The University of Sheffield
Corporate Information and Computing Services

SAP Upgrade

Aims

This project aims to upgrade the University’s SAP systems after first investigating and evaluating available options.

Overview

The project includes an initial investigation to determine upgrade options and to assess changes in user interfaces and functionality in the new versions, which will help in considering what we might want to implement and the potential impact. A new and improved hardware infrastructure will be implemented early on in the project to provide a more resilient foundation for the upgraded systems

Customers
• User departments
• Finance
• HR
 

Project Board    
Project Sponsor Bob Rabone Director of Finance and Resources 
Project Manager Darren Stevens CiCS
Project Customers Helen Dingle Finance
  Andy Dodman HR
Technical representatives Neil Campbell CiCS
  George Credland CiCS
  Dave Speake CiCS
Operational Support Representativea Jamie O'Brien Finance
  Robert Hebblethwaite Finance
  Sally Salter Finance
  Ian Wright HR
User Representatives Kath Cobley MGT
  Catherine Annabel PHY
Communication Representative Bob Booth CiCS
 

Timescales
• Initial phase of investigation/evaluation: completed
• Sandbox installation & testing: completed
• Sandbox 2/test environment planned completion and start of development freeze: completed
• ERP 6.0 EHP4upgrade of uBASE and SRM 7.0 Upgrade of myPurchase planned go-live:early Jan '12