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SAP PPM Portfolio Analysis Dashboard A PPM Consulting Solution Public
SAP PPM Portfolio Analysis Dashboard
A PPM Consulting Solution Public
SAP PPM Portfolio Analysis Dashboard
A number of portfolio management process steps require in detail information to execute a reliable
comparison and prioritization of projects. Often the information needed are not composed in one single
view.
Based on the already used RPM Dashboard, this consulting solutions enables you to define views for the
comparison and prioritization of projects. Without enhancing the database tables, you can
dynamically add additional columns
dynamically fill these columns with information from different sources
dynamically execute calculations based on the dashboard data
SAP PPM Portfolio Analysis Dashboard
Our Service
An implementation-ready Solution
Implementation of the Solution
Documentation of the Solution
Optional Online Scoping Session and/or Presentation at Customer
How it works
The dynamically addable columns for the dashboard were customized in the backend. All additional
columns are based on so called scenarios. A scenario describes the source of the additional information
and how it is displayed in the dashboard. Each scenario can be customized for your specific needs.
We already implemented various scenarios:
Display of capacity data
Display of financial data
Calculation of open budget
Calculation of matrix position
Prioritization of items within a review based on a multi-level sort algorithm
Display of review dependent item data
Display of all data from the current decision point
A simple interface enables you to implement additional scenarios.
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How it works
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For example the first row defines an open budget simulation based on the mentioned ‘Calculation of open
budget’ scenario. The parameters of this simulation defines which project field contains the required budget,
which bucket field provides the available budget and so on.
Customize additional fields
Administrator
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How it works
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As a result of the customizing you get additional fields for your Dashboard.
Therefore no enhancement of the database tables is required.
Build up your dashboard view
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How it works
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After you have inserted the additional field into your dashboard view, the corresponding column shows the
information delivered by the scenario. The example shows an open budget calculation based on a given overall
budget on bucket level and the estimated budget of each project. Some scenarios also visualize the results.
Use the view for daily reporting
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How it works
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The additional columns can also taken into account for the already known dashboard functionalities like
personalization, sorting, filtering and so on. Sorting and filtering is also considered by the calculations. As you can
notice, the open budget calculation is adjusted in time.
Simulate different opportunities
Example for prioritization
To give you a first impression how this consulting solution could
support your project comparison and prioritization, we would like to
give you a more complex scenario from the area of product
development.
The following dashboard views support you in the decision which lead
(opportunity) should be added to the list of active projects. Each view
uses the same sorting criteria for the prioritization.
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Example
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Example
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The second view reads the data from the financial planning on demand. This enables you to take for example the
revenue information of each project into account. (The example is based on the ‘Display of financial data ’ scenario.)
The first view shows you the result of your prioritization and visualizes the balance of your portfolio. By
distinguishing between active projects and opportunities, it gives you an idea how they would influence your
portfolio. (The example is based on the ‘Calculation of matrix position’ scenario.)
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Example
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The last view points out which projects can be done with the available resources. The scenario ‘Display of capacity
data’ is used to aggregate the data from the capacity planning, the ‘Calculation of open budget’ scenario calculates
which project can be handled and which budget is left.
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In addition ...
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To compare and prioritize projects, also the scheduling information is important. Therefore this consulting solution
includes the multi Gantt chart of cProjects into the RPM dashboard.
Technical Information
The consulting solution is implemented in ABAP and uses the Internet
Graphics Service (SAP IGS) for the visualization.
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Portfolio Analysis Dashboard Analytics and simulation results based on dashboard data
Based on the already used RPM Dashboard, this consulting solutions enables you to define views for the
comparison and prioritization of projects.
A number of portfolio management process steps require in detail
information to execute a reliable comparison and prioritization of projects.
Often the information needed are not composed in one single view.
The dynamically addable columns for the dashboard were customized in the backend.
A simple interface enables you to implement additional scenarios.
All additional columns are based on so called scenarios. A scenario describes the source of the additional information and how it is displayed in the dashboard. Each scenario can be customized for your specific needs.
scenario can be customized for your specific needs.
Dynamically add additional columns
Dynamically fill these columns with information from different sources
Dynamically execute calculations based on the dashboard data
Business Challenges
Key Features
Business Benefits
Availability, Technical Details
Available for SAP PPM 5.0, Delivery via transport
Based on Web Dynpro for ABAP. For the visualization the IGS is used.
Links, Pricing
Price: 18,000 Euro*
SAP Note: 1380374
SAP Service No.: 50109202, Enhancement Svcs for PPM
Contact: Tobias Gläser
Related Services
- Multi-Project Monitor
*Standard price for Germany. Pricing for other countries available on request.
Contact Information
Haoquan Jiang
SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG
Hasso-Plattner-Ring 7
69190 Walldorf, Germany
M +49 151 538 58813
SAP Portfolio and Project
Management Consulting
