Agile Implementation of SAP S/4HANA with

SAP Activate Methodology

SAP Activate
June 18, 2021

PUBLIC
Agenda

Introduction to SAP Activate

Journey: SAP S/4HANA Implementation with SAP Activate

Summary

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SAPACTIVATE Implementation Approach | Implementation Shift

Transformative
“Fit-to-standard”

▪ Business owns the solution

Traditional ERP
“Design to blueprint”
▪ Lead with ‘standard’, best
practices
▪ Consultative approach ▪ Agile, Modular, Scalable
▪ Waterfall project ▪ Rapid, repeatable delivery
methodology steps
▪ Customized solution ▪ Accelerators: tools,
▪ Development, not templates, and content
configuration ▪ Quicker ROI
▪ Historically been time
consuming and costly

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SAP Activate

Innovation as a Service is how your business deploys new capabilities, when and how you choose,
to build a sustained competitive advantage

Launch quickly and efficiently, Self-service to expand capabilities when,

standardized for integration where, and how you choose

Business-Driven Innovation with SAP Activate

Self-service configuration through a clear deployment

methodology of solution-specific practices, in a
standardized environment Speed of Innovation Greater Productivity

Business Processes Clear Methodology for Apps for Adoption

Delivered Adoption and and Extensibility
Ready to Run Extensibility
Growth & Scalability Business Impact

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SAPACTIVATE Methodology
The Advantages | Accelerating Delivery of Outcomes

Start with SAP’s Rich Fit-to-standard instead Build and Test

Best Practices of traditional Business
Blueprint Tailor the solution in short time-
Early available in the project! boxed sprints with frequent

+ +
Fit-to-Standard and Planning inspection points by the customer
and Design workshops with
customer at the steerwheel to
drive priorities

= Customer Value, Efficiency, Speed

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Customer’s expectations have changed
Software providers have to adapt their Engagement Models

Faster deployment More frequent Agile deployment, con- Lower CapEx & faster
innovation updates figuration + integration Time to Value

▪ Full deployment ▪ Multiple innovation ▪ Rapid process ▪ Lower initial solution

in weeks possible releases per year configuration and deployment fees
▪ Mobile grade user ▪ Customer feedback a ▪ Faster adoption ▪ Lower maintenance or
experience = less cornerstone of updates ▪ No lengthy upgrade cycles upgrade costs
training ▪ Prepackaged integrations
▪ Packaged integration

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Customer Journey to SAP S/4HANA with SAP Activate
Three customer situations, three transition scenarios

Starting Accelerating your transition to SAP S/4HANA

point… SAP S/4HANA with SAP Activate implemented
New S/4HANA transition project and lifecycle
Implementation

SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Edition
System
Conversion

SAP S/4HANA
Selective Data On-premise Edition
Transition

…depending on your
transition scenario

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SAPACTIVATE Methodology accelerates your journey to
SAP S/4HANA with these principles

Based on over 40 years of implementation experience.

START WITH SAP BEST PRACTICES CLOUD READY

Leverage working system with ready-to-run business Designed for maximizing the benefit of cloud
processes and Fiori UX ready-to-run business processes technologies, even for customers implementing in their
delivered by SAP or SAP partners own data center

CONFIRM SOLUTION FIT PREMIUM ENGAGEMENT READY

Activate highlights services that customers can leverage
Use fit-to-standard to confirm solution fit and identify
during their deployment journey, whether they implement
delta requirements
in the cloud, hybrid or on-premise

MODULAR, SCALABLE AND AGILE QUALITY BUILT-IN

Scale and tailor the methodology to your project needs, Follow the structured guidance for quality planning,
including size, complexity and readiness to adopt agile execution and management supported by formal quality
principles gates

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SAPACTIVATE
How Customers, Partners, and SAP access SAP Activate methodology content

SAP Activate Community Roadmap Viewer SAP Best Practices Explorer

Register @ http://bit.ly/SAPActivate https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/# https://rapid.sap.com/bp/

Benefits Benefits Benefits

▪ Perfect way to get started and learn about the
SAP Activate approach
▪ Collaboration with experts and other users
(discussion forums, documents sharing, etc.)
▪ SAP Fiori application that provides access to
complete methodology content (all tasks and
accelerators)
▪ Geared to use in a project, access complete
methodology content
▪ Content can also be downloaded into SAP
Solution Manager 7.2 as WBS
▪ SAP Best Practices Explorer allows you to browse
content per solution
▪ Predefined scope items with corresponding
business benefits, key process flows,
country/region relevance, and test scripts
▪ Power your project with ready-to-run processes

