40793309 Requirements Gathering Questions BW

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""""# %&he BW Pro'et Guidelines """""""" """"""""### (1) Pro'et Pre*aration + ,e-uirement Gathering """"""""## ($) Business Blue*rint """""""""""""""""""" (%) ,eali.ation """" """"""""""""""""""" /() 0inal Pre*aration """"""""""""""""""""## //) GO i2e 3 Su**ort """""""""##""""""""""## 45uestionnaire for Initial Business Blue*rint""""""""""""""""""""# 4

5uestion to 6e onsidered for !A&A SOU,C7S""""""""""""""""""# 8!ata In*ut ,e-uirement""""""""""""""""""""""""""""# 8

Authori.ation+,oles 5ueries""""""""""""""""""""""""""## 8Monitoring and &ra9ing Proess""""""""""""""""""""""""## : ,e*orting +Out6ound Interfaes""""""""""""""""""""""""" :

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The BW Project Guidelines Stages in BW *ro'et 1 Pro'et Pre*aration +,e-uirement Gathering $ Business Blue*rint % ,eali.ation ( 0inalPre*aration / GO i2e 3 Su**ort1) Project Preparation / Requirement Gathering

a) Collet re-uirement thru inter2ie@s @ith Business teams +Coreusers + Information eaders#

b) Study 3 analy.e PIs 9ey figures) of Business *roess#c) Identify the measurement riteriaDs Charateristis)#d) Understand the !rill do@n re-uirements if any#e) Understand the Business *roess data flo@ if any#) Identify the needs for data staging layers in BW – i#e# need for

O!S if any)g) Understand the system landsa*e#

Pre*are 0inal ,e-uirements !ouments in the form of 0untionalS*eifiations ontaining?

a) ,e*ort O@nersE6) !ata flo@ E) PIs ey Performane Indiators) Ed) Measurement riteriasEe) ,e*ort format along @ith drilldo@n re-uirements #

$) Business Blueprinta) Che9 Business ontent against the re-uirementsb) Che9 for a**ro*riate Info O6'ets F ey figures 3 Charatersc) Che9 for Info u6es + O!Sd) Che9 for data soures 3 identify fields in soure systeme) Identify Master data) !oument all the information in a file – follo@ standard tem*lates

Pre*are final solutiona) Identify differenes Ga*s) 6et@een Business Content 3

0untional s*eifiation#

6) Pro*ose ne@ solutions+!e2elo*ments 3 hanges if re-uired atdifferent le2els suh as Info O6'etsE Info u6eE !ata soureet#

) !oument the ga*s 3 res*eti2e solutions *ro*osed– follo@standard tem*lates



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!esign 3 !oumentationa) !esign the 7,! 3 M!M diagrams for eah u6e 3 related

o6'ets6) !esign the *rimary 9eys+data fields for intermediate Storage in

O!S) !esign the !ata flo@ harts right from data soure u* to Cu6e#d) Consider the *erformane *arameters @hile designing data

modelse) Pre*are igh le2el + o@ le2el design douments for eah data

model# FFF 0ollo@ standard tem*lates

Identify the ,oles 3 Authori.ations re-uired and !oument it –follo@ standard tem*lates final re2ie@ of design @ith ore BW users#Sign off the BBP douments

!) Reali"ationa) Che9 3 A**ly atest Pathes+Pa9ages ###in BW 3 ,+% systems#b) Ati2ate+Build 3 enhane the u6es+O!S as *er data model

designs###maintain the 2ersion douments#c) Identify 3 ati2ate Info o6'ets + Master data info soures +

attri6utesE *re*are u*date rulesd) Assign data soures #*re*are transfer rulesE *re*are multi

*ro2iders# Pre*are Info *a9ages#e) Perform the unit testing for data loads"#6oth for master data 3

transation data#) !e2elo* 3 test the end user -ueries#g) !esign the *roess hainsE shedule 3 testh) Create authori.ations + ,oles "assign to users###And testi) A**ly neessary *athes 3 Hotes if any#

j) 0ree.e 3 release the final o6'ets to -uality systems#) Perform -uality tests#l) ,eFdesign if re-uired# !oument hangesE maintain 2ersions)

() $inal Preparationa) Pre*are the final he9 list of o6'ets to 6e released #identify the

de*endenies 3 se-uene of releaseb) Perform Go i2e he9s as reommended 6y SAP in *rodution

systemc) ee* u* to date Path e2els in Prodution systemd) &est for *rodution senarios in a *reF*rodution system @hih is a

re*lia of *rodution system# !o not enourage the hanges atthis stage# 0ree.e the o6'ets#



/) G% &i'e ( upporta) ee* u* to date Path e2elsb) ,elease the o6'ets to *rodution systemc) ,un the set u*s in ,+% soure system 3 Initiali.e oads in BWd) Shedule Bath 'o6s in ,+% system !elta loads)e) Shedule the *roess hains in BW#) Performane tuning – on going ati2ityg) 7nhanements F if any

*uestionnaire or +nitial Business Blueprint,5) What is the urrent systems en2ironmentE @hih eists todayE in su**ortof the Planning ProessJ

- Please inlude all *rimary soure systems + interfaes urrently in use as@ell as any out6ound interfaes + systems @hih reei2e data from the*lanning Proess# - If systems doumentation eists *lease *ro2ide#

