Annual Project Planning in SAP PS

[Former Member]

Hi PS gurus,

I have a client requirement of a Project planning cockpit where they will plan for future year projects. Client does not have PPM and this has to be designed within the scope of PS only.

Client normally makes a annual plan for the projects they are willing to do next year in paper and then they send the list to head office. Head office approves or rejects some/all the projects. Then next year they actually start the projects which were approved. So when they are planning they do not want to create actual project number.

Is there any option in standard PS module that such a requirement can be handled?

Please suggest.

Thanks,

Arnab

[Makal]

Hi Arnab,

You have posted it in wrong forum. You should have posted it SAP PS forum.

If you want to do planning in system, then it has to have a number. That's standard and there is no way of doing project cost estimation/ planning in system, without creating project.

You mentioned they are willing to do outside the system.

If you still want to do it in system, You can explore using simulation projects in PS. But remember, even simulation projects will have project code. Once the project gets approved, they can create operative project with simulation project.

You can create different coding mask for simulation and operative projects to differentiate.

Regards,

Amaresh Makal

[Former Member]

Hi Arnab,

If they do not want to create actual project number then how planning is possible in PS. It would be completely on paper work not possible in SAP PS.

Rofique

[Former Member]

Hi Rofiqul,

I was just thinking and trying to explore if this can be done in Investment management. Do you have any idea about this?

Thanks,

Arnab

[Former Member]

Cost planning in IM is completely different from PS. To plan the cost in IM you have to create a IM Program structure refer T-Code IM01, IM11,IM21. Then you can plan cost and allocate budget. This budget would be distributed to different different project using IM52 when require.

Rofique