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The Big Picture

SAP Digital Business Services

● Smooth journey to SAP S/4HANA with Value
Assurance and Advanced Deployment Services
Packages
● Get help to succeed as an Intelligent Enterprise and
accelerate value creation
SAP Solution Manager
● Delivery infrastructure for SAP S/4HANA
● Orchestrates end-to-end service delivery
SAP Activate Transition Roadmap to S/4HANA
● One unique implementation roadmap for all transition
scenarios powered by SAP Activate
● Support for agile implementation projects
SAP Pre-delivered Business Processes
● Ready-to-run business, integration and migration
processes delivered through SAP Activate
● Optimized for and delivered with SAP S/4HANA
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Digital Transformation to SAP S/4HANA and Continuous Innovation

▪ Comprehensive guidance covering the

transition strategies for the deployment
of SAP S/4HANA

▪ Find more information on how SAP can

support you with SAP Digital Business
Services

▪ Continue your innovation to SAP

S/4HANA with guidance covering the
upgrade of SAP S/4HANA

▪ Coverage of additional activities with the

implementation of additional SAP
solutions integrated with SAP S/4HANA

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SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4HANA
Roadmap to transition to SAP S/4HANA on-premise

Key Content Features

▪ Comprehensive guidance covering the transition strategies for deployment of SAP S/4HANA – new implementation, system conversion,
and selective data transition covered with prescriptive tasks, breakdown by workstreams and supported with rich accelerators.
▪ Full coverage of the Project Management
deliverables and tasks, including agile project
delivery
▪ Detailed guidance for use of SAP Solution
Manager 7.2 in SAP S/4HANA project
▪ Structured fit-to-standard workshops tasks –
prescriptive details for planning and running
workshops
▪ Formal quality process with structured Q-Gates
in each phase
▪ Content kept up to date with latest release of
SAP S/4HANA software
▪ Explanation of SAP Digital Business Services
contained in Packages for SAP S/4HANA

Access SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4HANA in Roadmap Viewer

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 Digital Transformation to SAP S/4HANA with the SAP Activate

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Project
SAP Digital Business Services for SAP S/4HANA
Lifecycle
Solution Manager 7.2 Integration

Experience Prototype Based Migrate, Onboard Operate

SAP S/4HANA Configure
Trial fit-to-standard Integrate, Users and Monitor
and Test
System Analysis Extend, Test Deploy Support

• Experience SAP • Setup Project Governance • Iteratively build • Execute • Innovation

S/4HANA role-based trial functionality – resolve End-User Cycle
based on pre-configured • Ramp-up your team gaps Training
business scenarios • Update
• Set expectations with customer • Configure solution • Go-Live SAP
• Understand the value of business users S/4HANA
• Leverage
SAP S/4HANA for your • Setup initial system from pre-activated
organization Configuration Tools
appliance like Implementation
• Create transition plan • Conduct fit-to-standard analysis using Guide in SAP
SAP Best Practices and SAP Enterprise S/4HANA on-premise
Management Layer* content and edition
processes • Test Execution
(*)
• Only available for SAP S/4HANA On Premise, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
• Only included in the subscription package for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition

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Agenda

Introduction to SAP Activate

Journey: SAP S/4HANA Implementation with SAP Activate

Summary

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 Digital Transformation to SAP S/4HANA with the SAP Activate

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Project
SAP Digital Business Services for SAP S/4HANA
Lifecycle
Solution Manager 7.2 Integration

Experience Prototype Based Migrate, Onboard Operate

SAP S/4HANA Configure
Trial fit-to-standard Integrate, Users and Monitor
and Test
System Analysis Extend, Test Deploy Support

• Experience SAP • Setup Project Governance • Iteratively build • Execute • Innovation

