Professionals who master SAP PS are in high demand within project-intensive industries like engineering, commercial construction, aerospace, and IT consulting. Completing this training prepares candidates for lucrative roles such as SAP PS Functional Consultant, Enterprise Project Controller, or ERP Project Manager.
Key skills and concepts covered throughout this course.
5 outcomes
Project Structuring: Building logical project hierarchies using Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Networks, Activities, and Milestones to organize tasks efficiently.
Cost Planning & Budgeting: Estimating overall project costs, assigning bottom-up or top-down budgets, and utilizing Availability Control to automatically flag budget overruns.
Resource & Material Planning: Allocating internal workforce capacities, managing external services, and leveraging Material Requirements Planning (MRP) for project-specific procurement.
Project Execution: Monitoring real-time project progress through network confirmations, tracking actual start/finish dates, and analyzing value and cost variances.
Period-End Closing: Defining complex settlement rules to accurately allocate accumulated project costs and revenues to relevant financial domains, such as cost centers or profitability segments.
Course Contents
Structures and Master Data
Basic Principles
Work Breakdown Structure
Network
Milestones
Documents
Status
Editing Functions
Tools for Optimized Master Data Maintenance
Versions
Archiving Project Structures
Planning Functions
Date Planning
Resource Planning
Material Planning
Planning Costs and Statistical Key Figures
Revenue Planning
Budget
Budgeting Functions in SAP Project System
Integration with Investment Management
Project Execution Processes
Actual Dates
Account Assignment of Documents
Confirmations
External Procurement of Services
Material Procurement and Delivery
Billing
Project Progress
Claim Management
Period-End Closing
Processing Types
Revaluation of Actual Prices
Overhead Rates
Template Allocations
Interest Calculation
Results Analysis
Project-Related Incoming Orders
Cost Forecast
Settlement
Reporting
Project Information System: Structures
Project Information Systems: Financials
Logistical Reports
Project Summarization
SAP HANA-Based Reporting Options
Integration Scenarios with Other Project Management Tools
Open PS for Microsoft Project
SAP Enterprise Project Connection
SAP Portfolio and Project Management
SAP Commercial Project Management
Before you begin
Course requirements
Review the recommended knowledge and tools before joining.
5 requirements
Background: Experience in Project Design, Project Planning, Project Budgeting
Qualifications: MBA Project Management, PMP, Project Planner, Project Executive
Experience Level: Recent graduates to experienced professionals
Key Markets: APAC, MENA, EMEA, and the US (All Regions)
Industries: Oil and Gas (Upstream, Midstream, Downstream), Manufacturing and Production, Distribution, Retail, Utilities, Defence