SAP Quality Awards

Three rowing crews in a race, representing the SAP Quality Awards

Upcoming award categories

Find out which of our three award categories best fits your implementation profile.

All SAP customers with successful implementations of any SAP product can submit a nomination for the SAP Quality Awards. There were three categories: small, medium, and large implementations.

In addition, all local market unit winners who have implemented one of SAP's newer products automatically qualify to enter an additional Innovation category for New Business Application at the regional level – across all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa – if they have won Gold, Silver or Bronze in the market unit.

Award Category Details

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  • Small Implementation Category



    • There are fewer than 100 users, including self-service users, on the system.
    • The implementation lasted less than 5 calendar months from kickoff to first significant go-live.
    • The estimated implementation effort for the completed project used fewer than 400 person days, including external consulting days and the customer's time (excluding time for end-user training).*

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  • Medium Implementation Category



    • There are between 80 and 500 users, including self-service users, on the system.
    • The implementation lasted between 4 and 12 calendar months from kickoff to first significant go-live.
    • The estimated implementation effort for the completed project used between 300 and 1,400 person days, including external consulting days and the customer's time (excluding time for end-user training).*

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  • Large Implementation Category



    • There are more than 500 users, including self-service users, on the system.
    • The implementation lasted more than 10 calendar months from kickoff to first significant go-live.
    • The estimated implementation effort for the completed project used more than 1,000 person days, including external consulting days and the customer's time (excluding time for end-user training).*

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  • Additional Innovation Winner Opportunity




    All local market unit winners who have implemented a newer SAP product will automatically qualify to enter an additional category for New Business Application at the regional level – for all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

    If you have implemented one of SAP's newer products, please indicate this in your submission form.

    Learn which new business applications are eligible ›

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* Estimated Effort Sample Calculations:
This metric is calculated by multiplying the number of implementation days by the number of full-time equivalent resources. Examples:
An implementation with a 3-month duration using 3 full-time and 4 half-time resources: (3 x 20 working days) x [(3 people x 100%) + (4 people x 50%)] = 300 project days
An implementation with a 9-month duration using 6 full-time and 8 half-time resources: (9 x 20 working days) x ([6 people x 100%] + [8 people x 50%]) = 1,800 person days