SAP Portfolio and Project Management

Instead of using Microsoft Project Management tools, we thought of utilizing the SAP Solution Manager ITPPM feature that enables Project managers to create projects, define project plans, create milestones, mitigate issues & risks during the project, assign resources to the corresponding project and manage the time efforts of the resources.

SAP Project and Portfolio Management is well suited in the area of Project Management. It gives the option to create projects from standard templates and makes it easier for the Project manager to modify based on the need. The project Manager shall be able to create a detailed project plan with timelines, Milestones, and delivery dates. Every phase of the project is controlled by a status mechanism, thereby ensuring the tracking of the project's progress.

We used SAP Portfolio and Project Management to keep track of some product development projects as well as keep track of projects for customers. At the core, it is meant to track everything, from project calendars and charts to budgets, to the status of stages. Essentially an all-in-one solution for knowing what is what and when things will be expected.

Most likely you would have this tool if working at a giant enterprise, issue is that there are startup saas offerings that have extra automation, sensical UI, and more streamlined needs comparatively speaking. The issue usually comes that large corporations are extremely slow with adopting better technology and replacing toolsets.

We use this software to manage employee information and project information. IT houses all necessary documents, approvals, and other various business-related paperwork. It also is used to book employee travel (flight, hotel, car) and submit travel for approval. It sends travel for approval to a few different parties before booking.

It gets the job done, but it is not easy to use in my opinion. There are almost too many functions to the point where you (at least I) don't feel like I have a firm understanding of them all. I feel that we really need an expert to train us on everything to make sure you're getting everything out of the system.

SAP Portfolio and Project Management is used across the whole organization. As we are using SAP ERP system for all our logistic and finance related transactions, we used SAP Portfolio and Project Management for handling all existing and new projects across the organization. This is quiet well integrated for SAP environment.

Once SAP Portfolio and Project Management is configured then it is easy to use. Initial configuration and enabling additional features is time consuming. The best advantage of this software is that it allows us to manage multiple projects and multiple teams at same time. File uploads and download is very easy. KPI and status report can present with live data. Scheduling meeting and recording is not that great with this software.