End of Ramp-Up for SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1

Ramp-Up for SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1 ended as of February 20, 2015. SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1 is now generally available (GA) to customers worldwide.

SP01 for SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1 is available since mid of February.

• There are some places where you can find information about SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1 which also serve as central points of entry to find additional details:
• Release Notes, Master Guide, Master Upgrade Guide, Application Operations Guide, and Application Help, etc.:
  http://help.sap.com/ppm
  -> SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1

• Configuration Content (aka Configuration Guide): Information about customizing and configuration is available as PDF attachment to SAP Note 2026421.

• Product Availability Matrix: Technical and release planning information can be found under: https://service.sap.com/sap/support/pam
  Search for “SAP PORTF AND PROJ MGMT 6.1“

• Ramp-up Knowledge Transfer(RKT) – Learning Map (for Consultants):
  http://service.sap.com/rkt-plm
  -> SAP PLM
  -> SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1

Functional Innovations And New Features

A detailed description of all new and/or enhanced functional innovations and features can be found in the Release Notes (see above for the link). A short summary of the highlights:

http://scn.sap.com/community/plm/rpm-collaborative-project-management-and-cfolders/blog/2014/10/30/start-of-ramp-up-for-sap-portfolio-and-project-management-61

SP Prerequisites and SP Schedule

Information about the available Support Packages (SPs) and their prerequisites as well as important notes which should be implemented after implementing a particular SP can be found in SAP Note 2026050. The current 6.1 Support Package schedule can be found in SAP Note 2026050, too.

Important SAP Notes

There are some SAP Notes which are in general very important for SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1 and which also serve as central points of entry to find additional information:

• SAP Note 2026407 FAQs – SAP Portfolio and Project Management 6.1
• SAP Note 2026422 PPM 6.1: Supported Browsers, Java versions, etc. 
• SAP Note 2026421 PPM 6.1: Configuration Content
• SAP Note 2026050 PPM 6.1: Support package information, notes, and schedule
• SAP Note 2026426 PPM 6.1: Performance notes