Deploying S4Hana Cloud

Deploying SAP S/4HANA Cloud
with SAP Activate

Jan Musil, SAP America, Inc.
1811
January 16, 2019
Public
Agenda
The Road to SAP S/4HANA Cloud with SAP Activate
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
© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2

Public
SAP S/4HANA Supports Live Business
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

Public
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Deployment with SAP Activate
Questions Addressed
What guidance do I get from

SAP to deploy SAP
S/4HANA Cloud?
How can our implementation be
faster and less service intensive? How do I ensure an easy
adoption of new
innovations?
How can I have an agile

How can I accelerate my time implementation of SAP
to value? S/4HANA Cloud?

Public
SAP S/4HANA Deployment Options
SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA CLOUD

Designed for enterprises across industries Designed for enterprises that need a
that need a deep and broad level of standardized cloud offering primarily covering
functionality combined with a high degree the core business scenarios of an enterprise or
of flexibility in customization specific business scenarios of lines of business
in industries - combined with a fast innovation
cycle (quarterly)
HYBRID SCENARIOS
Combining on-premise and cloud solutions for unprecedented IT
flexibility and accelerated business innovation.
CONTROL & FLEXIBILITY

EFFICIENCY
Public
SAP S/4HANA – Cloud Edition
Drive the Digital Transformation with the Simplicity of the Cloud
STANDARDIZED NATIVE INTEGRATION

Focused scope solutions SuccessFactors Employee Central,
Ariba Network, SAP hybris
Marketing, Fieldglass, SAP Jam
FAST INNOVATIONS Cloud EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

Quarterly innovation cycle Fully managed by SAP
- Enterprise Management
- Professional Services
- Finance
- Manufacturing
DYNAMIC EXTENSIBILITY GUIDED CONFIGURATION

Extensions via SAP Cloud Platform Ready-to-run SAP Best
Practices business processes
SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT
Pay as you go

Public
How Do SAP Cloud Implementation Projects Differ?
Standardized Solution
Focused scope solutions that allow tailoring to fit the customer’s business and reduce complexity.
Innovation System Landscape Project Timeline

Upgrades to public cloud solutions are Public cloud solutions typically use Public cloud project is initiated
automatically applied by SAP every only one test system and a production immediately following contract
three months system signature with go live in 2 to 25 weeks
Roles Handover to Support

Customer owns many more tasks of a Cloud customers are handed over to SAP
public cloud implementation such as data Cloud Support for long term system
migration, testing and change management management

Public
Introducing SAP Activate
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

Public
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Localizations, languages, and data centers
Country versions: Country versions: Country versions:

• Romania • Russia • Thailand
• Turkey • Portugal
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

Public
Deploy SAP S/4HANA Cloud with SAP Activate
Overview
System Landscape
Trial System* Starter System
Q-System Q-System
P-System
P-System

Public
Agenda
Trial
Fit-to-Standard
Scope and Configure
Deploy

Public
Discover & Experience Trial SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run
Continuous Innovation with Content Lifecycle Management

Project
Lifecycle
SAP S/4HANA Fit-to-Standard Operate,

Migrate,
Cloud Experience Setup and Scope and Onboard and
Based on SAP Integrate, Monitor,
Trial Enablement Configure Deploy
Best Practices Extend, Test Support
System Landscape
Trial System*

Public
Test Drive SAP Trial System & Explore SAP Activate Experience Trial
Discover Processes and Functions prior to Implementation
SAP S/4HANA Trial System

Web
Browse, view and download SAP Best Practices content. View
SAP S/4HANA Cloud (14 days) SAP Activate methodology roadmap online.
SAP Best Practices

SAP Roadmap Viewer
Explorer
Discover methodology in the
Discover SAP Best Practices
form of an S/4HANA roadmap
process content
SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Instantly access fully activated business processes with sample
data and organization structure. Follow guided tours to learn
about SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
SAP S/4HANA
Access Trial Edition: Discover SAP Best Practices
http://www.sap.com/s4hana-trial processes in the starter system

Public
Digital Discovery Assessment
Assessment of Solution Scope
SAP Digital Discovery Assessment:

Access the Digital Discovery Assessment
Document and capture project scope, through the SAP Digital
Discovery, to generate a scoping report. The report will be used as a • https://sap.com/s4hanacloud-discovery
project scoping reference during the phases of the Implementation.
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