5) What hanges to the a6o2e *roess are e*eted as a result of theurrent im*lementation and+or other *ro'ets urrently under@ayJ

5) !oes the Com*any ha2e SAPFBW installed and if so @hih 2ersionJF 0or @hat *ur*ose is the BW urrently 6eing usedJ

5) Is there eisting ontent @ithin the Business WarehouseE @hih @ould*otentially 6e utili.ed in the Planning Proess i#e# Atual !ata + Master andMetaF!ata)J

5) If BW is urrently in *laeE @hat are the *rimary data soures for that

Master + &ransational data @hih @ill 6e utili.ed in the Planning ProessJ

5) Is the intent to de2elo* a glo6al tem*late for rollout aross theorgani.ationJ

5) What is the 9ey 6usiness 6enefits @hih it is e*eted theim*lementation @ill deli2erJ



5) What is the urrent organi.ational struture of the Business UnitsE in@hih *lanning is to 6e im*lementedJ

5) What are the 9ey harateristis or dimensions 6y @hih *lanning @ill 6e*erformedJ

5) A**roimately ho@ many harateristi 2alues @ould eist for eah ofthese 9ey dimensions+harateristis i#e# Hum6er of aountsE ostentersE *rodut masters et#)J

5) What is the soure for Master !ata and MetaF!ata i#e#ierarhies) for these harateristisJ 5) What is the *lanning *eriodannualE monthlyE @ee9ly et#)J

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5) o@ many different *lan+6udget 2ersions are reated 6y the Com*anyand @hat is the *ur*ose of eahJ*uestion to be considered or .T %0RC,5) What soure data is re-uired to su**ort the *lanning *roess i#e# Atualresults)J 5) Where this data @ould 6e souredJ 5) !oes an eistinginterfae urrently eist to etrat this information from the soure systemJ5) Can this data 6e o6tained 2ia the use of SAP BW !ata 7tration from,+%J .ata +nput Requirement, 5) o@ do users urrently in*ut + *roess*lan dataJ5) Are in*ut tem*lates+models a2aila6le for analysisJ5) o@ many different data in*ut tem*lates+models urrently eistJ5) What hanges to the in*ut *roess are e*etedJ5) Is W7B ena6led in*ut of data a re-uirementJ5) A**roimately ho@ many users urrently *ro2ide in*ut into the *lanning

*roessJ5) o@ many users are e*eted su6se-uent to introdution of the ne@systemJ

5) Where 7el tem*lates+models are urrently usedE @ould theintent 6e to integrate these models into the ore BPS funtionality oralternately to maintain the eisting 7el s*readsheets and lin9 toS7MFBPSJ

5) Are entrali.ed tem*lates to 6e de2elo*ed or @ill different users @ithinthe organi.ation re-uire the a6ility to reate their o@n 6usiness modelsloallyJ uthori"ation/Roles *ueries, 5) Is ontrol o2er aess to either*lan and + or re*orted data re-uiredJ5) By @hih harateristis does *lan aess need to 6e restrited#5) What are the *rimary roles @ithin the Planning ProessJ

O6tain a 6rief o2er2ie@ of funtions and any re-uired restritions onthe a6ility to either *lan and+or 2ie@ data#)

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2onitoring and Trac#ing Process 5) Is there a re-uirement to monitorthe urrent status of the Planning ProessJ5) !oes this monitoring inlude the re-uirement for *lan data to 6esu6mitted for re2ie@ and a**ro2al at different le2els @ithin theorgani.ationJ

5) If monitoring and a**ro2al is re-uired *lease define the urrentre2ie@ and a**ro2al *roessE additionally highlight any desiredhanges to this *roess# Reporting / %utbound +nteraces,

5) What Plan ,e*orts are generated todayJ5) What ne@ and or additional re*orts are desiredJ5) What is the urrent *roess for re*ort distri6utionJ5) Are there desired hanges to this *roessJ5) Is W7B Based ,e*orting ,e-uiredJ5) Are third Party ,e*orting Produts urrently utili.ed if so @hih onesJ

5) Is it e*eted that they @ill ontinue to 6e going for@ardJ5) Are Pu6lished 5uality ,e*orts re-uired I#7# ,e-uirement to utili.eCrystal)J5) Will ,e*orts + 5ueries 6e defined entrally or is the desire to allo@ endFusers full adFho -uery a*a6ilityJ

5) Are there any re-uirements to *ro2ide for Out6ound Interfaes*assing *lan data from BPS to other SystemsJ If so @hat data needsto 6e *assedE to @hih system and ho@ oftenJ

5) Is there a re-uirement to retrat the *lan data 6a9 to SAP ,+%J Is so@hat data needs to 6e *assed and to @hih modules @ithin ,+%J summar3 o abo'e listed questions,Ste* 1K Inter2ie@ Mode to get PIDs Ste* $K Con2ert PIDs to Basi ey0igures Ste* %K !efine eah Basi ey 0igure @ith Business O6'ets li9eMaterialE Customer# Ste* (K Cluster the ey 0igures 6ased on ommonBusiness O6'ets Ste* /K Con2ert this luster to Bu66le Model Ste* 4KCon2ert Bu66le Model to Star Shema Ste* 8K Star Shema to BW ModelSte* :K Com*are the Model @ith Business Content



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