of SAP’s solution management at SAP TechEd 2008 Berlin.
My expectations regarding SAP solution management would be that SAP could finally take on the task of solution management for specific customer implementation scenarios, and that it would do so in a comprehensive manner. Sadly, this has [...]
SAP Usage Analysis with IntelliCorp LiveCompare10/24/2008 by Fritz Mosonyi
Which processes run in a SAP system? What components are used most frequently? Which custom programs are used? How is usage distributed in departments or in the enterprise? Which outside systems have access to the system?
These are only some of the questions asked by IT managers every day. They arise from different requirements.
For example, there [...]