B2A 202 · EXECUTE
How are project work and procurement captured?
Connect purchase orders, services, materials, internal work, confirmations, commitments, and actual cost to the selected structure.
READ THE CAPABILITY
Turn planned work into traceable commitments and actual cost
Execution evidence is created by the selected delivery structure and the documents that consume it. A purchase order, service acceptance, material issue, internal activity, or maintenance-order posting must point to the object responsible for the work and its cost outcome.
Progress is not the same as cost. The project needs both physical evidence of work performed and financial evidence of commitment or actual cost, with change control preserving the relationship between the approved plan and the current forecast.
WORKING FLOW
From business decision to controlled evidence
Follow the capability through the records and decisions that make the result explainable.
Release executable work
Open the approved WBS, network, or order for the relevant status, scope, dates, and procurement path.
Create commitments
Assign requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, or planned components to the intended project object.
Confirm delivery and cost
Record receipts, service acceptance, time, material consumption, invoices, and internal work as separate evidence.
Reconcile progress and forecast
Compare physical progress, commitments, actuals, remaining work, and approved changes before updating the outlook.
DIAGNOSTIC EVIDENCE
What should be traceable?
When the result looks wrong, start with the last trusted record and follow the owning boundary.
Requisition, purchase order, contract, account assignment, value, supplier, and delivery status.
Goods receipt, service acceptance, confirmation, progress measure, status, and responsible work package.
Invoice or journal, actual-cost line, receiver, reversal history, open commitment, and forecast implication.
SCENARIO
A contractor milestone is accepted late
The purchase order remains the commitment until service acceptance and invoice evidence arrive. The project team compares physical completion with the open commitment, records the accepted progress, and updates the forecast without treating an invoice date as the date the work was performed.
- Business rule and accountable owner are explicit
- SAP object and source evidence remain connected
- Exception or outcome is reconciled before closure
CORE MODEL
Three questions to resolve
A sound design makes ownership, control, and evidence explicit before configuration.
Direct WBS procurement
Define the rule, responsible object, required master data, resulting document or posting, and proof.
Compare patterns02Network components and activities
Define the rule, responsible object, required master data, resulting document or posting, and proof.
Compare patterns03Maintenance-order execution
Define the rule, responsible object, required master data, resulting document or posting, and proof.
Compare patternsSee how this capability changes across valid integration models.