This book is the comprehensive guide to the building, development and operation of a SAP Customer Competence Center. The standard reference on SAP CCC, it brings together strategic advice, pragmatic instructions, real-life examples and best practices. Each area of SAP CCC - from developing and establishing an SAP CCC strategy to creating and enabling employees - is addressed in the order it would appear in a project. In addition, the book gives definite advice regarding the operation of a CCC. Numerous examples based on the authors' project experiences bring these concepts to life.

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Boris Otto is a Senior Business Consultant at SAP Business Consulting EMEA where he is in charge of the portal competence team. He has several years experience in program management for SAP EP implementations and rollouts for major German companies.

1 ... Introduction ... 13 ... 1.1 ... Goals of this Book ... 13 ... 1.2 ... Target Group ... 13 ... 1.3 ... Structure of the Book ... 14 ... 1.4 ... Terminology Used ... 15 ... 1.5 ... Acknowledgements ... 16 2 ... An Overview of SAP CCC ... 17 ... 2.1 ... Driving Forces ... 17 ... 2.2 ... Tasks ... 18 ... 2.3 ... Fields of Activity ... 19 ... 2.4 ... Success Factors ... 21 ... 2.5 ... Real-Life Priorities ... 21 3 ... Developing SAP CCC Strategies ... 23 ... 3.1 ... Motivation ... 23 ... 3.2 ... Mission Statement and Vision ... 24 ... 3.3 ... Derivation from Business and IT Strategy ... 26 ... 3.4 ... Strategy Components ... 28 ... 3.5 ... Management System ... 32 ... 3.6 ... Roadmap ... 34 ... 3.7 ... Benefit Contribution ... 34 ... 3.8 ... Summary ... 35 4 ... Governance for SAP CCC ... 37 ... 4.1 ... Goals and Tasks ... 37 ... 4.2 ... Functions of SAP CCC ... 38 ... 4.3 ... Role Model ... 39 ... 4.4 ... Assigning Responsibilities ... 44 ... 4.5 ... Alternative Organizational Structures ... 47 ... 4.6 ... Make-or-Buy Decisions ... 50 ... 4.7 ... Risk Management ... 51 ... 4.8 ... Standard Documents ... 54 ... 4.9 ... Summary ... 58 5 ... Processes of SAP CCC ... 59 ... 5.1 ... Process Model ... 59 ... 5.2 ... Process Standards for SAP Application Operation ... 67 ... 5.3 ... Service Level Management ... 69 ... 5.4 ... Service Desk and Incident Management ... 72 ... 5.5 ... Information Management ... 79 ... 5.6 ... Contract Management ... 83 ... 5.7 ... Coordination of Development Requests and Change Management ... 84 ... 5.8 ... Procedure for Developing the Process Model ... 88 ... 5.9 ... Summary ... 92 6 ... Architecture Management and SAP Solution Manager ... 93 ... 6.1 ... Architecture Management ... 93 ... 6.2 ... Architecture Standards ... 96 ... 6.3 ... SAP Solution Manager ... 98 ... 6.4 ... Implementation of SAP Solution Manager ... 104 ... 6.5 ... Value Assessment for SAP Solution Manager ... 104 ... 6.6 ... Summary ... 106 7 ... Competences and Qualification for the CCC Organization ... 107 ... 7.1 ... Key Qualifications ... 107 ... 7.2 ... Qualification ... 110 ... 7.3 ... SAP Learning Solution ... 113 ... 7.4 ... Summary ... 116 8 ... Procedure for Establishing SAP CCC ... 117 ... 8.1 ... CCC Maturity Degree ... 117 ... 8.2 ... Developing the Roadmap ... 120 ... 8.3 ... Organizational Change Management ... 122 ... 8.4 ... Summary ... 124 9 ... SAP Services for the CCC Organization ... 125 ... 9.1 ... CCC Community ... 125 ... 9.2 ... SAP CCC Service Portfolio ... 126 ... 9.3 ... CCC Certification Program ... 130 ... 9.4 ... Summary ... 132 10 ... Outlook ... 133 A ... Roles ... 139 ... A.1 ... Business Area: User ... 139 ... A.2 ... Business Area: Key User ... 139 ... A.3 ... Business Area: Business Process Champion (Business Domain Owner, Business Process Expert ... 140 ... A.4 ... IT: Service Desk Agent ... 141 ... A.5 ... IT: Application Management Expert ... 143 ... A.6 ... IT: Business Process Expert ... 144 ... A.7 ... IT: Interface/Integration Expert ... 145 ... A.8 ... IT: Technology Expert ... 146 ... A.9 ... IT: Technical Administrator ... 146 ... A.10 ... IT: Development Expert ... 148 ... A.11 ... Enterprise SOA: Enterprise Service Developer ... 150 ... A.12 ... Enterprise SOA: Enterprise Service Tester ... 151 ... ...