S/4HANA role-based trial functionality – resolve End-User Cycle
based on pre-configured • Ramp-up your team gaps Training
business scenarios • Update
• Set expectations with customer • Configure solution • Go-Live SAP
• Understand the value of business users S/4HANA
• Leverage
SAP S/4HANA for your • Setup initial system from pre-activated
organization Configuration Tools
appliance like Implementation
• Create transition plan • Conduct fit-to-standard analysis using Guide in SAP
SAP Best Practices and SAP Enterprise S/4HANA on-premise
Management Layer* content and edition
processes • Test Execution
(*)
• Only available for SAP S/4HANA On Premise, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
• Only included in the subscription package for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition

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Innovation Strategy and Transition Roadmap

Align your transition plan with your

organization’s strategic goals

Consider various aspects of your transition:

• Value
• Business Architecture
• Application and Platform Architecture
• Innovation Plans
• Technology Roadmap
• Transition Plan

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 Digital Transformation to SAP S/4HANA with the SAP Activate

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Project
SAP Digital Business Services for SAP S/4HANA
Lifecycle
Solution Manager 7.2 Integration

Experience Prototype Based Migrate, Onboard Operate

SAP S/4HANA Configure
Trial fit-to-standard Integrate, Users and Monitor
and Test
System Analysis Extend, Test Deploy Support

• Experience SAP • Setup Project Governance • Iteratively build • Execute • Innovation

S/4HANA role-based trial functionality – resolve End-User Cycle
based on pre-configured • Ramp-up your team gaps Training
business scenarios • Update
• Set expectations with customer • Configure solution • Go-Live SAP
• Understand the value of business users S/4HANA
• Leverage
SAP S/4HANA for your • Setup initial system from pre-activated
organization Configuration Tools
appliance like Implementation
• Create transition plan • Conduct fit-to-standard analysis using Guide in SAP
SAP Best Practices and SAP Enterprise S/4HANA on-premise
Management Layer* content and edition
processes • Test Execution
(*)
• Only available for SAP S/4HANA On Premise, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
• Only included in the subscription package for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition

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 Program Governance
Example of Governance Structure

Level 1 • Business expectation alignment Executive Alignment

• Alignment on strategic objectives
Executive • Account partnering and sponsorship
Customer Executive SAP Executive
Sponsor Sponsor
Sponsorship

Level 2. • Business priorities, goals and objectives Global Steering Committee

• Decision rights and decisions criteria
Enterprise • Ownership: change, process & data
Customer Program SAP Services
Sponsor Leadership
Governance • Economic justification and funding
prioritization Global Process SAP
Owners Regional Leadership

Level 3. • Process strategy development Program Management Office

• Business standardization & best practice
Program adoption Customer Program
SAP Delivery Executive
Governance • Prioritization criteria and deployment Manager SAP Development
options Customer Project Project Managers
SAP Project Manager
• IT requirements and dependencies Manager
• Communication

Level 4. • Business process design Project Workstreams

• On-going governance of data and process Core Finance Plan to Product Human Resources Order to Cash
Operational • Operational staffing, planning and execution
Customer SAP Customer SAP Customer SAP Customer SAP
Governance • “On time, On Budget, On Value” monitoring
• Users training and program support, OCM, Request to Service Technical / Integration/ Security Data Migration Procure to Pay
Value realization Customer SAP Customer SAP Customer SAP Customer SAP

Stakeholder Management, Organizational Change Management, Training

SAP
ECOSYSTEM Industry Competency Hub Business Transformation Consulting
SAP Support

Responsibility Customer SAP Shared

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Agile Project: Roles Summary

Project Manager

Project Team
Business

What? Product How?

Team
Priority? Owner Effort?

SCRUM Master

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 Example: SAP Agile Project Team
Technical UX Expert
Scrum Master support

Product
Business Operational
Owner
Process Expert support

Agile Coach
SAP Functional
Tester
Expert

SCRUM Team
Optimal team size: Cross-functional
Application
Authorization 7 +/- 2 people Scrum of Architect
Technical
Scrums
Expert
Expert

Training
Application
Expert
Expert Program Manager

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SAPACTIVATE Methodology
Project Team Ramp-Up & Customer Readiness in Prepare Phase

Customer benefits:
▪ Consultants lead the customer team to the right solution, faster
▪ Strong governance framework for project delivery – understand the solution capabilities early

