SAP BANKING SERVICES BLOG

Cash flow calculator in SAP Banking Services

2012-01-19T13:06:00.003-06:00

In this blog I want to discuss little of function and usage of Cash Flow Calculator in banking services from SAP. Before we get into functions and usage of Cash Flow calculator we need to understand what is Cash Flow Calculator. The Cash Flow Calculator is a controller which controls the calculations of Interest, settlement charges, installments, effective interest, transaction charges,

Happy New Year! 2012

2012-01-01T13:41:00.002-06:00

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850

US/Canadian Bank’s decentralized IT Systems

2011-10-20T13:49:00.000-06:00

US/Canadian Bank’s decentralized IT Systems. Mostly all US/Canadian banks are carrying on decentralized, automated banking system of multiple IT applications and that also some 20 year old technologies. They have ‘home-made’ applications for back-office productions systems and huge IT department to maintain that applications. Catch-22 The banks are in catch-22 situation. One side is high

Very cool feature in SAP Banking 8, legacy data transfer of accounts to banking services

2011-10-19T12:21:00.000-06:00

Very cool feature in SAP Banking 8, legacy data transfer of accounts to banking services The process enables client to migrate the data centrally to Account Management, using the interfaces of the account-managing application. This means client do not have to take account of the internal references of the individual applications of banking services from SAP between each other, nor the mapping

What the HELL is Change Management process!!

2010-10-13T17:06:00.002-06:00

Change Management process.What is Change Management process?Let me put in very simple words, so that every lay man can understand Change Management process.First thing first, it's NOT an individual process for designing a business solution, or a process improvement method, or a stand-alone technique for improving organizational performance.If anyone is confused with above processes, then you are

"Happy Labor Day"

2010-09-06T21:15:00.000-06:00

"Happy Labor Day" to my readers in the Canada/U.S. I hope you are enjoying a day off and tanning in the glow of some of the last days of summer.

A warning to All Canadian Banks or Financial institutes, who are/ or willing to implementing SAP Banking/parts using Accelerated SAP(ASAP) methodology

2010-08-22T15:40:00.001-06:00

A warning to All Canadian Banks or Financial institutes, who are/ or willing to implementing SAP Banking/parts using Accelerated SAP(ASAP) methodology. First try to understand that there are certain important things to iron out when using Accelerated SAP(ASAP) methodology. Yes it’s very sexy and very attractive when you read about it on internet or wiki or by sale pitch by SAP sales

Dunning Process in SAP Banking.

2010-06-08T11:41:00.001-06:00

Dunning Process in SAP BankingThe default process for Loans in arrears is supported by the dunning process in SAP system.The dunning process is based on the dunning procedures. The dunning procedure is the collection of business rules defined for each contract account depending on the product type.Frequently in all organization the business rules are mostly same based on Numbers of Days in

SAP Core Banking and Big Bang Methodologies?

2010-06-05T11:49:00.004-06:00

SAP Core Banking and Big Bang Methodologies?My last post was on April/9. And today is June/5. Wow two months passed and no posting from my side.In these two months, a lot of changes happen to my life. I got a new job as an independent contractor in new company, as a SAP Banking Functional Business Analyst. I have to relocate to new place. And new job keep me so dam busy, that I near about forget

Change Title and scope of blog.

2010-04-09T16:32:00.001-06:00

I included BA roles also in the scope of this blog, so you noticed I change the Title of Blog.

Have a Great Weekend!

2010-04-03T21:46:00.001-06:00

Just a note to let you know that I'm outta here for the weekend!Easter weekend and I wish the same for all of you.

