Hi where to start

[Former Member]

Hi Folks,

like everybody says i am new so here i am another one new to this forum please help me guide how to start requirement gathering,iv researched a lot and Google it,but could not find an answer so thought its a better idea to ask my seniors,who always help everybody who is in need,

so here is the thing that its more like a roll over project which is for another country,

they want to use most of the customization which is already working in US,and the other country is going to use most of the things which are currently being used in US like doc types,pricing procedures, item cats schedule lines copy control but at the same time alot of things will be different like sales area, number ranges outputs and so on and but they have a separate business process,client is same, company is same.

i recently joined and do not have enough documentation available, as the system in US is working for last 15 years and they have a lot of changes after that they do not have anything like global template,

so give me some suggestions and ideas what should i do,where should i start.

Thanks in advance friends

[former_member182378]

sam,

If you need more assistance, then please list down (in detail) all the elements you need to configure.

We can suggest the related questions you have to ask (to your client).

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

T w,

thanks for being concerned actually now i am kind of going through the business requirements from Peru because thats the country where we are implementing,they just say that they have standard order,then they also have employee sales,export and so on,now i don't know how to figure out that what we are using in US for all these requirements of course i know about standard order and employee sales but rest seems difficult to me.then in Peru they have a legal requirement to use a preform document with special number range for the invoices given by government,now i do not know what should i do exactly and where should i start from,kind of confuse and don`t have time.

[former_member182378]

sam,

they want to use most of the customization which is already working in US,and the other country is going to use most of the things which are currently being used in US like doc types,pricing procedures, item cats schedule lines copy control but at the same time alot of things will be different like sales area, number ranges outputs and so on and but they have a separate business process,client is same, company is same.

First make a list of all the configurations the client would want you / your team to do (e.g. in an excel file)

Write down all the questions, information you want related to these configuration elements.

Discuss with the client and get clarity about what has to be done. Update the same in the list.

After getting the approval of the client (he approves the things stated in the list) start with the configuration.

[Lakshmipathi]

My approach would be

• first to know the Business Process (getting KT from either a senior resource or Business).  This is the first step wherever you go. 

• second - if you understand the business process to some extent, if not fully, this will help you a lot while studying the existing configuration / customization working for that US company code

• third - since you said the roll over is for other country and would be using the template of US company code, get clarifications from Business on legal issues like tax structure which would be different from country to country.

• if that is the case, then you cannot use the existing pricing procedure.  You need to go for new pricing procedure to meet the statutory regulations of the country where the roll over is going to take place.  Having said this, obviously, the output of statutory documents would vary if not other internal documents.  This means, you have to go with new enhancement

• next would be to list out interfaces and jobs that are running for US company code and check whether these interfaces are really required for the new company code.  It is not that just because some interface are there in US company code for 15 years, you need to take.  Of course, you should have some justification for this.

These are few tips you can take which comes to my mind as of now.

G. Lakshmipathi