Project Team Ramp-Up Business Readiness

▪ Ramp up the project team ▪ Ensure that business is ready for the
▪ Develop mind set approach (mindset, training) – sponsor, PM,
and team
▪ Inter-personal skills are as important as
functional and technical skills ▪ There is an change management just for the
new approach – mindset change
▪ Project Managers need to demonstrate
strong leadership skills ▪ Establish a Benefits tracker – terrific tool for
OCM/a reminder about the good things the
business is getting
▪ Solution training is important before Solution
Validation starts
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SAPACTIVATE Methodology
Solution Validation and Delta Design

Customer benefit:
▪ Accelerated time to value through content re-use, focus on differentiating capabilities

Solution Validation Delta Solution Design

▪ Solution Validation is not intended to educate ▪ Customer business has key role in contributions
participants and acceptance of delta solution design
▪ Start with the overall solution before ▪ SAP Solution Manager as solution
drilling down to detail documentation toolset
▪ Challenge changes to standard, tie to ▪ Use Roadshows to gain business acceptance
business value

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SAPACTIVATE Methodology
Conduct fit-to-standard instead of Blueprinting

Discover Prepare Explore Realize

Fit-to-Standard Analysis Design

1 4 6
Strategic Scoping, Fit-to-Standard 3 Fit-to-Standard 5 Review & Release Configuration
Planning Project Workshop Preparation Fit-to- Fit-to- Workshop Validation Design Design Customer Planning
and Planning Standard Standard ▪ Review Delta Workshops Documen- Sign-off
Solution and Workshop Workshop Requirements (including tation
Discovery Preparation 2 Execution Documen- ▪ Check for Preparation) (including
(using Trial Fit-to-Standard tation Completeness Wrap-
System) System Preparation (including ▪ Prioritization of Delta up/Follow-
Wrap- Requirements up)
up/Follow-up)

Iterative Iterative

Remarks:
     
▪ Planning the fit-to-standard ▪ Pre-configured system: ▪ Process review, system ▪ Reviewing all backlog items ▪ Design workshops/solution ▪ Updating backlog with
workshops (content, system based on pre- demo and discussion of (delta requirements) and design documentation information from design
presenter, participants, delivered business delta requirements checking for completeness required for configuration workshops
time, location etc.) processes or with SAP Best ▪ Workshop documentation ▪ Double check backlog for and WRICEF objects ▪ Review of functional design
▪ Testing the relevant Practices and (extensive) follow-up missing delta requirements ▪ Design documents and documents/specification
processes in the ▪ Adding additional sample activities done after ▪ Prioritization according to functional specification to ▪ Acceptance procedure with
preconfigured system data if needed workshops agreed criteria (e.g. be written after customer sign-off
▪ Define tools and templates ▪ Extending system by business value, criticality) workshops
▪ Solution training/self selected customer-specific ▪ Decide which requirements
enablement for workshop processes needs to be discussed in a
participants, if required design workshop

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 Digital Transformation to SAP S/4HANA with the SAP Activate

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Project
SAP Digital Business Services for SAP S/4HANA
Lifecycle
Solution Manager 7.2 Integration

Experience Prototype Based Migrate, Onboard Operate

SAP S/4HANA Configure
Trial fit-to-standard Integrate, Users and Monitor
and Test
System Analysis Extend, Test Deploy Support

• Experience SAP • Setup Project Governance • Iteratively build • Execute • Innovation

S/4HANA role-based trial functionality – resolve End-User Cycle
based on pre-configured • Ramp-up your team gaps Training
business scenarios • Update
• Set expectations with customer • Configure solution • Go-Live SAP
• Understand the value of business users S/4HANA
• Leverage
SAP S/4HANA for your • Setup initial system from pre-activated
organization Configuration Tools
appliance like Implementation
• Create transition plan • Conduct fit-to-standard analysis using Guide in SAP
SAP Best Practices and SAP Enterprise S/4HANA on-premise
Management Layer* content and edition
processes • Test Execution
(*)
• Only available for SAP S/4HANA On Premise, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
• Only included in the subscription package for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition

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SAPACTIVATE Methodology
Agile Solution Build and Test

Customer benefit:
▪ Higher quality solution through iterative, incremental build with frequent inspection points

Solution Build
▪ Introduce Agile approach early, train
project team
▪ Follow the standard Agile process, apply
principles
▪ Focus the team on business priorities first –
backlog prioritization
▪ Frequent structured reviews with business
users