Public
Setup and Enablement with SAP Activate

Project
Lifecycle

Migrate,
System Landscape
P-System

Public
Prepare Phase
Starter-System Provisioning and Key User Enablement
Starter-System Provisioning Key User Enablement

Receive the new cloud system and create the initial users The customer learns different elements of the SAP System and
SAP Activate methodology using self-paced enablement materials
1 Review System • SAP Methodologies Jam

Provisioning Process Community
• Review Quarterly Release Notes
2 Receive Starter-System
and Reset Password • SAP Best Practices Explorer
• SAP Implementation Room &
3 Create Users in the Starter- Learning Map
System
• SAP My Learning App
• SAP Learning Hub
4 Self-Activation of Key Users
in the IAS System

Public
Prepare Phase
Implementation Roadmap: Business
Project Setup & Business Driven Configuration
Driven Configuration Assessment
Project Plans, Schedule, and Budget Business Driven Configuration

Plan activities during the early stages of the project Makes the Fit-to-Standard process prescriptive and guided by
the process with business questions to drive business
1. Create the Project Schedule and Budget decisions and respective configuration in SAP S/4HANA Cloud
2. Align Project Schedules
Project Kick-Off and On-Boarding

Kick-off the project and ensure that all needed information is Prepare for
shared with the project team resources Fit-to-Standard
The customer verifies access to the
Starter-System and all tools used
during the Fit-to-Standard process.
1. Onboard the Project Team

2. Conduct Kick-Off Workshop
Key users provide written feedback
to business questions and returns
completed questionnaire(s) to the
Implementation Partner.
Consultant sets scope based on

project initial scope.

Public
Key Roles:
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
Configuration Expert sets scope based

on project initial scope captured in the Fit-to-Standard
Discovery
Discovery Assessment Report. Workshop
Assessment
Business Process Experts provide Preparation
written feedback to business questions
and return completed questionnaire(s).
Scoping process
to capture all The Business Process Expert verifies
scope items and access to the Starter System and enables
integration themselves on all accelerators used during
requirements Integration and the Fit-to-Standard process.
needed. API List
Integration requirements captured in the

Discover Phase are transferred into the
Integration and Interface list.
The Business Process Expert

verifies access to
Implementations tools and begins Customer Self-Enablement
© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC solution enablement 18
Public
Fit-to-Standard with SAP Activate

Project
Lifecycle

Migrate,
System Landscape
P-System

Public
SAP Best Practices for the Fit-to-Standard Analysis Demonstration
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

Public
Key Roles:
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
Business Driven Questionnaires are used

Fit-to-Standard Workshops as a reference during Fit-to-Standard
workshops. Answers are used to foster
Execute Workshop – Identify Backlog Items and Requirements discussion to help identify backlog items
All backlog items are
and requirements needed for the solution
reviewed and
Show and Tell Process Flows /Standard Scripts realization.
consolidated into
one Backlog. The
Business Driven Configuration scope for the first
Customer Feedback Delta requirements are
Questions
reviewed and converted implementation
into backlog items. phase is determined
and items descoped
are documented for
future
Solution Definition implementation
Handover of Planning and Design
Workshops phases
Document Workshop Findings requirements
and process
Key Business Decisions Roadmap items
flows to expert Integration
teams.
Confirmation of scope Build Backlog Release
Extensibility Planning
Process Models Delta Requirements

Output
Management
New Business Processes
Customer Execution of Standard Scenarios All process flows, backlog items,

and delta requirements are
documented after being identified
Business Process Experts execute scenarios demonstrated during the during the Fit-to-Standard
© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC Fit-to-Standard workshops in the Starter System. Workshops. 21
Public
Overview: Business Driven Configuration Process
Fit-to-Standard and System Configuration supported by Business Driven Configuration Select Business
Questions for Workshop
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
3. Run Fit-to-Standard workshop and capture configuration

values
2a. Customer prepares for Fit- • Consultant runs the fit-to-standard workshop per guidance provided Confirm you can do dry run in
in the methodology Starter System
to-Standard workshop
• Review the Business Driven • Capture results in the backlog
Configuration Questions and • Plan agile configuration cycles for Realize phase
prepare answers prior to the • Configure system using Guided Configuration capabilities in the Q-
workshop (Excel) System
4. Configure the system Configuration SSCUI

