Define System Configuration Standards

Use

The purpose of this task is to establish project standards for those performing system configuration updates and changes and to keep track of when these updates and changes are done. It is critical that the entire project team clearly understands how this process works, and that only a relatively small number of individuals be authorized to make changes to the SAP configuration. In addition, there are some dependencies in terms of client configuration and overall system landscape.

Procedure

  1. Determine which users are authorized to configure the system.
  2. Determine configuration procedures, for example, to use change requests from the SAP Correction and Transport System.
    Guidelines could be: Use one change request per process group.
  3. Document the use of SAP standard configuration settings
    For each type of configuration settings (general settings, organization settings, master data settings and transaction settings) you need to define and document the standards and for changing the standard configuration.
    Guidelines are:
  1. Define the procedure for communicating changes to already implemented configuration settings
    For example, how a project team member should document a change.

Result

Configuration standards

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