tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129857922559830319.post699645220183047734..comments2024-02-28T20:53:34.228-08:00Comments on SAP: loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it: Practice what you preachUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129857922559830319.post-22672389243324841072010-07-21T01:16:23.175-07:002010-07-21T01:16:23.175-07:00I have found your blogs very interesting, and illu...I have found your blogs very interesting, and illuminating. BUT it sounds like your implementation partner is certainly not using "best practices". You really need to lock down the production system, so that they do not have access which allows them to open that system for changes - your auditors will give you a big red flag when they find this out... Either remove their user id's from the production system, or reduce their authorisations so they can't do this kind of thing. Why do they even have logons there, except for support analysis purposes? Use transaction SUIM to help identify these users.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129857922559830319.post-41212982291090016362010-07-11T09:54:22.889-07:002010-07-11T09:54:22.889-07:00I absolutely can't stand how the term Best Pra...I absolutely can't stand how the term Best Practice has been applied to the SAP industry. There are certainly de-facto standards that many customers have chosen to implement in terms of their business processes... no doubt about it. But my main issue with the term is how consultants routinely hide behind the phrase as a way to shield their recommendation from their own lack of experience or ability to articulate the real reason why XYZ is the best way to go. "Oh, it's best practice to routinely open up Production and make changes to authorization profiles without replicating it throughout the landscape. Definitely best practice." That's horseshit. <br /><br />You're correct that best practices (or standards) apply to not just the business processes that are governed in SAP but also the system's administration, implementation, testing, and any other actions that relate to it's care and feeding. In your case, there are oodles of widely accepted approaches to managing transports. <br /><br />-nathanNathan Genezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999533808524229069noreply@blogger.com