Currently I'm working in a SAP Project. I'm a lucky guy because i have started in a great project into my organization - it's a internal implementation project and as you will see I'm a self taught person. So when I perceived an opportunity knock in the door I tried beforehand to start looking some tutorial to learn a little the first steps in SAP World.
If you don't know SAP has been a leader global for many years in the ERP scene. The quality of your products become this germany's Enterprise a top ten between the biggers suppliers of the ERP in the World.
You can read a little SAP history here.
Returning to our subject, first I looked for tutorials in Google and later used Emule but I experienced great difficulties in get good materials. The major materials that I have encountered are aimed to a public that already has some skills in the SAP tool. Some tutorials or EBooks are much theoricals others are much technicals serving only like reference.
Believe i encountered a book named SAP For Dummies and i must to recognize it's a good start, but the autor lay emphasis to the architectural aspect of the SAP R3. (what isn't a miss). But like a Business Consultant (and old System Analyst) i hoped something that explain the questions relateds to interoperability between enterprise process . After all we are talkin' in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).
Ok, let me told you what i found ?
Today I know to be impossible to collect everything about SAP R3 in a only book. SAP has been aimed for almost all segments of the business (from Utilities for Aeronautic Industries).
You can be asking: - Why a person that was inserted in a SAP implementation project needs some tutorials ?
Ok, i need to say a little about this experience.
Before started in this project i worked with implementation of the ERP IFS in this same organization, you can read more about it in this [link], after tree months the organization has decided to change to SAP ERP. If you want to know more about my organization [click here].
SAP always was considered a "almost" unachievable tool in IT mean. It because only great organizational adopt it. The professional courses are very expensives and the market is "closed". Even working with it today I think that still there is a "mistery" in turn of it.
I have perceive that it's caused in part for the self professionals working in around and in part for the self SAP Corporation.
It send me at past, when the Mainframe was a black box - it doesn't changed completelly yet. You can confirm it searching employes available in this area. There's no qualified professionals to fullfill every demands.
IBM on demands !? ;-)
IBM closed the doors to keep the Mainframe development restrict to your clients, in other words the courses like CSP, COBOL, VSAM and other utilities associated was packaged in the sell. There wasn't nothing to impede you of the take class in a room on the one of various IBM filials, but it was almost impossible considering the expensives values to reach a certificate. Even those that had some dollars to waste still need of the a Mainframe to test your knowledgment after.
Today the firms to pay a high price for it.
If you want to enter in Mainframe world you need of the QI (No quocient intelligence. Who's indicate!), take a class in a IBM or enter like a trainee in any IBM client wishing work in development area. Oh, i need to remember you that IBM haven't more these courses as it was obselete (no sense). ;-(
SAP seems goes to same way. but
There's some areas that you can to choose in SAP World. I would talk only two principals that i have some knowlegment.
. Development (Programmer, Technical Support)
. Functional ( Business )
Let's take a ideia that you want do become a SAP Developer. You will need learn ABAP language -
So, said it what i intend to do with it article ? Well, i want to desmitificate a little more SAP R3 (or ECC 6.0) demonstrating some basics elements (screens, tools etc).
continues... (as soon)
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Indexing your Site
At the time i have created this page I wanted to know how i can post it to Google Ranking to improve the search in Google Search Engine. Look at http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/04/indexar-o-seu-site.html
A Litte History about ME ;-)
HELLO WORLD!
As you can already know I like to exploit this space to talk about my professional experience, this way I can take advantage it to publish my knowledgment and current activities. So you can know a little more about me.
BORN THE DEVELOPER Part I - MAINFRAMES, COBOL, BITNET AND EMOTICONS
I started in 1990, and after it I worked about fifteen years with development and system analisys in IT, "having" experienced about four years in development and support on Mainframe environment - Yes believe-me, in my career I worked with oldier COBOL, VSAM and CSP.
-About COBOL I think that itsn't necessary to introduce it.
-VSAM it's far to be a complete database but even today you can find many systems developed over it even in this days.
-CSP, now substituted by VisualAge and this years
If you have my age (or more) and has worked with Mainframe in 80' decade probably you listened to talk of the oldier BITNET (a grandmother of the INTERNET of last days) - if you get it, maybe we have been chatted sometime typing about a 3270 terminalS in old years. :-p
Could you think in MSN in that times ? Today you can use pictures in place of the oldiers Emoticons, send pictures, music and files in a click of mouse. Let's go i would like to read something about your experience! ;-)
I miss that times. Work with Mainframe give me another sense of things - The mainframe people was more adult and I was only a young boy full of wish listening NOEL, PetShopBoys and learning to fly with Pink Floyd and . Yes, i know that it sounds strange and it was more a paradox in my life.
The Truely
I don't started programming with Cobol the true is... my first real project was developed with Clipper.
BORN THE DEVELOPER II - A SYSTEM ANALYST VISION
In this time i worked like Programmer, Supporter and DBA (Database Administrator). At the same time i worked with language C, C++ (Hello World!), CLIPPER and parallel was Network Admin (Novell). In old years it was more easy to accumulate many functions than today.M ean 90' decade I started working with VB, DelphI, PASCAL and almost every databases of market including SQL/DS (Mainframe), DB2, Sybase (in old years) and SQLServer and ORACLE. In this time i become a System Analyst splitting my time between users, specifications and codings.Could read my article about the System Analyst versus Programmer/Analyst
THE WEB BOOM
With advent of WEB, after middle of 90' years i aimed a new World (Internet Boom decade), in this time i worked with ASP and more recently with JAVA. erWith Java, i took advantage of Object Oriented language characteristic (OO), and learned (and used) some methodologies of development and experienced the UML Notation and Patterns (Hello Gang of four').In start 2000' years i was interesting in JAVA Language, a good means to learn more about OO Development in WEB environment. It doesn't was because JAVA was a promise, but because i glimpsed a new opportunity - Di facto JAVA became a great language, even though many opposite opinions. JAVA keep good salaries yet and it's a good way to enter in IT Market.
