SAP Activate Methodology

Level 1 Presentation
Jan Musil, SAP Activate
May 21, 2019

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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

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SAP Activate Builds on Proven Techniques
Assemble to Order, Agile, Cloud

Start with working system, based on

SAP Best Practices or Model Company

Leverage cloud for

speed and flexibility.

Build solution iteratively with

frequent feedback loops.

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Innovation as a Service is how your business
SAP Activate deploys new capabilities, when and how you
choose, to build a sustained competitive advantage

Launch quickly and efficiently, Self-service to expand capabilities when,

standardized for integration where, and how you choose

Business-Driven Innovation with SAP Activate

Self-service configuration through a clear deployment

methodology of solution-specific practices, in a standardized
environment Speed of Innovation Greater Productivity

Business Processes Clear Methodology for Apps for Adoption

Delivered Adoption and Extensibility and Extensibility
Ready to Run
Growth & Scalability Business Impact

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Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Key Elements Driving Successful Deployment Contract Start

Continuous Innovation
Go-Live

Working together to simplify, streamline and automate deployment Discovery

Assessment
Setup and Enable
Fit to Standard
Fit-to-Standard
Analysis
Analysis
Scope and
ScopeConfigure
and Configure
Migrate, Integrate,
Migrate,
Test, and
Test,
Integrate,
and Extend
Extend
Onboard and
Deploy
Innovate, Operate,
Support

Ready-to-run processes Prescriptive, step-by-step Powerful integrated tools

with process deployment guidance for for configuration,
documentation project teams deployment and run
Best Practices SAP Activate Methodology Powered by SAP Cloud ALM

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Deploy SAP S/4HANA Cloud with SAP Activate
Journey Overview and Key Milestones

Journey
Qualification / Brand Guardian Finalized scope and backlog
and Key with delta requirements
Milestones Discovery Assessment Go-Live Readiness Quarterly
Assessment Upgrade
Buy Onboard Project
Team
Go-Live Activate new
SAP S/4HANA scope / add
Cloud
countries

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

Continuous Innovation

Fit-to-
Discovery Setup and Scope and Migrate, Integrate, Onboard Users Innovate,
Standard Extend
Assessment Enablement Configure Test and Deploy Operate, Support
Analysis

System Trial System

Landscape
Starter System

Quality System

Production System

Initial Transport Ongoing Transports

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Deploy SAP S/4HANA On-Premise with SAP Activate
Journey Overview and Key Milestones

Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run

SAP S/4HANA
Fit-to-Standard
Operate,
Experience Analysis with SAP Scope and Migrate, integrate, Onboard and
monitor,
Trial Best Practices or configure​ extend, test deploy
support
SAP Model Company

NEW IMPLEMENTATION

Project
Lifecycle
Solution Manager Integration

Technical
Functional Operate,
SAP S/4HANA Experience Preparation Steps Integrate and Onboard and
Conversion monitor,
Trial and Test extend deploy
and Cut-Over support
Conversion

SYSTEM CONVERSION

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SAP Activate Methodology Coverage
Category Implementation Roadmap Product Coverage and purpose Access links

Cloud solution SAP Activate Methodology for SAP SAP S/4HANA Cloud, including extensibility and integrations; covers the Run phase - Link
specific S/4HANA Cloud regression test after quarterly upgrade and adding scope/countries
SAP Activate Methodology for SAP SAP S/4HANA Cloud, single tenant edition deployment, 5 golden rules, cloud-like Link
S/4HANA Cloud, single tenant edition deployment approach for this solution
SAP Activate Methodology for SAP Success Factors implementation guidance, fit-to-standard, configuration, project Link
SuccessFactors management
SAP Activate Methodology for SAP Hybris Initial version of methodology guidance for C/4 portfolio, will be enhanced to better serve Link
Cloud for Customer Roadmap the new C/4 product line
SAP Activate Methodology for SAP Ariba Complete coverage for SAP Ariba implementation projects, covers Procurement, Link
Contracts, Financial Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Buying and Invoicing, etc.
SAP Activate Methodology for Developing Provides SAP partners with end-to-end, step-by-step guidance on their journey to Link
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Extensions leverage their innovations along with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
On-premise and Transition to SAP S/4HANA Guides customers transitioning to SAP S/4HANA in one of the scenarios – new, system Link
managed hosting conversion, landscape transformation. Supports OP, managed cloud deployment
solution specific
Transition to SAP BW/4HANA Guides the implementation team through the Transition to SAP BW/4HANA - New, In- Link
Place System Conversion, Remote Conversion, Shell Conversion and Conversion/New
Implementation of SAP BPC 11.0
SAP S/4HANA Upgrade and Product Provides guidance for customers upgrading their SAP S/4HANA On-Premise solution to Link
Integration Roadmap the newest release, including integration of SAP EWM and SAP TM
General SAP Activate Methodology for New Cloud Intended to guide project teams deploying SAP cloud solutions that do not have solution Link
Implementations specific guidance
SAP Activate Methodology for Business Intended to guide project teams deploying SAP on-premise solutions that do not have Link
Suite and On-Premise solution specific guidance

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Enablers for Your Digital Transformation

SAP Activate Jam Group SAP Roadmap Viewer SAP Best Practices SAP Solution Manager
• Engage SAP Activate • Browse implementation Explorer • Optimal toolset for your
experts guidance for your digital • Browse SAP Best Digital Business
• Ask questions and transformation Practices content Transformation
collaborate • Access SAP Activate • Power your project with • Management platform
• http://bit.ly/SAPActivate methodology assets and ready-to-run processes for your SAP solution
accelerators •
• https://rapid.sap.com/bp/ https://support.sap.com/
• https://go.support.sap.co solutionmanager
m/roadmapviewer/#

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Proof Points: Customer Value and Key Differentiators with SAP Activate

“SAP has an Activate process which really helps takes those Carrier discusses how SAP Activate guided them on their
best practices and drives standardization, particularly for implementation journey – focusing on the Fit-to-Standard
cloud.” approach.

“It’s really important that it’s a journey you want to go on from a “For us Fit-to-Standard meant that we could make a transformation,
change management perspective and that Activate Methodology make a migration, convert the organization on to a standard that is
really helped us sit down and look at our processes and then continuously moving... we looked at it as a business transformation,
map to best practices and common business practices.” the ability to say ‘what are the best practices,’ adopting those from
our partners – fitting our organization into those approaches and
Kris Cowles, VP, Global Application IT, Topcon Corp. then being able to move forward in a rapid pace.”

SAPPHIRE NOW 2018 Orlando, June 2018 Scott Moore, Managing Director, Carrier Corp.

SAPPHIRE NOW 2018 Orlando, June 2018

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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
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Contact information:
Jan Musil
Chief Product Owner
SAP Activate Methodology

[email protected]