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Introduction to Cloud
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Setup and Enablement
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Scope and Configure
Migration, Integrate, Extend and Test
Deploy
Operate, Monitor, and Support
SAP Activate Apps and Enablement
Customer Workforce
INDUSTRY
Experience Engagement
Digital Core
MACHINE LEARNING APIs
Business Intelligent
Transactions Insights
BLOCKCHAIN SECURITY
IoT Spend
& Supply Chain Management
SAP HANA SAP Cloud Platform
HYBRID SCENARIOS
Combining on-premise and cloud solutions for unprecedented IT
flexibility and accelerated business innovation.
SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT
Pay as you go
Standardized Solution
Focused scope solutions that allow tailoring to fit the customer’s business and reduce complexity.
SAP Activate:
New
Implementation ● is the innovation adoption
framework that expedites SAP
S/4HANA implementations
SAP Best Practices throughout the customer lifecycle
SAP S/4HANA
Cloud
● supports faster, less service
System intensive deployments and is aiming
Conversion Methodology
at continuous adoption of
SAP S/4HANA innovations throughout the entire
project lifecycle
Guided Configuration
● supports different starting points for
customers to adopt SAP S/4HANA –
Landscape
Transformation
for new implementations, system
conversions and landscape
transformation scenarios
New languages
• Turkish
• Romanian
1. Feature highlights for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1808. See Feature Scope Description for full scope. 2. This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice
System Landscape
Q-System Q-System
P-System
P-System
Introduction to Cloud
Trial
Setup and Enablement
Fit-to-Standard
Scope and Configure
Migration, Integrate, Extend and Test
Deploy
Operate, Monitor, and Support
SAP Activate Apps and Enablement
System Landscape
Trial System*
SAP S/4HANA
Access Trial Edition: Discover SAP Best Practices
http://www.sap.com/s4hana-trial processes in the starter system
Benefits:
• Provides clear visibility and insight into the current
SAP Best Practices scope items
• Centralize documentation and validation of integration
and extensibility items of SAP and non-SAP solutions
within the customer’s landscape
• Help in documenting additional requirements identified
in the customer’s landscape
• Generate a detailed report, that is used to validate
integrations and outstanding questions that was
captured during the SAP Digital Discovery Process
System Landscape
P-System
Overview
Fit-to-Standard Process in Prepare
Project Business Process Configuration Integration
Lead Expert(s) Expert(s) Implementation Expert(s)
Discover Prepare
Business Driven
Configuration
Assessment
System Landscape
P-System
Example Accelerators
• Customer presentation - overview presentation
• Content Library - web page with links to all the SAP
SOLUTION Cloud Best Practices content
• Prerequisite matrix - relationship between Scope
Items and Building Blocks
• Delivery supplement - key implementation information
• Master Data Overview - describes master data used in
the Edition
Scope Item
Example Accelerators
• Scope-item fact sheets - scope description of each
SCOPE scope item
ITEMS • Process diagrams - graphical BPML process
diagram with roles
• Test scripts - step by step process documentation
with data
Test Scripts Process diagram
Fit-to-Standard Process
Fit-to-Standard Preparation and Analysis
Project Business Process Configuration Integration Service
Lead Expert(s) Expert(s) Implementation Expert(s) Center
Explore
1. Consultants access guidance for Workshop Planning 2b. Consultant prepares for Fit-to-Standard
preparing the Fit-to-Standard Template workshop
workshop • Review the Business Driven Configuration
• Open SAP Roadmap Viewer + log on questions and decide when to use them in
• Navigate to Solution Specific SAP the workshop (Excel)
Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud • Review the functionality in the system for
• Drill down to the Prepare phase, Scope Item J55 - Profitability and Cost
Business Driven Configuration Analysis Validate the
Scope Item
Assessment deliverable • Review Test Script and Process Flow for Process Flow
• Review the task description and relevant scope items in BPX (for purpose of
access accelerators to schedule fit-to- this demo – J55)
standard workshop • Adjust the demo data and confirm that you
• Ask customer to review and answer have all demo users ready, conduct dry run
Business Driven Configuration walk through
Questions
6 Expert(s) Expert(s)
Concepts
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Scope and Configure with SAP Activate
System Landscape
Q-System
P-System P-System
P-System
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View Solution Scope
Get a scope summary:
Additional functionality and scenarios are possible as defined in the Expert Configuration and SSCUI
Reference Template.
No Self-service Configuration User interfaces available.
Initiated by an Incident/Service Request and performed by the services center.
Expert Configuration is defined during the Explore phase and requested in Realize.
