Mapping your journey to SAP S/4HANA : A practical guide for senior IT leadership

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One of the best informative advisory document that i have came across, definitely a must read by all the leaders who are planning for starting/completing their S/4HANA Transformation Journey.

“Mapping your journey to SAP S/4HANA : A practical guide for senior IT leadership”

https://www.sap.com/documents/2019/05/44b3ebd5-4b7d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html

My Personal key takeaways from this guide which hopefully can help many of you  –

Making strategic choices with respect to deployment path to S/4HANA – Customers with the SAP ERP application havethe choice among system conversion ~ Brownfield Conversion, new implementation ~ Greenfield Conversion, and selective data transition. (Many of them do call this as Blue Field Conversion/Hybrid approach)

 

Cloud adoptions is key decisions when planning your digital transformation toward  SAP S/4HANA Cloud product you would like to implement – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition or SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.

Following the clean core principle : Organization must adapt to a changing business environment and adopt new capabilities to thrive in a digital era.

https://www.sap.com/products/erp/rise/migration/clean-core.html 

Understanding the importance of compatibility packs in Note 2269324 and in this blog post- https://lnkd.in/gRpu7Qzs

Integration is a key enabler for digital business transformation and a future-proof enterprise solution estate. By using advanced technologies and services provided bySAP BTP, SAP helps ensure the integration of industry-specific business processes across SAP, partner, and third-party applications.

Key role played by SAP BTP – enabling, facilitating,& protecting the built-in suite qualities.

The capabilities in SAP BTP are grouped into five portfolios –

1️⃣Application development and automation- Low code No code

https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/application-development.html 

2️⃣Artificial intelligence- Leverage SAP AI Services and support

https://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence.html 

3️⃣Data and analytics- Leveraging HANA cloud, SAP Analytics cloud and SAP Datasphere

https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/analytics.html 

4️⃣Extended planning and analysis – https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/extended-planning-analysis.html 

5️⃣SAP Integration Suite – https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/integration-suite.html 

 

The custom-code workstream should have these three major work packages:

1️⃣Removal of unused code

2️⃣Automated and manual code adaptation

3️⃣Review of modifications, clones, and implicit enhancements

 

Plan for proper risk free Rollout Strategy

 

Understanding system downtime and different optimization techniques like leveraging DMOVE2S4 via Downtime Optimized Conversion ~ doC or downtime optimized DMO ~ doDMO which can help to convert & migrate via One step approach in minimum downtime.

https://help.sap.com/docs/SLTOOLSET/7d57e56e12104cc68bce7646cd9f4cbf/c17f45ffa4004ca4837913a745b3a081.html 

Importance of Data Cleansing, Archiving , Sizing & Data Volume Management does play a major role along with Custom Code Analysis & Adjustment to reduce the overall data footprint prior to Migration .

https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_Solution_Manager/2280273f45054d318142b271b06a03c1/e445e854d52d47a8b1ee32e9a064d438.html 

https://me.sap.com/notes/2818267/E – Data Volume Management during migration to SAP S/4HANA

Start Discovery phase pretty early and Work on Essential tools like –

1️⃣SAP Readiness Check – SAP Readiness Check provides a suite of tools to assist in the planning of the next step on your digital transformation journey.

Landing page https://me.sap.com/readinesscheck

KBA note – https://me.sap.com/notes/3404904

2️⃣Custom Code Migration app – https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/custom-code-migration 

3️⃣SAP Business Transformation Center (especially if Selective Data Transition is being used for Migration) – https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-sap/sap-business-transformation-center-digital-blueprint/ba-p/13570978

KBA note# https://me.sap.com/notes/3328319 and Landing page- https://support.sap.com/content/dam/support/en_us/library/ssp/alm/sap-cloud-alm/transformation/SAP_BTC_Quickstart.pdf 

4️⃣Usage of Maintenance Planner – https://support.sap.com/en/alm/solution-manager/processes-72/maintenance-planner.html 

5️⃣SAP Signavio for Business Process insights – https://www.signavio.com/products/process-insights/ 

6️⃣SAP Integration Suite , Integration Advisor & Downtime tools

https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/integration-suite.html 

https://help.sap.com/docs/cloud-integration/sap-cloud-integration/sap-integration-advisor 

https://support.sap.com/en/tools/software-logistics-tools/software-update-manager.html?anchorId=section 

 

7️⃣S/4HANA Migration and CVI Cockpit, DTV Validation tool

https://userapps.support.sap.com/sap/support/knowledge/en/3147029 

https://me.sap.com/notes/2951811 

Thank you for reading it and I hope above provided links in this blog may be useful for you in your S/4HANA Transformation Journey, best wishes !!