Projects Integration Strategy – 7

2010-03-16T20:48:00.002-06:00

New Scope AdministrationNew Scope is one of the very important factor, which mostly neglected by the projects teams. You really need to manage your new scope. As you move near to Integration of projects into one Program at that time your old program and projects scope changed into very new scope, which you don’t know. New Scope is kind of blind spot that every program Integration strategy should

Vee- Model Development Process or V-Model methodology

2010-03-04T10:43:00.001-06:00

Vee- Model Development Process or V-Model methodologyV-model is the development process proceeds from the upper left point of the V toward the right, ending at the upper right point. In the left-hand, downward-sloping branch of the V, development personnel define business requirements, application design parameters and design processes. At the base point of the V, the code is written. In the

Projects Integration Strategy – 6

2010-03-02T17:57:00.001-06:00

Program Communication: This seems a massive task. I think its very challenging task to cover Projects Integration Strategy in this blog. It’s seems this topic is Out Of scope for this blog.To facilitate communication between integration projects, the program implement: Daily standup meetings between integration project managers Weekly risk, issue and integration meetings between all project

Projects Integration Strategy – 5

2010-03-01T21:17:00.000-06:00

The Goal: The goal of the integration strategy is to create a realistic plan to ensure: Each project is clear on the scope they must deliver and how it relates to the scope each other projects must deliver Each project is made aware of the deliverable dependencies they have with other projects, and the timing with which these deliverables must be provided Additional scope or

Why I love working in FCC (Farm Credit Canada)?

2010-02-11T14:59:00.000-06:00

Why I love working in FCC (Farm Credit Canada)?I love working with FCC because they have very solid working cultural practises. Everyone there, try to practise with few exceptions. They put Cultural Practices on there home page of wiki. I like there Cultural Practices so much that I’m just copying and pasting as-it-is. I have this “knowledge spreading” urge that I have to spread to my

Projects Integration Strategy – 4

2010-01-24T12:28:00.000-06:00

Roles: This one is the big mess in very big organization, where employees are from 3000-5000, like here. In big Programs which include several projects in it, Roles play a very critical part in the success of Project Integration Strategy.Roles: You must have some kind of a tool and methodology for defining roles across-multiple applications. If you don’t know how many roles should include, then

Projects Integration Strategy – 3

2010-01-17T20:38:00.003-06:00

Scope: In my earlier posts I talk about Roadmap and Schedules are important part of Program Integration Strategy. In this post I’m trying to cover other major component which effect and affect the Project Integration Strategy, and that is SCOPE. As SAP Loan Management (CML) consists of a very complex technical implementation along with other SAP or Non SAP phased projects. An each business

Projects Integration Strategy – 2

2010-01-10T20:53:00.002-06:00

RoadmapIn this post I’m trying to cover one of the sub components of Schedule and that is Roadmap.A concrete Roadmap is foundation of Schedule component. So Roadmap also must be real and tangible. Roadmap should include all the major releases of integrations. The roadmap should embrace program oversight along with overall program. With details like Projects, Phase and Projects start date and

What should be the Approach for Projects Integration?

2010-01-02T20:08:00.003-06:00

body {margin:8px} .LW-yrriRe {font:normal x-small arial}What should be the Approach for Projects Integration?I’m starting this new series of Projects Integration Strategy blog. In this series I will try to cover all component of Program (Bundle of projects) Integration plan. So the first question comes up is, what is the one big major component of Integration? And the answer is Schedule,

Happy New Year- 2010

2009-12-31T20:27:00.002-06:00

Happy New Year-2010 from Atul Kaushik!

A Thwarted Day, Ha!

2009-12-30T21:55:00.002-06:00

A Thwarted Day, Ha!Today was the very hectic day, boy. Yes... I’m working in holiday seasons. As there are lots of task on my plate and the major one is testing Revenues sharing rules. As our UAT testing is going to be started in New Year that’s mean next week. My major concern is Revenue sharing is still not fixed. I’m not feeling confident to let this shit pass to UAT and then to Prod. So I

Happy Holidays n Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T15:42:00.002-06:00

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to all !