• The configuration requirements are captured in backlog (example)
and project team uses SSCUI or Expert Configuration to SSCUI - Cost Centers: Automatic Account
implement them in Realize phase. Assignment
Public
* Repeat process for each scenario
Fit-to-Standard Execution **Iterate through all process variations
Overall Workshop Approach Configuration Business Process
6 Expert(s) Expert(s)
Configuration expert enables

the business process expert to
Enable customer
1 Configuration expert explains
the scope item using the SAP
execute the process on their Best Practices process flow
own in the Starter system. execution of standard Review Best and responses from the
Business Driven
Team leverages the Business Driven
scenarios Practices Configuration Questionnaire.
Configuration Questionnaire to process flow Configuration expert
arrive at critical configuration demonstrates the scope item
decisions. All configuration values using the starter system and
required and any needed in-app Identify delivered master data and
extensions are determined and
documented in the backlog. The 5 required highlights the areas that require
Backlog Demonstrate configuration decisions. The
customer is responsible for providing
configuration process flow is used as a point
value lists. i.e. product group definition. Delta Scope Item of reference when transitioning
Requirements
and 2
in the system.
Concepts
Identify Delta Team fosters discussion to better understand

Team identifies and catalogs the delta
Discuss how the processes the customer business requirements,
requirements in the backlog for further
Requirements referencing the Business Driven
analysis and closure. Delta requirements fit with the customer’s Configuration Questionnaire, and to provide
are business requirements that cannot be
satisfied with the standard scenarios. requirements understanding of how the solution meets these
requirements.
4
© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC
3 23
Public
Scope and Configure with SAP Activate

Project
Lifecycle

Migrate,
System Landscape
Q-System
P-System P-System
P-System
Public
View Solution Scope
Get a scope summary:
• Evaluate which business

processes (scope items
of the pre-configuration
best practices) and
which country versions
are active in your
solution
• Display scope items of
all activated solution
packages or of certain
solution packages
• Get detailed
understanding of the
functional scope by
scope item

Public
SAP Activate Configuration Approach for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Self Service Configuration User Interface (SSCUI)
Configure your SAP S/4HANA Solution

using in-app guided configuration UIs
• Navigate to the Manage Your Solution app

in your S/4HANA system
• Choose Configure your Solution
• Follow the predefined configuration sequence
and choose Start on the relevant
configuration

Public
SAP Activate Configuration Approach for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Expert Configuration
 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

Public
Solution Configuration
Sprint Based Agile Configuration Approach Configuration
Expert(s)
Integration Service
Implementation Expert(s) Center
Key Message
▪ Short configuration cycles including testing, reviewing and transporting

▪ Configuration is based on the consolidated backlog
▪ Complete testing of each sprint outcome
▪ Sprint reviews of what has been configured in the system to verify that business needs are satisfied
▪ Weekly transports to Production via a change project
Weekly Sprints
Backlog
Weekly Transports to P
Configure
Configure
Review Test
Review Test

Public
Migrate, Integrate, Extend, and Test with SAP Activate

Project
Lifecycle

Migrate,
System Landscape
Q-System
P-System P-System
P-System
Public
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
Public
Migrate Your Data
Manage Your Solution App
Guided Data Migration
• Designed for new implementations in the

Cloud
• Migration of Master & Transactional Data

from a Legacy Systems (SAP or Non-SAP).
• Migration objects are automatically

identified and handled by the tool based on
scope of customer’s solution
• File Templates to upload data are created

during run time based on the Migration
Objects
Public
Integration Overview of the Extensibility Capabilities of SAP S/4HANA
In-app extensibility: Side-by-side extensibility:

Context-aware extensions, focus on tight integration Learn from the outside, weave external content
into your solutions
+
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
Public
SAPACTIVATE Methodology
Testing Overview for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Prepare Explore Realize Deploy
Starter-System Q-System P-System
Project Started Fit-to-Standard Analysis Sprint 1 Sprint 2-n Solution Tested Start of Production
Test Case Development
Unit String User

Project Testing Test Unit
Integration Test Acceptance
Strategy Plan Testing Testing Testing
Test
Configure Testing Tools
Data Migration Test 1 Data Migration Test 2-n

Project System
Environment Test Team Mobilization and
Training Roles / Authorizations Testing
Project Milestone
Testing Deliverables

