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Jon Reed is putting together his lists of the hottest SAP skills of today and tomorrow. The skills that SAP professionals need to succeed is a common theme in all of our JonERP.com podasts as well, but these articles and ranked lists below will take you closer into the skills you want to have to succeed on project sites, and to stay marketable in the "outsourcing era."

Hot SAP Skills Update

Beware of Hot Skills Lists: a JonERP.com Disclaimer and Tips List

Beware of "SAP Hot Skills" Lists:
A Disclaimer and Tips Sheet You Should Read Before Checking Out My SAP Hot Skills Lists
by Jon Reed, JonERP.com

By popular demand, I have relented and finally started publishing lists of hot SAP skills. I have published a list of "SAP Skills You Want to Have," a ranking of the SAP Functional Modules, a list of Hot SAP Technical Skills, and there are more lists to come.

Lists are fun, and they can be informative, but they are like junk food and not to be taken too seriously. Hot skills lists do not take the place of a well-balanced diet of solid career planning.

SAP-Business Objects Skills Transitions

Business Objects is an SAP Company...
So What's Next?
Identifying the Skills Opportunities
Created by the SAP/BO Merger
Unabridged Edition, Never Before Released

One of the most frequent questions I receive is how the SAP-Business Objects acquisition is going to affect job requirements. Whether it's experienced SAP BW/BI consultants who are looking to stay on track, or folks who see the BO acquisition as an opportunity to move into a new area of SAP, there is plenty of interest in how BI-plus-BO will play out. Along with that interest comes a fair degree of confusion. It's not that easy to put the two together on paper and figure out where the opportunities are going to be. (You can see my archived live Tweets from the August 2008 SAP BO Summit here)

Site Editor's Note: This article includes SAP-approved screen shots of Business Objects product functionality and roadmaps.

Keys to Success in SAP Consulting: How to Capitalize on the Market in 2008

Keys to Success in SAP Consulting: How to Capitalize on the Market in 2008

Unabridged and Unadulterated Edition, Never Before Released

by Jon Reed

Guest contributors: Brad Elster and Ray Kelly of B2B Workforce

The hardest thing for the SAP professional is to stay on top of where SAP is headed - without overlooking the skills that are needed on projects now. SAP does a terrific job of marketing its next-generation solutions, but what's next is not the whole story.

How I Compiled the "SAP Skills You Want to Have" List

We’ve heard the keynotes and read the clippings: yes, we’re entering the eSOA and NetWeaver era of SAP. But what does that really mean? eSOA is a vast umbrella of emerging technologies, and NetWeaver is a broad technical landscape with a number of different components.

When it all comes together someday, it should be pretty dreamy, bringing an unprecedented level of integration and business adaptability to SAP customers. ERP as we know it won’t be the same.

The Pros and Cons of SAP Configuration Skills: An Updated Classic

The Pros and Cons of SAP Configuration Skills:
Revisiting a Classic Article on SAP Skills Trends

Jon Reed's New Introduction, April 2008: One of my most-discussed articles about SAP in the ‘90s was a piece called "The Pros and Cons of SAP Configuration Skills." A good portion of this article eventually found its way into the SAP Consultant Handbook. As I was compiling material for the JonERP.com web site, I took a fresh look at this piece, which is no longer available online. I decided to republish it because it has quite a bit of relevance to the current discussion we are having about the SAP Business Process expert and how the SAP functional skill set is evolving.

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