Manage Your SAP Projects With SAP Activate电子书

Title Page

Copyright

Manage Your SAP Projects with SAP Activate

Credits

Foreword

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Why subscribe?

Customer Feedback

Dedication

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

Introduction to SAP S/4HANA

S/4HANA in a nutshell

The salient features of SAP S/4HANA

Existing SAP methodology - SAP ASAP 8.0 and SAP Launch

The ASAP methodology

The SAP Launch methodology (Implementation methodology for the cloud)

Project verification Q-Gate deliverables

Solution acceptance Q-Gate deliverables

Readiness acceptance Q-Gate deliverables

Go-live Q-Gate deliverables

Q-Gates in the SAP Launch methodology

Is SAP Launch agile?

Introduction to SAP Activate and its three pillars

Three pillars

A new implementation

System conversion

Landscape transformation

Design thinking in SAP Activate

Accessing SAP Activate content

Accessing via roadmap viewer

Types of roadmaps

Accessing via SAP Jam

Summary

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SAP Activate Methodology

Main characteristics of the SAP Activate methodology - In cloud, on-premise, and hybrid

Start with best practices

Fit/gap analysis

Solution validation - Workshop type A

Delta design solution - Workshop type B

Key components of workshop B (Delta design)

Gap handling and documentation

Structure and phases of SAP Activate

The discover phase

The prepare phase

The explore phase

The realize phase

The deploy phase

The run phase

Governance framework in SAP Activate

Summary

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Use Case Scenario for SAP Activate

SAP Activate methodology - on cloud, on-premise, and hybrid

SAP Activate for cloud solution implementation (new)

Prepare phase (SAP Activate for cloud solution implementation)

Sales to delivery handover

Project Initiation

Cloud system provisioning

Project kickoff

Phase closure

Explore phase (SAP Activate for cloud solution implementation)

Customer team enablement

Fit to standard analysis

Configuration definition

Solution extension preparation

Integration prerequisite confirmation

Data load preparation

Phase closure

Realize Phase (SAP Activate for cloud solution implementation)

Project execution, monitoring, and controlling

Customer team enablement (Level 2)

System configuration and solution walkthrough

Solution extension development and deployment

Integration setup in the test system

Solution test preparation and execution

Data preparation and load

End user training plan and execution

Establish support plan

Cutover and transition plan

Phase closure

Deploy phase (SAP Activate for cloud solution implementation)

Project execution, monitoring, and controlling

Production setup - switch to production

Handover to support

Project close and sign-off project deliverables

System landscape in the S/4HANA cloud platform

SAP Activate for on-premise implementation (new)

Prepare phase (SAP Activate for on-premise solutions - new implementation)

Project start

Transition preparation

Transition planning

Quality Gate - prepare to explore

Explore phase (SAP Activate for on-premise - solution new implementation)

Activate solution

Design for gaps and deltas

Analytics design

Legacy data migration design and plan

Realize phase (SAP Activate for on-premise - solution new implementation)

Data aging configuration

Configuration and product enhancement

Analytics configuration

Cutover preparation

Deploy phase (SAP Activate for on-premise - solution new implementation)

End user training delivery

System and technical testing

Dress rehearsal (cutover)

Production cutover

Handover to support

Project closing

SAP Activate for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA

Prepare phase (SAP Activate for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA)

Project start

Transition planning

Transition preparation

Explore phase (SAP Activate for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA)

Custom code analysis

Test strategy and plan

Q-Gate explore to realize

Realize phase (SAP Activate for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA)

Custom code management execution

Cutover preparations

Product enhancement

Deploy phase (SAP Activate for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA)

Enablement realization

Production cutover

Run phase (SAP Activate for system conversion to SAP S/4HANA)

Handover to support

Hyper care support

Project closing

SAP Activate for landscape transformation

Landscape transformation specific

Summary

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Understanding Agile and Scrum

Revisiting the basic concepts of agile and scrum

SAP Activate - next generation agile methodology

Understanding the scrum team - roles and responsibilities

Scrum user stories

Using agile in larger projects

Example scenarios

Summary

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Sample Projects

Structuring the explore phase

Creating a product backlog

Prioritize the backlog

Techniques for prioritization

Using planning poker for SAP projects

Story mapping for SAP projects

Non-functional requirements

Defining project scope

Understanding estimation and planning of your projects

Sprint cycles and their importance

Deploy your solution

Project examples

Project 1 - S/4 HANA finance implementation

Realized benefit

Project scope

Implementation approach

Project 2 - Moving from legacy system to SAP SuccessFactors

Realized benefit

Project scope

Iterative build and incremental approach

Project 3 - Proof of concept for data lake

Realized benefit

Project scope

Implementation approach

Summary

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