SAP Implementation Benefits Realisation Plan
This is a practical guide to building a benefits realisation plan for a sap implementation project — how the project’s benefits will be measured and actually realised, adapted to the realities of implementing SAP modules across finance, supply chain and operations.
What a Benefits Realisation Plan is
A benefits realisation plan is how the project’s benefits will be measured and actually realised. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Benefits Realization. On a sap implementation project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a SAP Implementation project
SAP Implementation projects live or die on implementing SAP modules across finance, supply chain and operations. A well-built benefits realisation plan gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how sap implementation projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Target benefits
- Metrics / KPIs
- Baseline values
- Owner
- Realisation timeline
SAP Implementation-specific considerations
Tailor the benefits realisation plan to the risks that most often derail sap implementation projects:
- Scope and customisation creep
- Data migration complexity
- Change management across departments
Example
On a real sap implementation project, the benefits realisation plan would be shaped by implementing SAP modules across finance, supply chain and operations. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — scope and customisation creep, data migration complexity, change management across departments — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.