SAP PS Training Course

Lesson 1 • Core PS Terminology and Concepts

Defines project, work breakdown structure, network, and milestone terminology. Provides a shared vocabulary used throughout all subsequent chapters.

Lesson 2 • SAP GUI Navigation Essentials

Teaches transaction code entry, menu paths, and screen layout in SAP GUI. Enables efficient daily navigation throughout PS workflows.

Lesson 3 • Organisational Structures in PS

Explains controlling area, company code, plant, and profit centre as they apply to PS. Connects organisational structure to cost and reporting boundaries.

Lesson 1 • Creating WBS Elements

Teaches manual and template-based WBS creation using transaction CJ01 and Project Builder. Students build multi-level hierarchies reflecting deliverable breakdown.

Lesson 2 • Project Milestones and Dates

Covers milestone definition, date types, and scheduling constraints on WBS. Accurate date management drives billing triggers and progress reporting.

Lesson 3 • Project Versions and Simulations

Introduces operative and simulation versions for what-if planning. Students compare version data to support project approval decisions.

Lesson 4 • Project Definition Configuration

Covers project profile, project type, and responsible cost centre settings. These parameters control default behaviour for all child WBS elements.

Lesson 1 • Activity Relationships and Logic

Covers finish-to-start, start-to-start, and other dependency types with lag values. Correct relationships are prerequisite to valid critical path calculation.

Lesson 2 • Network Header and Activity Types

Explains network header parameters and the four activity types: internal, external, cost, and service. Activity type selection drives procurement and cost integration.

Lesson 3 • Scheduling Parameters and Execution

Teaches forward, backward, and overall scheduling modes and their date outputs. Students run scheduling and interpret float and critical path results.

Lesson 4 • Work Centres and Capacity Planning

Links activities to work centres and introduces capacity requirements planning. Students identify overloads and level resources across project activities.

Lesson 1 • Primary and Secondary Cost Planning

Covers planning primary cost elements and internal activity allocations on WBS. Students distinguish direct project costs from allocated overhead.

Lesson 2 • Availability Control Configuration

Teaches tolerance limits, action types, and exemption settings for budget checks. Students configure availability control to warn or block overspending.

Lesson 3 • Budget Profile and Budget Assignment

Explains budget profile configuration and original budget entry on WBS elements. Budget assignment activates availability control for the project.

Lesson 4 • Plan vs. Budget Reporting

Covers standard PS reports comparing planned costs to budgeted values. Students interpret variances and escalate budget issues proactively.

Lesson 1 • Internal Order and Cost Centre Postings

Explains direct postings from FI, cost centre allocations, and internal order settlements to WBS. Students understand all actual cost sources feeding PS.

Lesson 2 • Time Confirmation and Labour Costs

Teaches activity confirmation via CN25 and cross-application time sheet entry. Confirmed hours trigger actual cost postings using work centre rates.

Lesson 3 • Actual Cost Reporting and Analysis

Covers line item reports, cost element reports, and S_ALR standard PS reports. Students identify cost drivers and anomalies using standard reporting tools.

Lesson 4 • Commitment Management in PS

Explains purchase requisition and purchase order commitments against WBS budgets. Commitment tracking prevents budget overruns before invoices arrive.

Lesson 1 • Billing and Revenue Reporting

Covers billing document review, revenue vs. cost comparison, and project profitability reports. Students validate billing accuracy and project margin.

Lesson 2 • Milestone Billing Configuration

Covers milestone billing rule setup, billing plan creation, and milestone completion triggers. Students generate billing requests upon milestone confirmation.

Lesson 3 • Resource-Related Billing

Teaches dynamic item processor configuration for resource-related billing in DP90. Students create billing requests based on actual costs incurred.

Lesson 4 • Customer Project and Sales Order Integration

Explains the link between PS billing elements and SD sales order line items. This integration routes revenue postings back to the correct WBS element.

Lesson 1 • Project Closing and Archiving

Explains technical completion, closing status, and archiving prerequisites for projects. Students execute a complete project close-out sequence without data loss.

Lesson 2 • Results Analysis Configuration

Explains results analysis keys, methods, and valuation methods for WIP and reserves. Correct RA configuration ensures compliant work-in-progress reporting.

Lesson 3 • Project Settlement Rules and Execution

Teaches settlement rule creation, receiver categories, and settlement execution via CJ88. Students distribute project costs to cost centres, assets, or G/L accounts.

Lesson 4 • Overhead Calculation in PS

Covers costing sheet configuration and overhead calculation execution on WBS elements. Overhead postings allocate indirect costs to project accounts each period.

Lesson 1 • Status Management and User Statuses

Explains system status behaviour and custom user status configuration for PS objects. Status control restricts or permits business transactions at each project stage.

Lesson 2 • Core PS Configuration Settings

Covers project profile, network profile, and planning profile configuration in IMG. These settings govern default behaviour across all PS transactions.

Lesson 3 • Project Information System Overview

Introduces the PS Information System hierarchy reports, cost reports, and structure overviews. Students navigate and filter project data for operational decision-making.

Lesson 4 • Custom Reports with Report Painter

Teaches Report Painter configuration for custom PS cost and revenue reports. Students build reusable report layouts tailored to stakeholder requirements.