Common SAP CML/Banking Terms

2009-12-20T19:17:00.002-06:00

Some more terms in this post:Liability/Debt:A financial obligation or debt of a business arising from a past transaction that is to be paid in the future.Limited Partnership:A partnership in which one or more of the partners have had their liability for the debts of the partnership limited to their contributed capital.Living Costs:Personal drawings from the business not including fees or salaries

Common SAP CML/Banking Terms

2009-12-19T15:58:00.000-06:00

This is second post of SAP CML/Banking common terms.Shareholder Loans: The amount that a company owes to its shareholders. Most shareholder loans have no interest rate or fixed repayment terms.Revenue/Sales: The value of all goods produced and sold and all services rendered during the fiscal period from the operation of the business.Rollover: A term used to describe a transaction under which no

Common SAP CML/Banking Terms

2009-12-05T15:39:00.003-06:00

Common SAP CML/Banking TermsI changed the old template and envisage this new fresh template, let me know what you feel about this template.I got lots of emails from readers who are asking to post something about common SAP CML and banking business terms, which are used while writing tons of documents. So I’m starting this series of post about common SAP CML/Banking Terms. This is the first post

I hate while they not engage UATer at the time of Requirements.

2009-11-28T15:59:00.000-06:00

I hate while they not engage UATer at the time of Requirements.I really don’t understand why the hell they don’t involve UAT at the time of requirements. Or why the UAT don’t like to sit at the time of requirements. Or why the hells on the earth SME don’t want to be a UAT, if they involve in requirement. Why the hell business don’t send the same person who was involved in requirement. Why there

Business Process Testing

2009-11-19T09:22:00.002-06:00

Business Process TestingBusiness Process Testing enables Subject Matter Experts to create business process tests using reusable business components. Business Process Testing enables Subject Matter Experts to design quality assurance tests for an application early in the development cycle and in a script-free environment.Benefits of Business Process TestingBusiness Process Testing and its

SAP CML Volume Testing Template

2009-10-27T12:41:00.002-06:00

In my previous post: Use Case Template i post about use case template. In this post i'm posting general SAP CML Volume Testing template:Volume TestingDuration and Timing:1. The duration of the volume test strongly depends on the complexity of the tested business scenarios.2. Planning the timetable for testing.Test Scenarios and Requirements:For each of the core business processes, identify the

Agile Quality Assurance

2009-10-25T22:15:00.000-06:00

Agile Quality Assurance The Agile approaches are changing the conversation about software development. Agile shifted our attention to small teams incrementally delivering quality software. The old ideas about testing at the end of the coding phase no longer applicable. We need to think new about the role of Quality Assurance in Agile Projects. Agile Testing abandons the old notion about how

Agile 3: Quality Assurance and Agile projects

2009-10-05T17:46:00.003-06:00

Quality Assurance and Agile projectsThis post is part 3 of an Agile series; my last post was about measuring an Agile progress. In this post I’m talking more about, what are the QA Agile practices we are using in my company? Quality Assurance and Agile projects are very complex combo in any agile project. It’s true QA decrease the speed of any project and if project is on Agile, it certainly

Use Case Template

2009-10-04T18:18:00.002-06:00

Use Case TemplateBefore i explode with template, lets talk first what is Use Case?Use Case: A use case describes "who" can do "what" with the system in question. The use case technique is used to capture a system's behavioral requirements by detailing scenario-driven hreads through the functional requirements.There are many different styles and templates for use cases. These elements constitute a

Agile - 2 : Evaluating Agile Project Acceptance

2009-09-29T20:30:00.003-06:00

Evaluating Agile Project AcceptanceThis post is second part of my last post about Agile. This post is about what factores we are using to evaluating how well Agile development works on Agile project is essential in my company. Agile best particle can help project team to recognize potential improvements to how they choose to work. Effective measurement enables team to more effective team.

Request to IT recruiters or job managers or HR Manager, please provide email contract on job posting.

