SAP Certifies TPG PSLink 2016 Integration Middleware

Recertification of TPG’s integration product for all key project management use cases:
TPG PSLink 2016 has again been awarded the SAP Certified Application label, which is valid until 2019. As on previous occasions, TPG decided to put the product through the extensive “Custom Certification” test to cover all the integration aspects important to project management. Unlike the certification of standard interface solutions, whose technology depends on certain SAP modules or function groups, the custom certification specifies the relevant use cases from a business perspective and tests all the appropriate SAP functions across all applicable modules. This type of certification goes significantly deeper than the standard version. Since the last certification, TPG added three new use cases. Further details are available at www.theprojectgroup.com/pslink.

TPG PSLink 2016 is a middleware product that integrates project management software, like Microsoft Project Server and Project Online, with other systems such as SAP, SharePoint (including its Online version), Jira and Dynamics AX. The new SAP tests mean that TPG PSLink has now been certified for integration with SAP for the third time. The new use cases added since the last certification include the integration of CO internal orders, controlling master data (such as cost centers, cost types, service pricing etc.) and exchange rates.

Overall, SAP has certified 11 subject areas covering 48 SAP business functions, known as BAPIs. These include use cases for employee master data, CO master data, WBS structures, networks, maintenance orders, CO internal orders, sales orders, primary cost planning, activity input, revenue planning, and CATS time confirmation as well as the allocation and export of CO activity allocation and cost documents. The product also underwent performance and stress tests to verify its resilience when sharing large data volumes between SAP and other systems.

“We believed it was very important to include as many relevant use cases as possible,” comments Stavros Georgantzis, managing partner at TPG The Project Group. “Our customer implementations are extensive and oriented to project, resource and portfolio management processes. These require links to various SAP modules, including sales & distribution, materials management, controlling and human resources, among others. The traditional project system is usually also a part of that, although not always. The message we’re sending to our customers is that the entire range of relevant SAP integration points has been certified.”

The integration of Microsoft Project and SharePoint – as well as Project Online and SharePoint Online – with ERP and other systems is an essential factor contributing to the efficient use and acceptance of a project management solution. It ensures that staff – including project managers, team leaders and accountants – can work with the tool best suited to their job role and can always access relevant data from other systems. TPG PSLink provides multi-directional data sharing while ensuring the consistency of the data synchronized between the systems. Further information about TPG PSLink 2016 is available at www.theprojectgroup.com/pslink.

About TPG The Project Group
TPG The Project Group is an international full service provider of consulting and solutions for enterprise-wide project management. The company focuses on Microsoft technologies and their integration with SAP and other enterprise systems via TPG PSLink®, a world-leading integration product. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, TPG provides international companies with expert advice, flexible implementations, intelligent PM solutions, and guidance to achieve a higher PM maturity level for business performance. The company complements its offerings with seminars on Microsoft Project and project management methodologies.
With several subsidiaries in Europe, the USA and Africa as well as a global network of authorized partners, TPG provides its services to large and mid-sized companies in all industries that work with project management.
TPG® is a registered trademark in the European Union and the United States of America.

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Mr. Achim Schmidt-Sibeth
Email: AchimS@theprojectgroup.de
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TPG The Project Group
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