TURNING THE TABLE - THE OLD WORLD
After 2003 i starter to fullfill some GAPs in my career, glimpsing a new challenge i turned the table (sorry i dont't the better expression for say it)and started in ERP World.
Believing in my change force i left the development world (ok, not totally) to learn more about process and business. It gives me a better vision aboutthe Enterprise World under my feets. I always to consider the development world more introspective because it demands more concentration, in fact i havesome characteristics but i prefer to keep communicating with people more time.
On 2004 I started with IFS ERP in a internal implementation on older CPM, after three years i passed to work with SAP (a bigger leader of market)
Like a TI Professional i have accumulate some experiences in several areas.
.Controle de Estoque
.Purchase
.Contas Pagar/Receber
.Human Resources
.Projects
TURNING THE TABLE - THE NEW WORLD
Currently i'm working in a SAP Project where i'm currently i'm developing into SAP PS Module time. SAP PS (SAP Project System).before, as you can have to read, i work with ERP IFS where i worked likeProject Leader and Technical Consulting
Yes, i know i don't seem a oldier man... yet ;-)
As you can already know I like to exploit this space to talk about my professional experience, this way I can take advantage it to publish my knowledgment and current activities. So you can know a little more about me.
BORN THE DEVELOPER Part I - MAINFRAMES, COBOL, BITNET AND EMOTICONS
I started in 1990, and after it I worked about fifteen years with development and system analisys in IT, "having" experienced about four years in development and support on Mainframe environment - Yes believe-me, in my career I worked with oldier COBOL, VSAM and CSP.
-About COBOL I think that itsn't necessary to introduce it.
-VSAM it's far to be a complete database but even today you can find many systems developed over it even in this days.
-CSP, now substituted by VisualAge and this years
If you have my age (or more) and has worked with Mainframe in 80' decade probably you listened to talk of the oldier BITNET (a grandmother of the INTERNET of last days) - if you get it, maybe we have been chatted sometime typing about a 3270 terminalS in old years. :-p
Could you think in MSN in that times ? Today you can use pictures in place of the oldiers Emoticons, send pictures, music and files in a click of mouse. Let's go i would like to read something about your experience! ;-)
I miss that times. Work with Mainframe give me another sense of things - The mainframe people was more adult and I was only a young boy full of wish listening NOEL, PetShopBoys and learning to fly with Pink Floyd and . Yes, i know that it sounds strange and it was more a paradox in my life.
The Truely
I don't started programming with Cobol the true is... my first real project was developed with Clipper.
BORN THE DEVELOPER II - A SYSTEM ANALYST VISION
In this time i worked like Programmer, Supporter and DBA (Database Administrator). At the same time i worked with language C, C++ (Hello World!), CLIPPER and parallel was Network Admin (Novell). In old years it was more easy to accumulate many functions than today.M ean 90' decade I started working with VB, DelphI, PASCAL and almost every databases of market including SQL/DS (Mainframe), DB2, Sybase (in old years) and SQLServer and ORACLE. In this time i become a System Analyst splitting my time between users, specifications and codings.Could read my article about the System Analyst versus Programmer/Analyst
THE WEB BOOM
With advent of WEB, after middle of 90' years i aimed a new World (Internet Boom decade), in this time i worked with ASP and more recently with JAVA. erWith Java, i took advantage of Object Oriented language characteristic (OO), and learned (and used) some methodologies of development and experienced the UML Notation and Patterns (Hello Gang of four').In start 2000' years i was interesting in JAVA Language, a good means to learn more about OO Development in WEB environment. It doesn't was because JAVA was a promise, but because i glimpsed a new opportunity - Di facto JAVA became a great language, even though many opposite opinions. JAVA keep good salaries yet and it's a good way to enter in IT Market.
TURNING THE TABLE - THE OLD WORLD
After 2003 i starter to fullfill some GAPs in my career, glimpsing a new challenge i turned the table (sorry i dont't the better expression for say it)and started in ERP World.
Believing in my change force i left the development world (ok, not totally) to learn more about process and business. It gives me a better vision aboutthe Enterprise World under my feets. I always to consider the development world more introspective because it demands more concentration, in fact i havesome characteristics but i prefer to keep communicating with people more time.
On 2004 I started with IFS ERP in a internal implementation on older CPM, after three years i passed to work with SAP (a bigger leader of market)
Like a TI Professional i have accumulate some experiences in several areas.
.Controle de Estoque
.Purchase
.Contas Pagar/Receber
.Human Resources
.Projects
TURNING THE TABLE - THE NEW WORLD
Currently i'm working in a SAP Project where i'm currently i'm developing into SAP PS Module time. SAP PS (SAP Project System).before, as you can have to read, i work with ERP IFS where i worked likeProject Leader and Technical Consulting
Yes, i know i don't seem a oldier man... yet ;-)
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