Define Project Documentation

Use

The purpose of this task is to establish standards for project documentation. Although documentation can be time consuming, you need to maintain the results of project activities. When referencing project decisions, issue resolution, or configuration changes made, it is helpful to refer to the documentation of these decisions. The following types of documentation should be defined:

If SAP Services are used to optimize specific tasks in the implementation project, you receive analysis reports or deliverables from the service provider. These reports often contain proposals for system configuration, or other types of optimization. Make sure that all service reports are included in the project documentation to guarantee that it is complete.

The level of detail to be captured for each type of documentation must be defined.

 

Procedure

  1. Define standards – Business processes
    Use SAP Solution Manager to document the company’s business processes.
  2. Define standards – End user documentation
  3. Define standards – SAP configuration and customizing settings
    Document SAP System configuration settings as notes to the IMG configuration task. The following information should be recorded every time a change is made to the settings:
  1. Define standards – Project work papers and internal project documentation; SAP System design specifications
  1. Define standards – SAPNet - R/3 Frontend code corrections and Hot Packages
    Standards for applying SAP System code fixes from either the SAPNet - R/3 Frontend, or through SAP Hot Packages, should be documented.
  2. Define standards – Deliverables
    Document standards for deliverables.

Result

This procedure will result in project documentation standards.