C_TS412_2021 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Project Systems Questions and Answers

The various work packages in the project are described as individual activities. Activities are the smallest units of a project that can be planned, executed, and controlled. Activities can be assigned to one or more WBS elements in a project. Activities can also be linked to each other by relationships to define the sequence and dependencies of the work packages. Reference:https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4dd8cb7b1c484b4b93af84d00f60fdb8/0673b65334e6b54ce10000000a174cb4.html

To enable automatic assignment of material components to the project, you have to maintain the material master and the BOM item. The material master contains the data required for planning and procurement of materials. The BOM item contains the data required for assigning materials to a network activity or a WBS element. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

The approval of a service entry sheet and the approval of a goods receipt are both transactions that can be used to post actual costs for external processing.”References: 3

To analyze the capacity requirements of their project, you can recommend using the extended capacity evaluation report. The extended capacity evaluation report displays capacity requirements and availability for work centers or resources over a period of time. You can use various selection criteria and display options to customize the report according to your needs. You can also access detailed information on individual capacity requirements or availability situations by choosing drilldown functions. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

When you increase the quantity of the external activity after creating a purchase requisition and a purchase order, a workflow can be triggered to inform the purchasing group. A workflow is a process that automates and controls business tasks according to predefined rules and conditions. A workflow can be triggered when certain events occur in a project, such as changes in quantities, dates, or statuses of project objects. A workflow can perform various actions, such as sending notifications, creating documents, or calling transactions. In this scenario, a workflow can be triggered when you increase the quantityof the external

Planned costs are calculated for internally-processed network activities based on the formula for costing in the work center, the activity output price for the activity type and cost center assigned to the work center, and the duration of the activity. If any of these factors are missing or incorrect, no planned costs will be displayed. The Determine Costsindicator in the network header also controls whether planned costs are calculated or not. If it is not set, no planned costs will be displayed. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

To carry out the internal project work as soon as possible, you have to maintain the control key of an activity in capacity requirements planning. Capacity requirements planning is a process that determines the capacity requirements and availability for work centers or resources that are used to execute project activities. The control key is a parameter that defines the basic properties of an activity, such as whether it is internally or externally processed, whether it requires confirmation or not, and whether it is relevant for scheduling or not. The control key also determines whether an activity is relevant for capacity requirements planning or not. To carry out the internal project work as soon as possible, you have to use a control key that activates capacity requirements planning for the internal activities. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

The receiver of the workflow item for confirmation variances in SAP Project System is the person responsible for the network activity. A workflow item is a function that allows you to automate and monitor business processes in SAP systems. A workflow item can be triggered by various events, such as status changes, deadline monitoring, or variance analysis. A confirmation variance is a difference between the planned and actual data of an activity or an activity element, such as dates, durations, work, costs, and so on. A confirmation variance can indicate a deviation from the project plan or a potential risk for the project completion. The receiver of the workflow item for confirmation variances in SAP Project System is the person responsible for the network activity. The person responsible is a partner function that identifies who is in charge of an activity or an activity element. The person responsible receives a workflow item when a confirmation variance exceeds a predefined threshold that is defined in Customizing for Project System under Confirmation Define Confirmation Parameters . The person responsible can then review and analyze the confirmation variance and take appropriate actions to resolve it. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/f373bb53707db44ce10000000a174cb4.html

To create purchase requisitions for the materials used in your project, you must ensure that the materials have a procurement type that allows external procurement and a material number that identifies them uniquely. Some of the possible reasons why no purchase requisitions have been created after releasing the project are:

• The procurement type in the material master is set to in-house production (E). This means that the material is produced internally and not procured externally from a vendor.
• The material has no material number (N). This means that the material is a non-stock item that is not managed in inventory and has no master record. Non-stock items require manual creation of purchase requisitions. Reference: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/4dd8cb7b1c484b4b93af84d00f60fdb8/79ceb65334e6b54ce10000000a174cb4.html?&version=1909.002

Project-Oriented Procurement (ProMan) is a tool that allows you to display and process procurement documents that are relevant for projects. You can use ProMan to display reservations and purchase order items that are assigned to WBS elements or network activities. You can also use ProMan to create purchase requisitions, purchase orders, goods movements, and invoices for project-related materials and services. Reference:https://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/EN/8e/8bc95360267214e10000000a174cb4/frameset.htm

If you are using WBS elements and activities are not assigned, you can always maintain the actual start and finish date of a WBS element manually or automatically. However, you can only maintain the actual start if the WBS element has the status “Released” or “Partially released”, which means it is ready for processing or partially ready for processing. You can maintain the actual finish regardless of the status of the WBS element. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

User status profiles are used to define additional statuses for project objects that can control their business processes. User status profiles can allow business processes that are forbidden by SAP system status, such as releasing a project that is locked by SAP system status. User status profiles can also restrict setting user status for individual users by assigning authorization keys to user statuses. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html

 To solve the problem of the system not preventing their project managers from exceeding their budgets, you have to activate availability control in the assigned budget profile and define the tolerance limits in customizing. The budget profile is a parameter that defines the basic settings for budgeting in your project, such as whether availability control is active or not. The tolerance limits are values that specify how much deviation from the budget is allowed before the system issues warnings or error messages. Reference:https://help.sap.com/doc/0f069b2e08b748f1b480d4c8b46c3c49/100/en-US/6a7a9f0a6e421014e10000000a174cb4.html