Category: Training

Ensure “Training is Not a One-Time Event” SAP buys datango, Seeks to Ensure “Training is Not a One-Time Event” Posted by: Courtney Bjorlin Tags: SAP training Posted date: January 20, 2012 | No comment Seeking to provide better support and resources for end-user training, SAP this week announced it will acquire datango, a Berlin-based vendor that sells workforce performance support software. The acquisition fits into SAP’s strategy to extend learning software in its portfolio, according

Seeking to bring better support and resources for end-user training, SAP this week announced it will acquire datango, which sells workforce performance support software. The acquisition fits into SAP’s strategy to extend learning software in its portfolio, according to Markus Schwarz, who is the senior vice president and global head of SAP Education. datango allows customers to collect, build, package, and disseminate training to their end users by creating end user documentation, work aids, simulations, and small e-learning programs for SAP, and all kinds of processes that run between an SAP system

Going into 2012, the buzz has been on cloud computing, so don’t get caught on the wrong foot trying to play catch up. SAP TechEd is already leading the way with educational sessions focused on cloud computing and virtualisation technologies. A number of lectures are now available for you from SAP TechEd 2011 free of charge, where you can learn about implementing cloud infrastructures and virtualization technologies into your SAP environment:

SAP Education is currently testing a new rich media e-learning format: The KnowledgeBurst. On the SAP Education page you can access it for free.

ABAP is an ever-evolving language, and one where as a developer, you have to continue to learn the new functionality. This was something that didn’t concern me until I moved to the SAP training department and started teaching ABAP. When I first started programming in ABAP in 1995, we didn’t have ABAP objects. Now, most of the development here at SAP is done in this programming style. It is difficult for most procedural programmers to make the transition to object oriented programming. That being said, not just SAP, but the whole world is moving to object oriented programming. We here in the SAP training department have entire class devoted to the subject: BC401 ABAP Objects. It’s one of our fundamental core classes and the pre–requisite to almost every other ABAP class.

Last week the ASUG BusinessObjects Strategic SIG Education Group sponsored a webcast on BI 4.0 and EIM 4.0 Education offerings including Knowledge Accelerator. Below is a summary and find out how you can obtain a free trial version of Knowledge Accelerator.

New educational resources in the Help Center of the Business Suite will help SAP users to find best fitting e-learning courses and classroom training based on their needs. SAP is testing the new functionality which will also be available on many web pages. A video shows how it works.

Part one of this blog series led at the first 4 factors to be considered when writing a training strategy. These covered the outline elements of a training strategy, whilst the next few factors take you into the details of the training process - from material creation to evaluation.

A strategy is defined as a 'plan of action designed to achieve a long term or an overall aim'. The overall aim for any training strategy is the creation and delivery of a high quality training program/course that empowers and significantly increases the skill and/or knowledge of the business...

Good news for all BRFplus users. A new KnowledgeBurst full of information and exercises is available as of now. And the best is, it's or free. A KnowledgeBurst is a new concept for online learning. It contains training videos, exercises and tests. The BRFplus KnowledgeBurst will help you built applications, functions, rulesets, rules etc. in the BRFplus workbench, release NetWeaver 7.0 Enhancement Package 2. It is a perfect start for using BRFplus.

Paul King a Senior lecturer at Victoria University, Australia compares traditional SAP and BOBJ training and provides some insight as a lecturer.

We hear a lot about the difference the Cloud will make for learning. Pero Jurisic manages SAP's global training systems, and I met up with Pero at the Questionmark user conference in Los Angeles and asked him about his experiences of moving SAP Education infrastructure into the Cloud.

Creating error-free documentation should be the aim of each organization regardless of discipline. The attached article, "Fagan Inspection," describes a systematic methodology by which documentation can be reviewed, and in all cases, minimize the defects resulting from the review and subsequent correction. The following analysis deploys the Fagan methodology plus some value-added characteristics. Mr. M. E. Fagan claims that there can be up to a 25% resource savings with this methodology.

For the first time ever, SAPPHIRE NOW and SAP TechEd will co-locate in Madrid! Join us to learn more about SAP business analytics, mobility topics, and take advantage of in-depth SAP technical training.

One of the benefits of joining ERPCX; is that you can get access to a number of value-added services. Here is my personal experience of signing up and using the SAP Experts product. More information can be found on the ERPCX information page.