The customer plans development projects (product development) with an application that is based on SAP BW Integrated Planning (IP). The data model is completely revised as part of the project – the planning application itself is converted from Lumira to Analysis for Office.
Supplement
The customer is using a model in which planning is carried out in phases (usually several months or years per phase). The data model is completely revised to allow monthly and annual planning in all project phases. This affects the majority of InfoProviders (real-time cubes, InfoCubes), transformations, classes, methods, aggregation levels, queries, programs, and planning functions. In the frontend, the application is converted from Lumira to Analysis for Office. This should improve the usability and performance of the application.
Subject description
The enhanced planning application allows the planning of costs and capacities for development projects. The planning itself takes place technically on the WBS elements of the respective projects. The project costs are planned in iterations per month and converted into the local currency and group currency, taking into account several parameters (iteration durations, hourly rates, cost elements, cost centers, and so on). With the extension of the data model, the customer will also be able to use rolling planning in the future. The accuracy of the planned project costs is also to be increased.