2009-09-25T08:49:00.002-06:00

Request to IT recruiters or job managers or HR Manager, please provide email contract on job posting.In my previous post about Head Hunters/IT recruiters its post about You guys and this post is second link of that post. You guys love to post your job posting online, that great. That great. Mostly I saw that you guys never ever give email of person to contact on job posting. You guys always

Agile

2009-09-08T18:15:00.001-06:00

I just wanted to say "Happy Labour Day" to my readers in Canada/ U.S. I hope you are enjoyed a day off. This post is my first post on series of posts on Agile methodology. I don’t want to load my reader with all information at one shot, that’s why I’m breaking Agile methodology into chain of series. I think this methodology is quite new and we have to give some time to this methodology to mature.

World's leading professional organizations/standards in information technology industries.

2009-09-05T12:00:00.002-06:00

This post is about world's leading professional organizations/standards in information technology industries.1. IEEEA non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.The IEEE name was originally an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Today, the organization's scope of interest has expanded into so

10 key points to optimize performance and availability of any application

2009-08-29T20:54:00.002-06:00

In this post i'm trying to synopsing, how we can optimize performance of application.10 key points to optimize performance and availability of any applicationThoroughly examine and understand the enterprise’s key business objectives.Understand the relationship of each individual application to the underlying business processes.Create a cross-functional application management team.Decide which

My Presentations on Slideshare.net

2009-08-26T20:41:00.002-06:00

My Presentations on Slideshare.netI uploaded the following presentation on Slideshare.net1. Top 20 Leadership Qualities.2. 10 Motivational success quotes.3. Why Projects Fail.Enjoy these presentations.

Overviews of CML Datasources

2009-08-14T16:38:00.002-06:00

In this post, i'm trying to give a very quick overview of few CML datasources. Infact you can see them by Tcode: RSAS>>CML System.1.0CML_CASHFLOW Cash Flow :Extractor determines only flow-based capital amounts. If you want to determine contract-based capital amounts, or capital amounts from flows and master data, you have to update this information from the ODS contract capital amounts (

Don’t touch systems in mid of projects.

2009-08-12T19:18:00.000-06:00

Don’t touch systems in mid of projects.In my last post “How many Landscapes/Regions/Systems/Environments needed for smooth deployment” I mentioned that we are changing our systems as per second solution.However that solution is very painful. The thing we learn from that change is “Do not touch your stable systems in mid of projects.Yes that a great lesson we are learned. We are really going

How many Landscapes/Regions/Systems/Environments needed for smooth deployment?

2009-08-03T15:18:00.004-06:00

How many Landscapes/Regions/Systems/Environments needed for smooth deployment?That was the agenda of our meeting, last Friday. Mostly this question always comes in big organization when big releases (with multiple projects) move into production. For small organization this is not a concern, but for the big companies this always a topic for discuss. For all seriousness, mostly all organization

My thoughts about Success

2009-07-25T18:34:00.001-06:00

My thoughts about Success1. Each person has their own definition of success.2. Wanting success is the first step towards attaining it.3. Self-trust is essential.4. Goals are stepping stones on your path.5. Your actions affects you’re out come, so success also depends on what action you performed.6. There is no doubt there are setbacks, but each setback provides valuables lessons to avoid pitfalls

Working on the weekends.

2009-07-22T14:35:00.000-06:00

Working on the weekends.I’m in IT industry for 8+ years. In those years I never be a 9-5 Monday- Friday guy. I get in early, staying late, taking work home and working weekends. It’s not that whole year is like that. There are few pockets in years where you do relax. It’s not me alone, who work so hard, mostly I think every IT professionals work on weekends. That’s my belief that if you want to

How the method of thinking can impact the project’s success.

2009-07-18T21:43:00.000-06:00

How the method of thinking can impact the project’s success.I think that any project success is depends on, how the Project Manager and other project team member thinks the method of thinking about the project. We can categorize method of thinking in two parts.Category one is Binary, or 1 and 0, black and white, good and bad. This kind thinking mainly have low risk frame of mind. Team views

Don't overlap test phases

2009-07-17T21:38:00.001-06:00

This post is continual of my previous posts Don't Misjudge test efforts and Why SAP projects fails about why SAP project fails through QA eyes.