 

 

​ One of the best informative advisory document that i have came across, definitely a must read by all the leaders who are planning for starting/completing their S/4HANA Transformation Journey.”Mapping your journey to SAP S/4HANA : A practical guide for senior IT leadership”https://www.sap.com/documents/2019/05/44b3ebd5-4b7d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.htmlMy Personal key takeaways from this guide which hopefully can help many of you  -✅Making strategic choices with respect to deployment path to S/4HANA – Customers with the SAP ERP application havethe choice among system conversion ~ Brownfield Conversion, new implementation ~ Greenfield Conversion, and selective data transition. (Many of them do call this as Blue Field Conversion/Hybrid approach) ✅Cloud adoptions is key decisions when planning your digital transformation toward  SAP S/4HANA Cloud product you would like to implement – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition or SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.✅Following the clean core principle : Organization must adapt to a changing business environment and adopt new capabilities to thrive in a digital era.https://www.sap.com/products/erp/rise/migration/clean-core.html ✅Understanding the importance of compatibility packs in Note 2269324 and in this blog post- https://lnkd.in/gRpu7Qzs✅Integration is a key enabler for digital business transformation and a future-proof enterprise solution estate. By using advanced technologies and services provided bySAP BTP, SAP helps ensure the integration of industry-specific business processes across SAP, partner, and third-party applications.✅Key role played by SAP BTP – enabling, facilitating,& protecting the built-in suite qualities.The capabilities in SAP BTP are grouped into five portfolios -1️⃣Application development and automation- Low code No codehttps://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/application-development.html 2️⃣Artificial intelligence- Leverage SAP AI Services and supporthttps://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence.html 3️⃣Data and analytics- Leveraging HANA cloud, SAP Analytics cloud and SAP Dataspherehttps://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/analytics.html 4️⃣Extended planning and analysis – https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/extended-planning-analysis.html 5️⃣SAP Integration Suite – https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/integration-suite.html  ✅The custom-code workstream should have these three major work packages:1️⃣Removal of unused code2️⃣Automated and manual code adaptation3️⃣Review of modifications, clones, and implicit enhancements ✅Plan for proper risk free Rollout Strategy ✅Understanding system downtime and different optimization techniques like leveraging DMOVE2S4 via Downtime Optimized Conversion ~ doC or downtime optimized DMO ~ doDMO which can help to convert & migrate via One step approach in minimum downtime.https://help.sap.com/docs/SLTOOLSET/7d57e56e12104cc68bce7646cd9f4cbf/c17f45ffa4004ca4837913a745b3a081.html ✅Importance of Data Cleansing, Archiving , Sizing & Data Volume Management does play a major role along with Custom Code Analysis & Adjustment to reduce the overall data footprint prior to Migration .https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_Solution_Manager/2280273f45054d318142b271b06a03c1/e445e854d52d47a8b1ee32e9a064d438.html https://me.sap.com/notes/2818267/E – Data Volume Management during migration to SAP S/4HANA✅Start Discovery phase pretty early and Work on Essential tools like -1️⃣SAP Readiness Check – SAP Readiness Check provides a suite of tools to assist in the planning of the next step on your digital transformation journey.Landing page https://me.sap.com/readinesscheckKBA note – https://me.sap.com/notes/34049042️⃣Custom Code Migration app – https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/custom-code-migration 3️⃣SAP Business Transformation Center (especially if Selective Data Transition is being used for Migration) – https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-sap/sap-business-transformation-center-digital-blueprint/ba-p/13570978KBA note# https://me.sap.com/notes/3328319 and Landing page- https://support.sap.com/content/dam/support/en_us/library/ssp/alm/sap-cloud-alm/transformation/SAP_BTC_Quickstart.pdf 4️⃣Usage of Maintenance Planner – https://support.sap.com/en/alm/solution-manager/processes-72/maintenance-planner.html 5️⃣SAP Signavio for Business Process insights – https://www.signavio.com/products/process-insights/ 6️⃣SAP Integration Suite , Integration Advisor & Downtime toolshttps://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/integration-suite.html https://help.sap.com/docs/cloud-integration/sap-cloud-integration/sap-integration-advisor https://support.sap.com/en/tools/software-logistics-tools/software-update-manager.html?anchorId=section  7️⃣S/4HANA Migration and CVI Cockpit, DTV Validation toolhttps://userapps.support.sap.com/sap/support/knowledge/en/3147029 https://me.sap.com/notes/2951811 Thank you for reading it and I hope above provided links in this blog may be useful for you in your S/4HANA Transformation Journey, best wishes !!    Read More Technology Blogs by SAP articles 

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