SAP Planning: Best Practices in Implementation

General Sizing Best Practices and Approaches

Even in the best of cases, where much is known about a future solution’s peak transaction workload or typical end user’s work habits, SAP solution sizing still remains an iterative process, as much art as science. Understanding SAP’s architecture can pay big dividends, therefore, when it comes to the sizing process. Of course, to gain more than a cursory understanding of the internal architecture employed by mySAP components requires considerable training, coupled with a number of years of experience. But a basic understanding of the core concepts behind the operation of an SAP system will help smooth out some of the bumps during the sizing process. And this knowledge should help you in maintaining ...