Program Management 
Purpose
On the one hand, the market demands the development and production of new products in ever shorter times. On the other hand,
companies
are forced to reduce the costs for the development of new products by the growing pressure of competition.
Therefore, a process for research and development projects that is both chronologically and organizationally perfect gains more importance
. The project system optimizes the business processes from project planning through to carrying out the project and enables a project progress analysis. You can plan, carry out and control projects in a target-orientated and a business fashion.
Features
PLM offers you the functions with which you can achieve the following aims:
- The project system is coordinated with the accounting, sales and distribution, materials management, production planning and control as well as the plant maintenance applications.
- With the project system, you can precisely define the aims of the project and structure the project activities to be carried out exactly.
For example, you define the following operative structures:
- Project definition, which describes the plans that are to be carried out in the project
- Work breakdown structure (WBS), with which you hierarchically maintain the project activities to be fulfilled. You enter the work effort, time required and the scope of the cost for the project and assign the budget.
- The Project Builder is the central tool for the project manager. It is used to create and control the project. Graphical viewers give a quick overview of the project status. For example, you can graphically display the project plans or you can also display the original files from the documents and if necessary create comments and notes (Redlining functions).
- The project system also has special functions with which you react to deviations from the project plan that, for example, occurred due to delivery problems, price fluctuations or unforeseeable capacity constraints. You organize these processes with Claim Management.
The following graphic shows a project that is processed in the Project Builder.
Documentation
Complete documentation on the project system can be found in the SAP library in the following document:
Document |
In the SAP library, call up: |
Project system |
Logistics ® Project System |