SAP Activate: Project Management for SAP S/4hana (Hardcover)

... Foreword ... 17

... Preface ... 19

... Objective of This Book ... 20

... Who This Book Is For ... 20

... How This Book Is Organized ... 21

... Acknowledgments ... 23

SAP S/4HANA Fundamentals ... 25

1.1 ... Transition into an Intelligent Enterprise ... 26

1.2 ... Key Technologies ... 29

1.3 ... Deployment and Operating Models ... 38

1.4 ... Deployment Approaches ... 42

1.5 ... Summary ... 45

2 ... Introduction to SAP Activate ... 47

2.1 ... SAP Activate Key Concepts ... 47

2.2 ... Components of SAP Activate ... 53

2.3 ... SAP Activate Phases and Project Management ... 60

2.4 ... SAP Activate Methodology Taxonomy ... 67

2.5 ... SAP Activate Community ... 74

2.6 ... SAP Activate Training and Certification ... 83

2.7 ... Summary ... 85

3 ... Accessing SAP Activate ... 87

3.1 ... Roadmap Viewer ... 87

3.2 ... SAP Best Practices Explorer ... 94

3.3 ... SAP Cloud ALM ... 107

3.4 ... SAP Solution Manager ... 115

3.5 ... Summary ... 121

4 ... Starting with a Working System ... 123

4.1 ... SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA ... 123

4.2 ... SAP Model Company ... 138

4.3 ... Summary ... 146

5 ... Configuration, Data Migration, Extensibility, Integration, and Testing ... 149

5.1 ... Business-Driven Configuration ... 150

5.2 ... Data Migration ... 163

5.3 ... Extensibility ... 170

5.4 ... Integration ... 174

5.5 ... Testing ... 178

5.6 ... Summary ... 186

6 ... Agile Project Delivery ... 189

6.1 ... Roles, Responsibilities, and Governance ... 190

6.2 ... Creating and Managing the Backlog ... 197

6.3 ... Agile Realization ... 200

6.4 ... Definition of Ready and Done ... 206

6.5 ... SAP Activate in a Scaled Agile Environment ... 209

6.6 ... Summary ... 213

7 ... Deploying SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 215

7.1 ... Deployment of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Essentials Edition ... 215

7.2 ... Golden Rules for Implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Extended Edition ... 275

7.3 ... Deployment of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Extended Edition ... 284

7.4 ... Summary ... 309

8 ... Deploying On-Premise SAP S/4HANA ... 311

8.1 ... Deployment Project Overview ... 312

8.2 ... Discovering the Solution and Planning Your Journey ... 315

8.3 ... New Implementation ... 323

8.4 ... System Conversion ... 383

8.5 ... Selective Data Transition ... 437

8.6 ... Summary ... 444

9 ... Deploying Hybrid System Landscapes ... 445

9.1 ... What Is a Hybrid Two-Tier ERP Setup? ... 446

9.2 ... Move Options ... 452

9.3 ... Master Data ... 454

9.4 ... Finance ... 461

9.5 ... Sales ... 476

9.6 ... Procurement ... 486

9.7 ... Manufacturing ... 495

9.8 ... Integration ... 506

9.9 ... Accelerators ... 512

9.10 ... Analytics and Reporting ... 518

9.11 ... Summary ... 523

10 ... Organizational Change Management ... 525

10.1 ... OCM and Digital Transformation ... 525

10.2 ... OCM Activities in SAP Activate ... 526

10.3 ... Transition to the Customer Center of Expertise ... 532

10.4 ... Team Enablement and Self-Enablement ... 539

10.5 ... SAP Enable Now ... 540

10.6 ... Summary ... 542

11 ... SAP Activate for Other SAP Products ... 545

11.1 ... SAP Activate for SAP SuccessFactors ... 545

11.2 ... SAP Activate for SAP Analytics Cloud ... 548

11.3 ... SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Upgrade and Integration ... 550

11.4 ... Additional SAP Activate Methodology Roadmaps ... 552

11.5 ... Summary ... 553

... Appendices ... 555

A ... SAP Activate Certification Preparation ... 555

B ... The Authors ... 577

... Index ... 583