Public
Test Automation Tool for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Business Benefits
The Test Automation Tool is integral part of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. With preconfigured test scripts you can automate your
business process tests. In addition, you can change existing or create new test cases via a recording functionality. In addition,
regression testing is supported by SAP delivered test automats on app level.
Business Benefits:
Acceleration: Accelerate business process and
regression tests via test automation.
Accurate: Reach a sound test result even
during short test cycles like upgrade tests
Fast Outcome Ease the implementation by
providing a quick-check possibility with
preconfigured test scripts
Configurable: Facilitate test script creation with
a recording functionality
Documentation: Documents all automated test
activities with screenshots
Analysis: Results dashboard with drill down
functionality
Public
Onboard and Deploy with SAP Activate

Project
Lifecycle

Migrate,
System Landscape
Q-System
P-System P-System
P-System
Public
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
• Provides a full digital foundation for SAP professional

education. It is a cloud-based solution with anytime,
anywhere access, which helps professionals, users, or
academic students develop and update skills on SAP
solutions as needed, including preparation for SAP
certification exams.
Learning Hub
Implementation Roadmap: Customer Team Self Enablement
Start self-enablement
for all project team
members now!

Public
Self Enablement Activities 1 – Open Help
Learning Center – Review In Solution Trainer Demonstrations 2 – Select Learning
3 – Select Role
4 – View Learning
Implementation Roadmap - Review Getting

1 Started Tutorials in the My Learning App
4
2

Public
Operate, Monitor, and Support with SAP Activate

Project
Lifecycle

Migrate,
System Landscape
Q-System
P-System P-System
P-System
Public
SAP Activate Run Phase
Overview
Provides detailed guidance for your successful

use of your SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution
• Continuous learning and enablement + add
new users
• Ongoing system operations, including
interfaces (for example Vertex)
• Quarterly release upgrades and regression test
• Continuous improvement, activation of new
scope
• Leveraging the SAP Cloud Trust Center
• Using SAP Support services as needed

Public
Landscape and Upgrades
Upgrade, Hotfixes & Emergency patches
Upgrades, Hotfixes, Emergency Patches

• Hotfixes are scheduled on a two week period and are installed to all customers over the weekend during standard
downtimes.
• Emergency patches are created on request and will be installed on request or during standard downtimes.
• Upgrades are scheduled on a quarterly basis.
• All customers are on the same release and hotfix package.
• Service marketplace notes are not individually applied. They must be part of a hotfix or emergency patch.
• SLA (Service Level Agreement) for cloud services can be found here.
• SAP notifies via email, release upgrade schedule to each customer, at least 6 weeks in advance.
• Details on system landscape, quarterly upgrade process and FAQ can be found here.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Customer Landscape
Starter Quality Productive

System System System

Public
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Upgrade Schedule
Master Plan for All Customers
• Quarterly upgrade is performed as follows:

▪ (Q) Quality system is upgraded to the latest release on 1st weekend after RTC date
▪ (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
• Service Level Agreement for cloud services can be found here
• Details on system landscape, quarterly upgrade processes, and FAQ can be found here

Public
Landscape and Upgrades
The project schedule
Quarterly Upgrade Process
should include upgrade
Release to Cloud periods and post upgrade
1st Monday in middle regression testing.
month of quarter
Pre-Processing by Service Center
Uptime with Limitations.
Q-system
Q-system Upgrade/Downtime
Complete Test Phase by Customer

Configuration Regression Tests, Test of new features
Sprint / Transport
Change Project
No Configuration in Q-system
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
No Emergency Patches in P with prequalification in Q
P-system Upgrade/Downtime
Public
Agile Implementation and Ongoing Operations with SAP Activate
Customer Examples
Geographically Driven Rollout Capability Driven Rollout

• Co-innovation project + deployment in Hungary • Started with Finance capabilities in SAP S/4HANA
April 2016 Cloud
December 2016
• Went live with additional countries in Asia – Singapore,
Malaysia, Philippines • Go Live of Professional Services Companies
January 2017 March 2017
• Go Live in the rest of the world (additional 11 countries • Expansion of Professional Services functionality and
including US, Belgium, Netherlands) integration with SAP SuccessFactors under way
May 2017 May 2017
• Implementation of Concur with integration to S/4HANA
Cloud
Planned in late Q2 2017

