Whether it is in WeChat or knowing, the question most often received in the background is usually: How to learn SAP?
My reply before was always very specific. If someone asks me to recommend a FICO introductory book, I will tell him to read "SAP Financial Management Encyclopedia." If someone asks me specific technical questions, I may direct him to an SAP Note.
Originally I thought it was okay to do so, but the two most recent encounters made me think it necessary to sort out what I thought was the right SAP learning path.
Please forgive me for using the word "combing". I'm really a consultant.
Conceited Advisor
The first thing is that I recently encountered a conceited advisor on the project. Ta's responsible work has an intersection with me, so naturally we will discuss some solutions together. When it comes to a problem, we have the following conversation:
Ta: In the past we used the A program.
I: SAP has standard solutions B and C. Although you said that A can be used, it is not really recommended.
Ta: In the past we used the A program.
I: A program has obvious disadvantages: it is cumbersome to operate.
Ta: In the past we used the A program.
I: The B and C schemes have obvious advantages: the formed credential flow can be traced, unlike the A scheme that splits the credential flow.
Ta: In the past we used the A program.
......
Really silent.
Wang Xiaobo said: "Life is long and I want to be with interesting people."
With such an interesting colleague, I suddenly felt that the project was longer than my lifetime.
A mountaineering map
Life is a play that does not follow the script.
Some time ago a short holiday, excitedly to see the Matterhorn snow-capped mountains, but also intend to challenge themselves, live on the top of the thin oxygen. However, people are worse off than the sky, and the storm has broken my dream. There is no means of transportation to the summit and only the small mountain town can be accommodated that night.
Bored to be boring and unresponsive, they can only nest in the hotel and look at the maps they have taken from the visitor center. They hope to find other activities that can be carried out.
It was this map that suddenly led me to discover that the original Matterhorn Snow Mountain was not the only way I had planned. Sitting in another cable car, on the top of the hill next door, may have a better perspective.
This map has expanded the single line in my head into a network. Not only that, but I even think that the colorful routes on this map are all kinds of means of transportation that are trying to appeal to curious travelers like me to try them all over again.
A road has been closed, does not mean there is no other possibility.
This is the second thing that touched me.
SAP Learning Map
Both of these things actually point to the same truth: You know, not the whole world.
SAP is also a rather complicated world.
When it comes to SAP for the first time, you will surely be confused. Just like you stumbled into the Amazon forest, even if you eventually stumbled and found a way out, it does not mean that you really understand the entire forest.
However, if there is a map, it will be much better.
Let's talk about my understanding of how to learn SAP.
Getting Started: Starting with PA Teaching Materials
After many years of thinking, if SAP is a road to self-cultivation, then the period of time for learning PA is my base period.
Do not imagine that if you can be thrown into a project, it will quickly grow into a SAP god. Entering the project without any knowledge reserves will lead to new terms and concepts. When a person is surrounded by a large number of unfamiliar things, he will not feel excited and will only feel fear.
And the information obtained in the project is fragmented. Like the consultant I mentioned earlier, Ta may have touched on a solution in previous projects and considered it as the only truth, but never thought about it. However, it may just be a fragment of SAP's big picture.
Therefore, I strongly recommend learning SAP from PA teaching materials for three reasons:
1) High degree of generalization: The PA teaching material is equivalent to the navigation map of the Amazon Primeval Forest. You will not get all the details from it, but after reading it, you will be fully aware of the distribution of mountains and rivers. The PA teaching material covers most of the core concepts of a module, with supporting examples and exercises. After learning PA, you basically know what the corresponding module has and what the basic business principle of the function is.
2) Networking of knowledge: Take the common discrete, process, and repeat manufacturing models as examples. Different business models correspond to which SAP tools and programs, which are easily explained in the PA, and because The three models will be involved. The comparison and advantages and disadvantages of different solutions can also have a comprehensive understanding. It is not like SAP Help focuses on the details, nor does it have access to a single model in a project. It connects the knowledge and allows you to form a structured concept in the brain.
3) English: The PA teaching materials are basically all in English. This is actually very important. Those who have done foreign company projects understand it.
Practice: see the chapter in the project
If it is said that studying PA teaching materials is to read the map before starting, then the project is to take a step to really explore the SAP forest.
Everyone has done different projects, so it has formed a unique path for everyone.
With the foundation of PA teaching materials, the general problems in the project will not be embarrassing at least. All you have to do is to tamper with the dirt and figure out the concepts that were originally on paper. Hands-on to practice the 18 weapons provided by SAP, drop a few daemons that dare to jump out of the funny.
Regarding the project, I also have "three to three unnecessary."
Three to three
1) To understand the business. Remember that SAP is only a tool and always serves the business. Therefore, the prerequisite is to fully understand the customer's business, and it is important to use the business language as far as possible when communicating.
2) Use standard features. I have seen many consultants use the standard features provided by SAP instead of developing or "originating" a solution. After that, it is really difficult for anyone who knows who is left behind and how difficult it is to maintain it.
3) Pay attention to details. Just looking at the PA can't really learn SAP, because simple learning can't give you a "microscopic perception," and it's plain that it is the ability to operate in detail. PA does not talk about each field, but whether the system can be used smoothly or not is reflected in whether the details are taken into consideration.
Three do not
1) Do not repeat the same type of project. Assume that serving a customer for 5 years may be deeper for consultants, but the width is certainly lacking. Because a customer usually does not cover all businesses and uses all the functions, I suggest that all kinds of projects must be involved, various industries, state-owned enterprises, foreign companies, private enterprises, Green field, Brown field, Roll-out. This world is so rich. How can you bear to explore one by one?
2) Do not assume that you are correct. A consultant is also a person and will make mistakes. In many cases, the solution given by the consultant may not be optimal. It is important to maintain an objective mentality. Don't use a solution because it is proposed by oneself. If it is not perfect, it must be used consistently. When the road is gone, it's no big deal to return.
3) Do not stop learning. Here I will mention two other artifacts SAP Help and SAP Notes. They are really good partners for consultants. They are also maps, but they are no longer navigation maps, but high-precision analysis maps. If you want to smooth out the gutters of a specific issue, you have to depend on them. Doing projects is also learning, studying business, and also learning SAP's deep knowledge. After more than ten years, I still feel that a lot of things can be excavated. Every tree in the virgin forest, every grass, is a small system, SAP is so special.
For SAP Help, say two more. For beginners, SAP Help is not recommended as the starting learning material. The first is too much content and too much detail. If you read it from beginning to end, the basic reading is more desperate, and few people can insist on it. Second, SAP Help focuses more on specific technologies and functions, and has fewer descriptions of business scenarios. Therefore, SAP Help is more suitable as a consultant's handbook and needs to be checked.
At last
If you want to study SAP 10 years ago, it seems that only PA textbooks and SAP Help are available, but in recent years, SAP has provided many other learning tools that can be used in combination.
Learning Hub: An online learning tool. The advantage is comprehensive, including basically all versions of all SAP products. The disadvantage is to charge.
Open SAP: SAP's own MOOC learning platform, content is biased toward SAP's new technology in recent years, less commonly involved in the five major modules of the traditional ERP. The advantage is free, but the disadvantage is that many videos may have to be accessed online in order to be viewed.
Other third-party training: There are many, and the quality is uneven, I will not say anything.
Finally, I hope you will join me in opening your eyes and happily exploring this magical SAP world.
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