SAP Services India Talent Outlook - 2013/14

SAP Services in India has grown by leaps and bounds in the past decade giving rise to umpteen numbers of clients adopting the enterprise software and gaining benefits beyond visibility. The intangible benefits by adoption have been the driving force behind SAP’s rise to the top of enterprise software segment across the globe. But the price factor has always pinched the company especially in emerging markets. Nonetheless, this factor has not stopped students from taking up SAP has a profession given the fact that it is promised to pay high returns on investment in the talent market.

1. Introduction
i. Research Objectives & Scope
ii. Key Take Away Points
iii. Stakeholders of the report

2. Research Methodology & Models
i. Formulating Research Methodology
ii. About the Survey
iii. Data Collection Approach
iv. Establishing validation of data by triangulation technique and conducting analysis
v. Talent Sphere - Positioning SIs within SAP Talent Market

3. Technology Landscape
i. India IT Services Market Overview
ii. Technology Definitions & Introduction
iii. Evolution over the years

4. Market Segmentation
i. India Market Overview / Understanding India Market
ii. Region based Segmentation to assess presence of talent across India
ii.a. Talent Pool Visibility of various locations in India
ii.b. Talent Pool Visibility of Tier I, II & III companies
iii. Segmentation by Skills prevalent to SAP Services in IT Industry
iii.a. Analysis of Skills within SAP recognized as employees working in modules & sub-modules
iv. Segmentation by Services provided to type of client and categorized by nature of employment
iv.a. Assessing permanent payroll employees rendering services to external client (Permanent Employment)
iv.b. Assessing permanent payroll employees rendering services to internal clients (Captives/GICs)
iv.c. Assessing temporary payroll employees rendering services to external clients (Contractual Employees)
v. Segmentation of pool by nature of service roles defined as tier I, tier II and tier III services

5. Training Ecosystem
i. IT Skill Training
ii. SAP Training & Certification
iii. SAP Training Ecosystem in India - Status Quo
iv. SAP Services Training Institutes

6. Hiring Ecosystem of Permanent Employees
i. Permanent Hiring in 2013
ii. Permanent Hiring across top 20 Service Providers in 2013
iii. Talent Pyramid to understand compensation structure across experience levels of permanent employees

7. Staffing Ecosystem - An understanding of contractual employees in SAP Services Ecosystem
i. IT Staffing Industry in India
ii. Flexi Hiring & SAP - a successful bond?
iii. Over view of Non-SAP employees staffed contractually in the ERP umbrella against SAP

8. Channel Partner Ecosystem
i. SAP Partnership Categories & Definitions
ii. SAP Channel Partner Analysis
iii. SAP Partner Expectations & Challenges

9. Market Dynamics
i. Drivers
ii. Challenges
iii. Opportunities

10. Skill Profiling
11. Location Profiling
12. Company Profiling
13. HR Leaders & Practitioners Canvass