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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Hi Sue, Gayathri,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>I do understand this dilemma – we go thru it every time we upgrade
or apply major support packs. We get a ‘prime’ Dev environment in which we do
production support, and then we get the upgrade environment in which we do
enhancements. It’s a beast. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>I was not taking that – the ‘upgrade factor’ – into consideration.
Call it selective amnesia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>As far as I know copying the WFs and trying to keep both versions
in sync is the only way to do this. Of course, in my own perfect little world
(imaginary) we would not have to do this kind of thing </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>J</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Thanks for bringing me back to reality on a Friday, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Sue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Susan R. Keohan</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>SAP Workflow Specialist</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>MIT Lincoln Laboratory</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>244 Wood Street, LI-200</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Lexington, MA. 02420</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>781-981-3561</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sue
Doughty<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2010 10:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'SAP Workflow Users' Group'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: workflow maintenance and enhancements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Hi Sue,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>I can understand Gayathri’s issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>I’m currently working on a six month project that involves changes
to the system done by another group, plus workflow changes to an existing
workflow. While this six month project is going on we need to have a path
to production to be able to send fixes (if they occur) for the existing
workflow while we are in development on the project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>The only way I knew to do that was to make a copy of the existing
workflow in which I am making the project changes. If any fixes need to
be done before the project goes to PRD, I’ll have to make changes in both
workflows to keep everything in sync. It is challenging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>There is no other way to do that, is there?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Regards,</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Sue</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Keohan,
Susan - 1140 - MITLL<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2010 10:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: workflow maintenance and enhancements</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Hi Gayathri,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>I would not try to simultaneously fix productive workflows and
also do enhancements – unless you are planning on all of these
corrections/enhancements going to the same place at the same time. Personally,
I would fix the issue with production, transport up, and then generate a new
version of the workflow in your Dev environment and begin the enhancements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Having said that, you could, of course, copy the productive
workflow to another workflow template, allowing you to do the fixes in the
original template, and the enhancements in the copied template. I would
hate to have to coordinate that development effort though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Just my 2p,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Sue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>----</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Susan R. Keohan</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>SAP Workflow Specialist</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Enterprise Applications</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Information Services Department</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>MIT Lincoln Laboratory</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>244 Wood Street, LI-200</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Lexington, MA. 02420</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>781-981-3561</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>keohan@LL.MIT.EDU</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gayathri
Shivakumar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2010 8:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> workflow maintenance and enhancements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>HI experts,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>What is the best way to handle simultaneously fixes to a
production workflow and also work on enhancements to the same workflow ? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Gayathri<o:p></o:p></p>
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