Self-Service Expert
Customer SAP Service
Configuration Configuration
Center
Key Message
Weekly Sprints
Backlog
Weekly Transports to P
Configure
Configure
Review Test
Review Test
System Landscape
Q-System
P-System P-System
P-System
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Customer Landscape Overview
Starter System
SAP FINANCIAL
Includes configuration and master SAP Cloud
data for your selected cloud
SERVICES NETWORK
Platform
solution for targeted enablement
Identity
of the project team on SAP
Authentication
standard processes and to be the
host environment of the Fit-to- Service (IAS)
Standard workshops. for SSO
Side by Side
Extensibility
Productive
Quality System Starter
Quality System
System OTHER
The Quality system is your System
configurable system during
APPS
implementation. After your
S/4HANA system is live, the
Quality system will act as a test Productive System
environment for further
configurations, and a quality Run your business on SAP S/4HANA
assurance check during the Cloud. The Productive system is the
quarterly updates during which system in which your business will
the Q system will be updated two transact, plan, and run. This system
weeks ahead of the Productive will automatically update to the latest SAP Cloud Identity
system to give ample time for product version once a quarter (after
testing. a two week testing period in the Q SAP Cloud Platform Identity
system). Authentication Service (IAS) provides
secure access to web applications.
*This is the current state of planning and may
be changed by SAP at any time without notice
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Migrate Your Data
Manage Your Solution App
+
Key User Extensibility Extensibility based on SAP Cloud Platform
Custom fields and tables, analytics and forms extensibility Enable an SAP Fiori and mobile user experience
Change or add business rules and business logic (cloud ABAP Integrate with other cloud solutions (e.g., from
Web editor) SuccessFactors and Ariba, both SAP companies) and third-
party solutions
Classic Extensibility Take advantage of application services for SAP Cloud
Full access to ABAP (e.g., Eclipse) Platform (cloud portal, mobile documents, output
management, …)
Managed Extensibility Use a full-fledged development platform to build extension
Designed with ABAP programming language applications (Java, SAP HANA native development)
to be cloud lifecycle-stable
On-Premise Cloud
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SAPACTIVATE Methodology
Testing Overview for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Project Started Fit-to-Standard Analysis Sprint 1 Sprint 2-n Solution Tested Start of Production
Project Milestone
Testing Deliverables
System Landscape
Q-System
P-System P-System
P-System
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Self Enablement Activities
Access the Resources to Prepare You for Your Project and Enable You for Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud Journey
My Learning Hub
Learning Hub
Start self-enablement
for all project team
members now!
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P-System P-System
P-System
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SAP Activate Run Phase
Overview
▪ (P) Production system is upgrade on the 3rd weekend after RTC date
▪ (S) Starter system is for customers with no (P) system yet, are upgraded on the 2nd weekend after the RTC date
• Each customer is notified per mail 6 weeks prior to the (Q) system upgrade
• Details on system landscape, quarterly upgrade processes, and FAQ can be found here
Q-system Upgrade/Downtime
Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
No Transports from Q P
P-system
P-system Upgrade/Downtime
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Agile Implementation and Ongoing Operations with SAP Activate
Customer Examples
Introduction to Cloud
Trial
Setup and Enablement
Fit-to-Standard
Scope and Configure
Migration, Integrate, Extend and Test
Deploy
Operate, Monitor, and Support
SAP Activate Apps and Enablement
SAP Activate Jam Group SAP Roadmap Viewer SAP Best Practices My Learning Hub
• Engage SAP Activate experts • Browse implementation Explorer • Provides a provides a full
guidance for your digital • Browse SAP Best Practices digital foundation for SAP
• Ask questions and collaborate
transformation content professional education
• http://bit.ly/SAPActivate
• Access SAP Activate • Power your project with • It is a cloud-based solution
methodology assets and ready-to-run processes with anytime, anywhere
accelerators access, which helps
• https://rapid.sap.com/bp/
• https://go.support.sap.com/r develop and update skills
oadmapviewer/# on SAP solutions
Courses Certification
• ACT10e – Introduction to SAP Activate Methodology* • C_ACTIVATE05 – SAP Certified Associate -
SAP Activate Project Manager
• ACT200 – Agile Project Delivery (2 day classroom course)
“SAP Activate formalizes the agile, lean, and “Cognizant has been using the SAP Activate innovation “We are lock step with SAP on their
DevOps approach Capgemini embraces to help adoption framework to accelerate many digital Activate journey which is designed to
transformation programs for clients. The combination of achieve value faster through the
clients achieve market leadership in the face of
Activate and Cognizant’s own hybrid agile methodology has application of agile techniques.”
unrelenting change. That’s why we fully commit
helped us to take a programmatic approach that clients have
to the SAP Activate Framework — because we
welcomed because of the increased transparency, improved
measure our value to clients by how fast, how
quality and agile infused adaptability it provides.”
often, and how well we help them innovate.”
Community benefits:
▪ Learn from our experts on various topics, gaining key insights, and stay up-to-date on the latest releases
▪ Webinars & events outlining the key topics which help organizations during project phases
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