SearchSAP’s Matt Danielson makes some interesting points here – although CRM has been hailed as the SAP Dev Consultant’s saviour for some years now, it seems to be an alternative that’s growing slowly but surely.

However there is little to suggest that a move into SAP CRM would be that beneficial. From a SAP Development Consultant’s perspective, it rather prolongs the inevitable. Moving into new(ish) areas such WD4A and especially XI would be far more profitable and gives you better career longevity – if there is such a thing these days. A lot of SAP CRM customers are experienced R/3 users and therefore might stay clear off any custom developments within their CRM module once it has been implemented.

Having said that – it can only be an advantage to have CRM under your belt.