Public
Agenda
Trial
Fit-to-Standard
Scope and Configure
Deploy

Public
Enablers for Your Digital Transformation
Tools and Benefits
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

Public
SAP Activate Methodology Training Curriculum
Available to Customers, Partners and SAP Consultants
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)
• ACT1CL – SAP Activate Methodology: Introduction (Cloud)
• ACT2CL – SAP Activate Methodology: Cloud Implementation
* Also offered as classroom training ACT100

Public
SAP Partners are Adopting SAP Activate in Their delivery
“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.”
“T-Systems has been achieving best results for its

“NTT DATA grew its SAP business during the past customers by blending SAP Methodologies with
years massively to above 10,000 SAP people globally. its own. The SAP Activate innovation adoption
Hereby, NTT DATA’s One Method plays the key role to framework has introduced a kick start method for
“The release of SAP Activate has been perfectly providing highest quality in SAP implementation to total digital transformation. T-Systems offers its
timed for a market demanding the use of Rapid employees and clients. The reason for success is customers the best of both worlds for accelerated
Deployment Solutions and deployed using Agile owing to the great structure and content of SAP SAP S/4HANA implementations from end-to-end
techniques. IBM has wholeheartedly embraced Activate, which NTT DATA continuously adopts to through the use of standardized transformation
Activate and Agile within its own new IBM Ascend provide the best SAP standards to its people. SAP packages, agile methods and best practice. The
methodology and Impact Industry Solution. Our Activate has everything NTT DATA needs, because it tools and templates from the SAP Activate
Clients have welcomed this new approach that covers the best expertise in S/4HANA and Cloud, and framework combined with T-Systems own SAP
generates faster speed to value under a lower risk is being increasingly used for the new S/4HANA Transformation methodology reduces
delivery approach.” implementations, conversions, and transformations of project risks and delivers faster customer
© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC
our clients.” success.” Public
47
SAP Activate Methodology Jam Group
Join the Exclusive Community with the Latest Content on SAP Activate Methodology!
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
▪ Open hours to engage live with our methodology experts
▪ Interactive collaboration with users regarding content, questions, and updates
▪ FREE access to the latest content to help organizations with projects
Join our community today: http://bit.ly/SAPActivate

Current members, access our community by clicking here

Public
Thank you.
Contact information:
Jan Musil
Chief Product Owner
SAP Activate Methodology
SAPActivateMethodology@sap.com

Deploying S4Hana Cloud

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Deploying S4Hana Cloud

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Deploying SAP S/4HANA Cloud

with SAP Activate

The Road to SAP S/4HANA Cloud with SAP Activate

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 2

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 3

What guidance do I get from

How can I have an agile

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 4

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA CLOUD

CONTROL & FLEXIBILITY

STANDARDIZED NATIVE INTEGRATION

FAST INNOVATIONS Cloud EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

DYNAMIC EXTENSIBILITY GUIDED CONFIGURATION

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 6

Innovation System Landscape Project Timeline

Roles Handover to Support

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 7

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 8

Country versions: Country versions: Country versions:

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 9

Trial System* Starter System

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 10

The Road to SAP S/4HANA Cloud with SAP Activate

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 11

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Continuous Innovation with Content Lifecycle Management

SAP S/4HANA Fit-to-Standard Operate,

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 12

SAP S/4HANA Trial System

SAP Best Practices

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 13

SAP Digital Discovery Assessment:

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 14

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Continuous Innovation with Content Lifecycle Management

SAP S/4HANA Fit-to-Standard Operate,

Trial System* Starter System

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 15

Starter-System Provisioning Key User Enablement

1 Review System • SAP Methodologies Jam

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 16

Project Plans, Schedule, and Budget Business Driven Configuration

2. Align Project Schedules

Project Kick-Off and On-Boarding

1. Onboard the Project Team

Consultant sets scope based on

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 17

Configuration Expert sets scope based

Integration requirements captured in the

The Business Process Expert

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Continuous Innovation with Content Lifecycle Management

SAP S/4HANA Fit-to-Standard Operate,

Trial System* Starter System

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 19

© 2018 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC 20

Business Driven Questionnaires are used

Process Models Delta Requirements

Customer Execution of Standard Scenarios All process flows, backlog items,

3. Run Fit-to-Standard workshop and capture configuration

4. Configure the system Configuration SSCUI

Configuration expert enables

Identify Delta Team fosters discussion to better understand