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Project Preparation / Requirement Gathering Collect requirement thru interviews with Business teams /Core users / Informatio n Leaders . Study & analyze KPI 's (key figures) of Business process . Identify the measurement criteria's (Characteristics). Understand the Drill down requirements if any. Understand the Business process data flow if any . Identify the needs for data staging layers in BW (i.e need for ODS if any)Unders tand the system landscape . Prepare Final Requirements Documents in the form of Functional specifications c ontaining : Report Owners, Data flow , KPI s , measurement criteria s, Report format along with drilldown requirements . 2. Business Blueprint Check Business content against the requirements Check for appropriate Info Objects - Key figures & Characters Check for Info cubes / ODS Check for data sources & identify fields in source system Identify Master data document all the information in a file follow standard templates Prepare final solution Identify differences (Gaps) between Business Content & Functional specification. propose new solutions/Developments & changes if required at diffe rent levels such as Info Objects ,Info cube , Data source etc . Document the gap s & respective solutions proposed follow standard templates Design & Documentation Design the ERD & MDM diagrams for each cube & related objects Design the primary keys/data fields for intermediate Storage in ODS Design the Data flow charts right from data source up to Cube . Consider the performance parameters while designing data models Prepare High level / Low level design documents for each data model.--- follow s tandard templates Identify the Roles & Authorizations required and Document it follow standard tem plates final review of design with core BW users . Sign off the BBP documents 3. Realization Check & Apply Latest Patches/Packages ...in BW & R/3 systems. Activate/Build & enhance the cubes/ODS as per data model designs...maintain the version documents . Identify & activate Info objects / Master data info sources / attributes ,prepar e update rules Assign data sources .prepare transfer rules , prepare multi providers . prepare Info packages . perform the unit testing for data loads .both for master data & transaction data . develop & test the end user queries . Design the process chains ,schedule & test create authorizations / Roles assign to users ..and test Apply necessary patches & Notes if any . freeze & release the final objects to quality systems perform quality tests . Re design if required . (document changes, maintain versions)

4. Final Preparation Prepare the final check list of objects to be released .identify the dependencie s & sequence of release perform Go Live checks as recommended by SAP in production system keep up to date Patch Levels in Production system Test for production scenarios in a pre-production system which is a replica of p roduction system . Do not Encourage the changes at this stage . freeze the objects . 5 GO Live & Support keep up to date Patch Levels Release the objects to production system Run the set ups in R/3 source system & Initialize Loads in BW Schedule Batch jobs in R/3 system (Delta loads) schedule the process chains in BW . Performance tuning on going activity Enhancements - if any