SAP PS (Project System) Module Tutorials – SAP PS Training

SAP PS (Project System) provides tools to track project milestone, costs and resources. SAP PS Project System module contains tight integration to the Controlling, Human Resources, and Logistics modules. It utilizes personnel records from HR, rolls costs into Controlling and links to materials or customers in the Logistics modules. SAP PS ( Project System ) module which can optimize the overall business processes from the project planning through to carrying out the project and handles Organizational Units & Project Cycle.

This Project Management/SAP Project System (PS) supports a project/product life cycle, typical in an Engineer-to-Order, Project Centric business and/or organizations facing frequent new products introduction.

The application exercises are designed to demonstrate and apply Project Management concepts and processes using SAP PS as the enabling technology.

PS integrates SAP PS, SAP SD, SAP CO, SAP MM and SAP HR in a large projects context.

What is Project systems?

Project System means, A complex, non-routine, one-time effort limited by time, budget, resources, and performance specifications designed to meet customer needs.

SAP PS (Project System) Training Tutorials

SAP PS (Project Systems) integrates with all major modules in SAP as per below,

• Integration of Project Systems with
• Finance and Controlling (FICO)
• Cross Application Timesheet (CATS)
• Sales and Distribution (SD)
• Material Management (MM)
• Funds Management (FM)
• Human Resource (HR)
• Plant Maintenance (PM)
• Service Management (SM)
• Quality Management (QM)
• Document Management System (DMS)

Two key objects that define the Project in SAP are:

• Work Breakdown Structure – defines tasks and assign resources to those tasks
• Network – defines the dependencies within the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Common processes in SAP PS (Project System) include: 

Tracking costs against WBS elements. These costs can either be from personnel time charged against the project or from materials and/or services procured to support the project.

Tracking milestones against key dates defined in the project.

The following diagram illustrates the hierarchy of objects within an SAP Project:

Below you can find the SAP PS Tutorials, major transaction codes, tables and training guides for reference.

SAP PS Tables

• PROJ: Project definitions
• PROJS: Standard Project Definition
• PRPS: WBS Elements
• PRPSS: Standard WBS Element
• PRHI: Work Breakdown Structure, Edges (Hierarchy Pointer)
• AUFK / CAUFV: Network headers
• AFKO: Order master data
• AFVC: Network Operations
• AFRU: Network Confirmations
• IMAK: This table contains Appropriation requests – general data
• IMAV: This table contains Appropriation request variant
• IMPR: This table contains Investment Program Positions
• IMPU: This table stores Texts for cap. inv. program positions
• IMTP: This table contains Investment programs

Project Functions

• Define the purpose or product to be completed
• Organize the work to be accomplished
• Separate the work into smaller, manageable pieces and activities
• Provide a framework on which to plan the project requirements, using both internal and external resources
• Capture actual performance data on the same framework, which can be used for comparisons
• Provide a consistent format for tracking and reporting project information for management decision making
• Provide a permanent record of project performance which can be analyzed for future performance improvements

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