A SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) Tester typically needs experience with the following SAP modules and components:
- SAP Plant Maintenance (PM): Deep knowledge of the core functionalities, including maintenance planning, work order management, preventive maintenance, and asset management.
- SAP Materials Management (MM): Understanding of how maintenance activities integrate with materials management, including inventory management, purchasing, and vendor management.
- SAP Production Planning (PP): Awareness of how plant maintenance impacts production planning and scheduling, including the integration between maintenance and production processes.
- SAP Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO): Insight into how maintenance activities affect financial accounting and controlling, including cost tracking and allocation.
- SAP Project System (PS): Experience with project management and how it relates to maintenance projects and work orders.
- SAP Quality Management (QM): Understanding of quality processes that might be involved in maintenance activities.
- SAP Asset Management: Knowledge of asset lifecycle management, including asset performance and reliability.
In addition to these modules, a SAP PM Tester should have skills in:
- Testing Tools: Familiarity with SAP testing tools such as SAP Solution Manager or third-party test management tools.
- Testing Methodologies: Knowledge of testing methodologies including functional, integration, and regression testing.
Business Processes: Understanding of the business processes related to plant maintenance to create realistic test scenarios and validate that the system meets business requirements.