3789456 - Customer Projects – Recommended Project Sizing Guidelines for Work Packages, Billing Elements, and Project Duration

Customers and consultants working with Customer Projects in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition ask the following:

• What is the maximum recommended number of Work Packages per project?
• Does the Billing Element limit apply per Work Package or to the entire project?
• What is a Billing Element — does it refer to each due date in the billing plan, or to the billing plan itself?

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Navigate to the Customer Projects app in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
2. Attempt to plan a large project structure by creating multiple Work Packages and assigning them to Billing Elements.
3. No system message or documentation indicates the recommended project sizing boundaries.
4. Searching the SAP Help Portal and SAP Notes does not return official guidance on Work Package or Billing Element limits per project.

The following project sizing guidelines are recommended for optimal performance in Customer Projects redesign apps

These are performance-oriented recommendations, not hard system limits.

Key clarifications:

• A Work Package is a child object of a Billing Element. One or more Work Packages can be assigned to a single Billing Element.
• With 150 Work Packages distributed across 50 Billing Elements, the average ratio is 3 Work Packages per Billing Element.
• A Billing Element corresponds to a Sales Order Item. Each Billing Element has its own Billing Plan. Assuming monthly billing over a 3-year project, each Billing Element holds an average of 36 billing plan items.

Object hierarchy for reference:

Project
 └── Billing Element (= Sales Order Item │ max. 50 per project)
      ├── Billing Plan (avg. 36 items for monthly billing over 3 years)
      └── Work Packages (1 or more per Billing Element │ max. 150 total)

Exceeding the recommended sizing thresholds may negatively impact system performance in the Customer Projects redesign apps.

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