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Summary: The book is great but the CD is fantastic!
Review: As a long time SAP consultant in Canada and northern US, I've read or looked through most of the technical books covering SAP R/3 and some newer modules. I was intrigued by what seemed to be something different in this book, however, and picked it up just last week. I must say, it is very good. The author's approach is unique, fresh, and an enjoyable read. But I was blown away by the CD. Most book CDs are fairly predictable and less than interesting, much less valuable. Not so with this one though. Instead, George Anderson has included some very compelling documents, excellent (though sometimes too simple) spreadsheets, and 2 very nice project plans, among other excellent objects like pictures, powerpoint files, and more. My hat is off. Well done.
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Summary: Worth the money
Review: Detailed enough to be worth the money, easy enough to read to make picking up the book worthwhile. I would have like to see more on daily administration, but chapter 14 does an excllent job getting you prepared for this. I especially like the fact that the author shared his checklists; yes, the CD is very good. Quality job all the way around, looking forward to George's next book covering stress testing and performance tuning.
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Summary: Good, but........
Review: Great collection of ideas from an author who's never been on a real live implementation of SAP. Best practices borrowed?
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Summary: Good SAP technical book
Review: I am enjoying reading this and am happy to add it to my collection. I wish it explained netweaver and xapps better (maybe next edition?) but really like how thorough it is otherwise. Especially that the author doesnt just talk about the one way to do something, he covers many ways like different kinds of checklists, team building, management tools and so on. and he gives attention to the computer room people plus programmers and basis. I am enjoying the real-world stories also. I think thats some of the real strength in the book.
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Summary: Good, but........
Review: I owe George big time for helping me launch a new career as an SAP Project Planner/coordinator/leader. Between this book and my experience writing software spec's to IEEE standards, I wrote a proposal that got me a 10 month gig planning and coordinating the SAP implementation for an existing client. The material on CD alone is worth 100 times the cost of the book - you get PowerPoint demos, spreadsheets, MS Project plans, and tons of documents that you can modify and present as your own work. Even with an inside edge I never would have been able to write such a credible proposal w/o this book.
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Summary: This book got me the job!
Review: I owe George big time for helping me launch a new career as an SAP Project Planner/coordinator/leader. Between this book and my experience writing software spec's to IEEE standards, I wrote a proposal that got me a 10 month gig planning and coordinating the SAP implementation for an existing client. The material on CD alone is worth 100 times the cost of the book - you get PowerPoint demos, spreadsheets, MS Project plans, and tons of documents that you can modify and present as your own work. Even with an inside edge I never would have been able to write such a credible proposal w/o this book.
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Summary: Wow! A must read!
Review: I spent a year in the trenches, and learned a lot, but only wish that this book was available then. It would have opened my eyes to some of the pitfalls I ran into during our own implementation; before Go-Live, first day, first year...and would have undoubtedly proved valuable over and over again. In fact, I expect that much of the information and best practices found inside will still prove useful to me going forward, even nearly a year and a half after "Go Live". George Anderson's skill in presenting information, a lot of it quite complex, ranks as the best in the business. This, combined with his ability to present the facts logically and in an easy-to-read and comprehend manner - while keeping things interesting along the way - makes it a pleasure to add this book to my collection.
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Summary: Technical mySAP Project Roadmap
Review: It's finally here! A complete guide on how to implement a mySAP solution from the technical side. From business buy-in to go-live, it provides a roadmap through the myriad of technical decisions and areas that must be addressed: networks, hardware, high availability, disaster recovery, total cost of ownership, and the SAP Architecture. Your biggest resource, people, is addressed during project startup, execution, and post go-live as well.
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Summary: Awesome book
Review: My tahnks to Mr Anderson forputting together such an excellent book. It's high-level enough to meet eveyones needs, and deep enough for most technical people. Excellenmt all the way around
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Summary: It's both detailed and a good read
Review: My thanks to George for putting together a book that is both detailed and and sactually fun to read. I LOL in every chapter at his customer stories and still manage to learn something. Now if only SAP Press would follow the same approach!
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