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I’m posting these links for myself and anyone else who may be required to lead or assist in an upgrade to ECC6.  They point to blog entries the SAP Developer Network, which is an SAP sponsored and developed community site for all things SAP.

How To Tackle Upgrades to SAP ERP 6.0
This blog addresses frequently asked questions about the upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0, asked by customers at user group events, projects, and other occasions.  Mar. 20, 2008

How To Tackle an Upgrade (2): Technical Upgrade
In this blog, Martin Riedel, Senior Vice President and head of the SAP Global Upgrade Office, addresses frequently asked questions from customers about upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0. The questions have been gathered at user group events, on projects, and during the course of other occasions. Part 2 focuses on the technical upgrade.  Mar. 31, 2008

How To Tackle an Upgrade: Implementing Functional Enhancements
The second phase of the upgrade approach is to implement functional enhancementes. This blog post gives an overview of this phase and explains how crucial project management is. Apr. 13, 2008

How To Tackle an Upgrade (4): Implementing Strategic Enhancements
Part 4 of this blog describes how an upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0 provides the perfect basis for enabling your IT landscape for enterprise service oriented architecture (SOA) and what’s in it for you.  Apr. 28, 2008

How To Tackle an Upgrade (5): Upgrade Services for the Planning Phase
This blog post describes which services can assist you in the planning phase of your upgrade project to SAP ERP 6.0 May. 13, 2008

How to Tackle an Upgrade (6): Enhancement Packages for SAP ERP
Part 6 of this blog series focuses on some of the most frequently asked customer questions regarding enhancement packages, support packages, and upgrades.  May. 20, 2008

SAP Upgrades (7): Customers’ Experiences and Pain Points – What about Yours?
Part 7 of this blog gives you an insight into customer feedback data about SAP upgrades: What are the main challenges and pain points when planning and performing an upgrade?  Jun. 21, 2008

SAP Upgrades: When Should my Organization Convert to Unicode?
Part 8 of this blog answers one of the most frequently asked customer questions: When upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0, do we have to convert to Unicode?  Jul. 5, 2008