What is implementation experience mean in SAP world?

The most important part for any consultant in SAP is the implementation experience. Every ABAPer wants to work in a implementation project, so that they can get more developments and sharpen their knowledge. Even its good to work in a implementation project also. 

When you try to change or switch your job, the very common question asked by the interviewer is How many implementation projects did you work? Even HR people or recruitment consultant who never had any experience in SAP asked such questions mostly. Anyway the answer they get from us is "I worked on 2-3 implementation project", just an example.

But do you really know that the actual meaning of the question is different. Even the HR people or even most of us don't know that.

Actually by implementation, some one want to ask you in how many actually implementation project did you involve? Whatever we do in our day to day work in offshore is a part of implementation. The actual implementation is done in the client site, mostly on site.

So if you have ever traveled to client site for implementation purpose, there you can face the real challenge of implementation. How the different programs were connected and how they behave in production. The clients reaction on every issue etc etc.

I think that should be count as a complete implementation experience, where you involved in development, support, integration and all other important phases of an SAP implementation.