Working for a small organization monitoring international human rights violations, Thomas Zane is plunged into a nightmarish labyrinth of African politics, betrayal, torture, and death, when he investigates the mysterious killing of his best friend

City of Light

Literature & Fiction

Michael Doane

Contemporary

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The Whirlwind Series of SAP: In the Path of the Whirlwind: An Apprentice Guide to SAP

The Consulting Alliance

The New SAP Blue Book is a revised and expanded version of the SAP Blue Book that is informed by the input of nearly 700 clients of SAP. The New SAP Blue Book provides a business-centric view of SAP and informs project team members, business stakeholders, trainers, end users, and executives as to how SAP works, how to best leverage its power, how to gain business benefit, and how to manage the organizational changes it engenders.

The New SAP Blue Book

Performance Monitor Press

Since its initial publication in 1998 and through seven revisions since then, The New SAP Blue Book, A Concise Business Guide to the World of SAP has been the go-to book for anyone with a stake in SAP success. With The SAP Green Book, Thrive After Go-Live, author Michael Doane concentrates on what clients should do AFTER implementing SAP enterprise software. The book addresses the imperative of business and IT alignment intended to result in measurable business benefit in a sustainable organization. "So your firm runs SAP business software. Congratulations? In order to help you respond intelligently to that one word question, we offer this book. Further on, we provide a simple maturity assessment that will help you to locate your organization somewhere between the poles of No Way and Way in regard to your congratulations. "

The SAP Green Book, Thrive After Go-Live

Doane Associates

Breaking news: Implementing SAP doesn’t help your business!—It’s the actions taken after go-live that ensure continuous success. Learn how to assess your SAP maturity, how to make business talk to IT (and vice versa), how to keep your end users happy, and more. 1. SAP Maturity Is your organization taking full advantage of SAP? Are your end users? In this book, you’ll learn what it takes to find out. 2. Center of Excellence Learn how to establish an organization that maintains success with SAP: Discover roles, responsibilities, KPIs, and more. 3. Staffing and Outsourcing What resources do you need to be successful? How do you find providers that are worth your money? How do you keep them motivated? Find the answers here. 4. Measure Success Did your processes actually improve after go-live? By how much? Define indicators and measure performance to understand what you’ve gained. Topics covered in this book include: <ul>
<li>SAP implementation lifecycle</li> <li>Assessing your organization’s SAP maturity</li> <li>Building and sustaining a Center of Excellence</li> <li>Outsourcing SAP applications support</li> <li>Continuous business process improvement</li> <li>End-user training</li>
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The SAP Green Book: A Business Guide for Effectively Managing the SAP Lifecycle

Computers & Technology

Software

SAP Press

You’re considering implementing SAP. Are you sure you’re ready? Learn from an industry expert what it means to implement SAP—and which changes it will bring to your company. With Michael Doane’s latest edition of The SAP Blue Book, you’ll discover how to assess your organization’s “SAP maturity,” achieve measurable business benefits, and build a Center of Excellence before you start setting up the project. 1. SAP in a Nutshell Distinguish SAP from your legacy systems and understand what makes SAP an intuitive choice. 2. SAP Maturity Learn how to assess company strategy, structure, and attitude to best prepare for an implementation. 3. Business/IT Alignment Anticipate where the realms of business and IT will overlap in your SAP implementation. 4. SAP Training Learn what you need to do to reach, teach, and train everyone involved in the SAP implementation, from executive management to end users. Testimonials: “The writing is excellent. The history of SAP is so easy to read and informative. Experienced folks will appreciate the review and novices will find it clear and entertaining.” —Jon Reed JonERP.com “A sourcebook that informs and demystifies the phenomenon of SAP. Filled with charts, tables, case studies, and more than a touch of humor.” —Nancy Bancroft Author of Implementing SAP R/3 (Prentice Hall, 1997) Highlights include: <ul>
<li>What is SAP?</li> <li>Challenges in SAP projects</li> <li>Assessing an organization‘s readiness for SAP</li> <li>SAP project and system life-cycle</li> <li>Post-implementation pitfalls</li> <li>Center of Excellence</li> <li>Measuring business benefits</li> <li>Selecting and managing external consultants</li> <li>Management and end-user training</li> </ul>

The SAP Blue Book: A Concise Business Guide to the World of SAP

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