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Agile Build: Iterative Realize Phase

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 Closer Look at a Sprint/Iteration

2.2 Sprint Execution

2.5 Sprint Retrospective

Delta Requirement A Delta Requirement C
2.1 Sprint Planning

2.4 Sprint Demo

Document
Document

Design
Design

Build
Build

Test
Test
Objective:
Potentially
Shippable
Software Delta Requirement B Delta Requirement D

Document

Document
Design

Design
Build

Build
Test

Test
2.3 Daily Team Meeting

2-4 weeks
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 Customer Example
Realization Sprint Timeline to Integration Testing

Sprint #1 Sprint #2 Sprint #3 Sprint #4 Prep. for IT

Sandbox
Environment Build
(Configuration and
Development of Sprint #2 Core Delta Sprint #3 Core Delta Sprint #4 Core Final Config Doc &
Core Prototype) Sprint #1 Detail Design
Config & Doc Config & Doc Delta Config & Doc Prep

Sprint #1 Core Delta Sprint #2 WRICEF Sprint #3 WRICEF Dev Sprint #4 WRICEF Final WRICEF Doc &
Config & Doc Dev & Doc & Doc Dev & Doc Prep
Integration
Data Definition for Data Construct Data Construct Data Construct Data Construct Testing
Data Conversion Prep
Data Sprint #1 Sprint #1 Sprint #2 Sprint #3 Sprint #4 Begins

Unit and Prototype Sprint Unit and Sprint Unit and Sprint Unit and Sprint
Testing Testing Val Proto Testing Val Proto Testing Val Proto Testing Val
Integration Test Prep

Communication / Stakeholder & Change Impact Analysis

OCM
EUT Content Planning

Business Processes are organized by Sprint to logically build out the solution including the integration to other Teams.

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Customer Example Continued
Sprint Product Definition – Planning Guidelines

Sprint Category Sprint Definitions

• Process - Simple foundation definition in terms of Master Data and Org Structure. Business Processes require no integration
with other teams or modules.
Sprint #1 • Data - Data Services and IDOC loads for VC and COA.
• Security - CONFIG_ALL to Business Analysts only. View only to balance of team.

• Process - More complex in terms of Business Process with some simple integration integration between teams and master
data. RICEFW Objects are present but very limited.
Sprint #2 • Data - Data Services and IDOC loads for VC and COA.
• Security - CONFIG_ALL extended to pre-qualified team members. View only to balance of team.

• Process - Significant integration. Represents the full integration but does not exercise all functionality but establishes the
functionality capability between data and processes across teams. RICEFW objects are significant but not complete.
Sprint #3 • Data - First Conversion RICEFW finished.
• Security - CONFIG_ALL extended to pre-qualified team members. View only to balance of team. End user security identified
for user acceptance testing.

• Process - Final execution of all end to end business processes. All data is available to exercise all business processes.
RICEFW objects are as complete as possible given infrastructure and technical capabilities.
• Data - All Conversion RICEFW finished.
Sprint #4 • Security - CONFIG_ALL extended to qualified team members. View only to balance of team. End user security identified for
user acceptance testing.

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Agenda

Introduction to SAP Activate

Journey: SAP S/4HANA Implementation with SAP Activate

Summary

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SAP Activate Methodology Training Curriculum
Available to Customers, Partners and SAP Consultants

Courses
• ACT10e – Introduction to SAP Activate Methodology*
• ACT200 – Agile Project Delivery (2 day classroom course)
• ACT1CL – SAP Activate Methodology: Introduction
• ACT2CL – SAP Activate Methodology - Cloud Implementation
• ACT5CL – Introduction to SAP Activate Methodology for Cloud
Implementations
Certification
• C_ACTIVATE13 – SAP Certified Associate -
SAP Activate Project Manager
• E_S4CEX_2021 – SAP Certified Application
Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended
edition implementation with SAP Activate
• C_TS4C_2021 – SAP Certified Application
Associate - SAP S/4HANA Cloud, essentials
edition implementation with SAP Activate

• ACT6CL – SAP Activate for SAP Intelligent Spend Management

Implementations

• E2E600 – SAP Solution Manager 7.2

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Mastering SAP Activate
Key Takeaways

NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH - principles are not new, built on proven techniques
Agile
ASAP
A2O

