Introducing Project Control

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain the purpose of Project Control

Project Control

Project Control: Part of SAP S/4HANA R&D Engineering

As your company plans to implement SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud edition, you want to learn about more about the SAP S/4HANA Project Control solution.

SAP S/4HANA Project Control enables you to manage enterprise projects throughout the entire lifecycle from project initiation, planning and execution to tracking and closure.

The following video explains how Project Control, part of SAP R&D Engineering, can help you manage project timelines,plan project costs, manage project budget and monitor project progress.

To summarize, Project Control provides the following capabilities to manage enterprise projects and their work breakdown structures:

  • Project Management enables you to monitor enterprise projects and to steer them through your company’s organization.

  • Project Financials Control enables you to manage project progress and costs effectively within specified budget.

  • Project Logistics Control enables you to optimize project efficiency and deliver high quality projects on time and within scope.

Note

Be aware of the following: In this training, we cover only Project Finance Control and Projects Logistics Control.

Exercises

This course provides exercises to further enhance your knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Could Public Edition and its functionality and to experience the Project Control processes first hand.

These exercises are available, when you select the Hands-on Practice link, which is available at the beginning of this learning journey.

The exercises are based on test scripts for the various solution processes, which can be found online using the SAP Signavio Process Navigator. To access the SAP Signavio Process Navigator:

  • Use the link: https://me.sap.com/processnavigator. You may need to log in or create an account of you have not already done so.
  • Choose Solution Process
  • You can now see a list of all available solution processes.

You can filter them with:

  • Solution Scenarios: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
  • Solution Scenario Version
  • Capability: R&D Engineering (or sub-items)

System Videos

If you do not have access to the practice system and want to have an impression of the processes, "How to" videos are available at the end of each lesson. These give you a good impression of the process steps that have been carried out.

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