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Like most projects there are the great projects and then
there are the not-so-great projects.
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Like most projects the technology is most often not to blame
as it has worked successfully with a lot of the initiatives
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Like most projects it is normally one or all the triad
partners rushing to close the deal that creates a rush to start and end the
project without adequate professional planning
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Like most of the projects it is inadequate planning,
business benefit roadmap and with HANA it is all about treating HANA as just
another upgrade and/or migration
We have all thought
about the SAP HANA new installations or migrations. We have thought about how
it could have been done better, and in most cases either we have not raised our
opinions or been asked to keep them to ourselves.
So it all boils
down to methodology, standards and processes. All things owned by our bosses or
their bosses.
The first part is will our bosses make the
grade that they expect their subordinates to maintain? Do they practice what
they preach in a SAP HANA initiative? Do they make the grade?
The second part is will our SAP HANA migration project make the grade that will pass the BVA (Business Value Attainment) test? Do we practice proven best practice methodologies, or simply chug along treating HANA as still another upgrade or db migration.
So score your
own boss, your HANA project on a score of 100. The scale is 1-10, with 10 being the most positive score.
Be as objective and empirical as can, fill the truth as only you know.
2. DOES YOUR BOSS PASS THE GRADE
URL for scoring your boss as a success
criteria. Enter email for feedback
Does your boss…:
1) Take
ownership and accountability of their decisions
2) Fully
understand the strategic and tactical impact of their decisions?
3) Provides an environment
that makes you comfortable to express your hones feedback?
4) Builds a
clear skill-map with each individual to maintain a healthy task allocation
framework?
5) Exhibits
good grace when someone makes a genuine mistake
6) Starts every
initiative with a ‘Show me the business benefits’ approach
7) Behaves in
ways that continues to build your respect for them
8) Has a high
level of integrity and project knowledge to understand the strategic impact of every
decision
9) Allocates tasks
based on individual skills, strength and capabilities
10) Very
balanced both when providing positive and/or negative feedback
Fill the form. Tally
your scores. Reflect what the scores mean to you tactically and strategically. Perfection
is something we desire but rarely something that is attained. So a score around
70 is good news. If you become the boss these
can be your roadmap items and then you can score yourself again.
2. DOES YOUR HANA PROJECT PASS THE
GRADE
URL
for scoring your HANA Migration Project success criteria’s. Enter email for feedback
Does my
SAP HANA Migration Project…:
1) Start
with Optimizing the SAP Application for a 40% reduction in cost (TCO). Talk to partners
that have reduced TCO by over 40%
2) Build
global HANA Standards, processes, Architecture and modeling for the HANA
Platform prior to commencing migration
3) Consider
the data merge from Big-Data, IoT and SAP HANA as part of strategic planning.
4) Build
a clear roadmap of alternatives, HANA Hot, Warm and Cold deployment plans
5) Select
HW and SI partners based on a scientific process of Strategic and tactical
attributes
6) Clearly
understand that “what got you here will not get you there”. Here is defined by
under 30% success according to Gartner 2012 BI report.
7) Plan
for HANA as a strategic business solution and not just another technical
upgrade or migration
8) HANA
Migration TCO and ROI calculations have been undertaken based on scientific
data
9) Understand
that HANA costs can be decreased by over 40% with a little planning
10) Our
HANA Project is designed, architected and planned with business stakeholders
Fill the form. Tally
your scores. Reflect what the scores mean to your Project tactically and strategically.
Perfection is something we desire and in SAPHANA project they can be attained. So
a score around 70 is once again good news. If you become the owner of a SAPHANA migration
project these can be your roadmap check-items and then you can score yourself yet
again
Be Brave, Take ownership and sleep well