STANDARD FIRST - best practice concept at core

Pre-delivered
SAP
business Fit-to- Services
processes
standard

FASTER PACED - demands early preparation

Tools
Resource
HW

VALUE DRIVEN - priority based design and build

Build
Backlog
Design

INCREMENTAL APPROVALS - deliverables acceptance

Approve
Sprint
Test

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Enablers for Your Digital Transformation
SAP Activate Tools and Community

SAP Activate Community SAP Roadmap Viewer
• Engage SAP Activate • Browse implementation
experts guidance for your digital
• Ask questions and transformation
collaborate • Access SAP Activate
• https://community.sap.com methodology assets and
accelerators
/topics/activate
• https://go.support.sap.co
m/roadmapviewer/#
SAP Best Practices
Explorer
• Browse SAP Best
Practices content
• Power your project with
ready-to-run processes
• https://rapid.sap.com/bp/
SAP Solution Manager
• Optimal toolset for your
Digital Business
Transformation
• Management platform
for your SAP solution
•
https://support.sap.com/
solutionmanager

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Implementation Resources
SAP Active Methodology Community

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Benefits:
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▪ Consume blogs from our experts on various SAP Activate topics

▪ Webinars & events outlining the key topics which help organizations during project phases

▪ Interactive collaboration with users regarding content, questions, and updates

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 SAP Partners are adopting SAP Activate in their delivery

“SAP Activate formalizes the agile, lean, and DevOps approach
Capgemini embraces to help clients achieve market leadership
in the face of unrelenting change. That’s why we fully commit to
the SAP Activate Framework — because we measure our value
to clients by how fast, how often, and how well we help them
innovate.”
“Cognizant has been using the SAP Activate innovation adoption framework to
accelerate many digital transformation programs for clients. The combination of
Activate and Cognizant’s own hybrid agile methodology has helped us to take a
programmatic approach that clients have welcomed because of the increased
transparency, improved quality and agile infused adaptability it provides.”
“We are lock step with SAP on their Activate journey
which is designed to achieve value faster through the
application of agile techniques.”

“The release of SAP Activate has been perfectly timed for a market demanding the use of
Rapid Deployment Solutions and deployed using Agile techniques. IBM has wholeheartedly
embraced Activate and Agile within its own new IBM Ascend methodology and Impact Industry
Solution. Our Clients have welcomed this new approach that generates faster speed to value
under a lower risk delivery approach.”
“SAP Activate is the core of next generation execution framework. Highly recommend in all SAP
Projects. Infosys, developed a robust framework in Agile/DevOps with a blend of ACTIVATE along with
homegrown model built on best practices. Design to accelerate ECC, S/4HANA and Cloud
transformations. It is a differentiator in market place. Infosys and SAP collaboration will continue in
Agile/DevOps along with ACTIVATE methodology.

“NTT DATA grew its SAP business during the past years massively to above 10,000 SAP people
globally. Hereby, NTT DATA’s One Method plays the key role to providing highest quality in SAP
implementation to employees and clients. The reason for success is owing to the great structure
and content of SAP Activate, which NTT DATA continuously adopts to provide the best SAP
standards to its people. SAP Activate has everything NTT DATA needs, because it covers the best
expertise in S/4HANA and Cloud, and is being increasingly used for the new implementations,
conversions, and transformations of our clients.”
“T-Systems has been achieving best results for its customers by blending SAP Methodologies with its own.
The SAP Activate innovation adoption framework has introduced a kick start method for total digital
transformation. T-Systems offers its customers the best of both worlds for accelerated SAP S/4HANA
implementations from end-to-end through the use of standardized transformation packages, agile methods
and best practice. The tools and templates from the SAP Activate framework combined with T-Systems
own SAP S/4HANA Transformation methodology reduces project risks and delivers faster customer
success.”

