Free How-to guides for implementing SAP HCM
Nov 2010 update: If you a consultant or consulting manager then check out my iPhone app to calculate consulting rates.Today I stumbled upon Sylvia Chaudoir‘s SAP HCM Expertise website. Sylvia is an ex-SAP HCM Consulting manager and she’s always been very willing to assist others. She’s presenting at the HR2008 conference in Orlando and you can meet her at “Meet the experts”. You can click on the Publications link to get a number of very useful guides to implement and maintain the SAP HCM system.Here are some other resources that you may find useful. Most of these resources are free:
- SearchSAP.com (free): This site has a wealth of information including many articles on the SAP HR/HCM module.
- SAP’s SDN portal (free): Loads of useful implementation information and forums.
- SAP Help Portal (free): This is SAP’s official help documentation portal. Here is the link to the SAP Best Practices for HCM (US version).
- SAP Business Maps (free): SAP Business process/solution maps are very useful as high-level overviews of the SAP solution. You will find the SAP ERP map here and a 2004 HCM map here.
- AdManus (free): AdManus is a group of german SAP HCM consulting companies. The site contains a lot of tips and tricks especially their newsletters archive.
- SAP HR/HCM – one stop resource (free): This blog is not well maintained and contains numerous ads and bad CSS formating. Not too sure if I should list this one…you decide. [Aug 28, ’08 update: Lost of good changes. Clean CSS and less intrusive ads.]
- MIT SAP HR-Payroll project notes (free): These notes are from 2000, however some of it may still be relevant.
- SAPDrill ($$): Self-study materials for SAP in general and SAP HCM.
- HR Expert ($$): Excellent HCM reviewed content. It is pricey, between $895 and $1,295 for an annual subscription. You can download a free sample here.
- SAP HR2008 ($$): This is an excellent conference to network and gain practical knowledge of the SAP HCM system.
- SAP PRESS books ($$): SAP PRESS publishes many books on SAP HCM. They are typically around $7+shipping.
- Blogs (free): I listed a few in a 2007 post.
- HCM Consulting companies (free :-): Some SAP HCM Consulting companies provide free information on their websites, however you’ll usually have to pay steep hourly rates for the good stuff.
- SAP Solution browser tool (free): Browse all the latest and greatest from SAP.
If you know of a good resource that I missed please post a comment.
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