When businesses try to use SAP for project management, most end up customizing the application to such an extent that it is not cost effective, and it precludes efficient software upgrades. In addition, they still end up using third-party applications and tools to do everything that they need to do.
Overall, you should try to find a comprehensive project business application that integrates with SAP.
In the Diagram below, SAP runs your company financials. What runs your projects?
We don’t manage our customer relationships or company financials in spreadsheets anymore. Why should projects be any different?
When something matters to your business, you need a business system.
Just like SAP organizes your company’s finances, Project Business Automation (PBA) organizes your company’s projects.
Control and streamline all your project business processes throughout the project lifecycle in one system.
There are many reasons why SAP does not make a good project management solution. Here are a few in summary.
1. SAP is an ERP, not a Project Management Application
SAP is a complex transactional business system originally built to accommodate repeatable business processes. It was not built with projects in mind. As such, it does not support everything required for good project management.
2. Expensive Implementation and Customization
SAP is one of the most expensive ERP implementations. To add on to your ERP solution with another SAP application may not be the most efficient way to support your project needs.
3. No Project Business Support
SAP PPM and SAP Project System are designed mostly to address the traditional project management and scheduling needs. It does not have project costing, EAC, earned value or have a CBS and more to support your project business requirements.
Given these reasons, it is prudent to look for a project business system that supports what you need yet fully integrates with your SAP ERP.
Project Management Applications that Integrate with SAP
If projects are an important part of your business, then you are conducting project business. That means you need a project business system. Project Business Automation is one such application.
How to bring order to your project business
Project Business Automation (PBA) is the first vertically integrated business system for projects designed to provide the financial and operational tools, controls, and insight that you need. PBA is built from the ground up for the enterprise to reduce complexity and seamlessly connect all your project business processes in one system.
Connect your project business management to SAP
Adeaca PBA integrates with SAP. PBA consolidates your project processes and data and then exchanges essential information with your SAP ERP. You will be able to go well beyond what SAP can offer natively, yet still provide the business the information it needs operate efficiently in SAP.
Project Business Automation (PBA) is a business process management software designed for project-driven business that integrates all core project business processes into one, end-to-end system. PBA is now recognized by Forrester as the next category of software solutions for project-driven organizations.
PBA provides an integrated and continuously updated view of core project business processes normally managed in disparate applications. These core processes can be categorized in 3 main functional areas:
Project Financials and Accounting
Project Management and Operations
Project Insight and Analytics
The key point about PBA is that all these areas are integrated in one system, providing real-time data streams that facilitate the acceleration and automation of processes that is not possible when managed in separate applications.
EcoSys by Hexagon is a comprehensive Enterprise Project Performance (EPP) platform designed to provide control, efficiency, and profitability of projects.
Kantata is a cloud-based Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution specifically designed for agencies, professional services organizations, and consultants.