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Thank you.
Contact information:
Jan Musil
Chief Product Owner
SAP Activate Methodology

SAPActivateMethodology@sap.com
Appendix 1
SAP Solution Manager 7.2
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 in a nutshell

SAP Solution Manager 7.2 delivers four key value scenarios

Portfolio to
Portfolio Management Project Management
Project

Requirement to
Demand Design Development Test Deploy
Deploy

Detect to
Monitor Incident Problem Optimize
correct

Request to
Service Catalogue Service Request Service Fulfillment
Fulfill

Value scenarios - Life-cycle view

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The Road to SAP S/4HANA
SAP Solution Manager with SAP Activate On-Premise Project

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Transparent Requirements-to-Deploy
Agile Delivery Model

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 Transparent Requirements-to-Deploy
Constant feedback loops with the business

Releases synchronize project go lives Agile Releases

Project to bundle deliverables. Multiple and parallel Projects

projects are possible

Phases ending with Quality Gates Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Waves ending with Touch and Feel by the business Key-User

Test

Waves

Sprints with Show and Tell sessions to the business Unit & single
functional test

Sprints

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Transparent Requirements-to-Deploy
Release Management to synchronize projects and keep them under control
Synchronized
Go Live
Go-
Build & Functional Test

Joint Integration
Freeze
Live

Test Phase
Project 1

Go-
Build & Functional Test Freeze
Live
Project 2

Go-
Build & Functional Test Freeze
Live
Project 3

Explore Realize Test Deploy Hypercare Operate

Release 1

Reduce Risks, Simplify Go-Live Process, and Decrease Test Efforts

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Capabilities

Solution Change Impact

Test Planning Test Execution and Reporting
Documentation Analysis

Solution Documentation Test Plan Management Test Execution Test Management Analytics
• Executable Library • Test Plan • Manual Test Execution • Gap reports
• Process Step Library • Test Packages • Automated Test Execution • Status reports
• Business Processes • Test Sequences • Defect Management • Progress reports
• Test Cases • Tester assignment • Dashboard

Test scope estimation Test Automation Framework

Scope and Effort
before upgrade Analyzer (SEA)
CBTA (Component Based Test Automation) eCATT

HP UFT Worksoft Certify Other 3rd party test automation tools

Test scope optimization Business Process
during upgrade Change Analyzer Supported UI technologies by SAP test tools: SAPGUI, WebDynpro, CRM Web-Client, SAPUI5, SAP Fiori, …
(BPCA) Partner test tools: all other UI technologies

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Overview

SAP Best Practices Explorer - The New Web

Channel Experience to Search, Browse and
Consume SAP Best Practices

Key Benefits
• Simple and Easy Navigation - Built using SAP UI5
technology, SAP Fiori like navigation
• Access via Tablet and Mobile Devices – Access the
Best Practices content anytime anywhere User Guide
• Powerful Search Mechanism – In-app search/filter,
search from popular search engines like Google,
browse packages via catalog and A-Z index
• Quick access to accelerators based on user
authorization – One click access to key
accelerators, SAP Cloud Identity Management
based authorization, download accelerators for
offline usage

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Examples of the Standard Documentation

Overview Process Diagrams

• Customer presentation: overview presentation
• Content Library: web page with links to all the
content
• Project schedule: example implementation project
schedule
• Prerequisite matrix
• Delivery supplement: key implementation
information
• Master Data Overview: describes master data used
Fact Sheet
Test Scripts
End-to-End Process
• Fact sheets: scope description of each end-to-end Transaction List
process
• Process diagrams: graphical BPML process
diagram with roles
• Test scripts: step by step process documentation
with data
Organizational Structure
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Proof Points: Customer Value and Key Differentiators with SAP Activate
“SAP has an Activate process which really helps takes those
best practices and drives standardization, particularly for
cloud.”
“It’s really important that it’s a journey you want to go on from a
change management perspective and that Activate Methodology
really helped us sit down and look at our processes and then
map to best practices and common business practices.”
Kris Cowles, VP, Global Application IT, Topcon Corp.
SAPPHIRE NOW 2018 Orlando, June 2018
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Carrier discusses how SAP Activate guided them on their
implementation journey – focusing on the fit-to-standard
approach.
“For us fit-to-standard meant that we could make a transformation,
make a migration, convert the organization on to a standard that is
continuously moving... we looked at it as a business transformation,
the ability to say ‘what are the best practices,’ adopting those from
our partners – fitting our organization into those approaches and
then being able to move forward in a rapid pace.”
Scott Moore, Managing Director, Carrier Corp.
SAPPHIRE NOW 2018 Orlando, June 2018
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Thank you.
Contact information:
Jan Musil
Chief Product Owner
SAP Activate Methodology

SAPActivateMethodology@sap.com