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SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4 HANA

Globally for organizations there is a mega trend for Digitize OR Die. There is no way for
organizations to survive 2020 without digitization. This is creating a huge requirement in the
market for quality ERP products for all kinds of organizations. SAP S/4HANA is the latest and
one of the best ERP in the market right now.

In this post I will give details on SAP Activate Methodology which is needed with SAP
S4HANA. I will discuss about SAP S/4HANA deployment options like on-premise or cloud in
another post.

What is SAP Activate Methodology?

SAP activate methodology is one simple, modular and agile framework for implementation or
migration to SAP S/4HANA.

 We can use methodology on our own, with an SAP Partner or with

SAP Directly.
 Its built on its predecessors ASAP Methodology and SAP Launch
Methodology.
There are 3 main components to SAP Activate methodology.

1.Best Practices: Readily configured business processes based on industry best practices.

2.Methodology: SAP Guidance to accelerate implementation and optimization.

3.Guided configuration: Tools to help activate best practices content and make

customized adjustments.

SAP Activate is available for on-premise and cloud editions of SAP S/4HANA and
supports all 3 types of transactions.

1. New Implementation

2. System Conversion

3. Landscape Transformation

Stages in Activate Methodology:

SAP Methodology consists of Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy &

Run phases.

SAP Activate - Discover

 This Discover phase will help you consider and experience SAP
S/4HANA before starting a project to implement SAP S/4HANA.
 In this phase, you develop strategies and road-map you use on the
implementation journey.
 Experience SAP S/4HANA with preconfigured SAP Best practices-
based Cloud and On-premise trials.

SAP Activate - Prepare

 Project is initiated and planned, including quality and risk plans.

 System environment is set up, including best practices with ready to
run processes.

SAP Activate - Explore

  Customer team explores SAP solution functionalities while the system
integrator explores customers business.
 Together, they use fit/gap workshops to identify the configuration and
extensions that best meet the customers’ requirements.

SAP Activate - Realize

 Together, teams configure and extend the system based on prioritized

requirements captured in explore phase
 Configuration and build are done in iterative cycles with regular
validations and feedback from business
 Structured testing and data migration activities help ensure quality.

SAP Activate - Deploy

 Final preparations before cutover to production help ensure that the

system data and users are ready for transitioning to production
environment.
 The transition to operations includes setting up and launching support,
then handing off operations to the organization managing the
environment.

SAP Activate - Run

 Purpose of Run phase is to continue adoption of implemented solution

across the organization. During this phase, customer adds new users,
enables their business users to execute the business transactions,
manages regression testing for quarterly upgrades, and activate
additional functionality as required.

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
― Abraham Lincoln