SAP has announced the SAP Activate which is the combination of SAP Best Practices, guided configuration and methodology for SAP S/4 HANA allows you to build smart and run simple.
SAP Activate gives you the freedom to run fast (with a reference solution), beautifully (with a state-of-the-art Fiori UX), lean (with a lower TCO and continuous innovation), far (built-in extensibility to fit your needs), and flexibility (do it yourself or with a preferred partner or with SAP)
The SAP Activate Methodology replaces the ASAP as SAP's implementation methodology for SAP S/4 HANA and all other SAP solutions.
SAP Activate Methodology is a modular and agile framework for implementation and migration of SAP that provided content and guidance to project teams. It supports project teams through all stages of the project, from initial planning, through requirement implementation, to the on-going improvement in SAP solution.
There are two variant in Activate Methodology:
- SAP Activate Methodology for Cloud Solution
- SAP Activate Methodology for On-Premise Solution
SAP Activate Methodology for On-Premise Solution
This roadmap is intended to guide the implementation team through the On-Premise implementation utilizing Agile Methodologies (Agile implementation utilizes the SCRUM based approach to bulid solutions. This turn allows for an iterative implementation process with more flexibility for change).
This methodology is divided in six phases:
1. Discover
2. Prepare
3. Explore
4. Realize
5. Deploy
6. Run
1. Discover
The purpose of the Discover phase is to discover the solution capabilities, understand the business value and benefits of the solution to customer's business, determine the adoption strategy and roadmap in alignment with understanding the solution capabilities and product roadmap.
To conclude the Discover phase of SAP Activate, customers and sales team agree on: Implementation Scope, Project Timelines, Targeted Solution Model.
The next phase in the SAP Activate methodology is the Prepare Phase.
2. Prepare
The purpose of this phase is to provide the initial planning and preparation for the project. In this phase, the project is started, plans are finalized, project team is assigned, and work is under way to start the project optimally.
Activities in the Prepare phase:
- Define Project goals, a high-level scope, and a project plan
- Identify and quantify business value objectives
- Secure executive sponsorship
- Establish project standards, organization and governance
- Define and secure approval for the implementation/ upgrade strategy
- Define roles and responsibilities for the project team
- Validate the project objectives
- Develop roles and responsibilities for the project team
- Validate the project objectives
- Develop a project team training strategy, and start project team training.
- Establish project management, tracking, and reporting mechanisms for value delivery
- Document all initiation activities in the project charter
- Pre-assemble (or establish) the project environment, infrastructure and IT systems including SAP Solution Manager
- And then prepare the Explore phase
3. Explore
The purpose of this phase is to perform a fit/gap analysis to validate the solution functionality included in the project scope and to confirm that the business requirements can be satisfied. Identified gaps and configuration values are added to the backlog for use in the next phase
Activities in the Explore phase:
- Prepare, setup and conduct solution validation workshops
- Refine business requirements
- Identify master data and organizational requirements
- Confirm to be business processes
- Define functional solution design, including a gap analysis in solution design workshops
- Associate business requirements to the process hierarchy and the solution components
- Obtain business sign-off on delta requirements and design documents
- Collect end user information, analyzing learning needs, and developing a learning deployment strategy.
- Establish project management, tracking and reporting for value delivery.
In the Explore phase, industry and solution experts from SAP lead a series of structured show-and-tell and solution design workshops. The goal of these workshops is to review the best practice functionality of the SAP solution, identify delta requirements or gaps and document the conceptual design of the to-be delivered SAP enterprise solution. The team documents all functional and technical requirements, project issues and gaps in SAP Solution Manager.
4. Realize
The purpose of this phase is to use a series of iterations to incrementally build and test an integrated business and system environment that is based on the business scenarios and process requirements identified in the previous phase. During this phase, data is loaded, adoption activities occur, and operations are planned.
Activities in the Realize phase::
- Establish the solution landscape
- Implement the solution in the development environment using incremental build in time-boxed iternations
- Conduct overall end-to-end testing of the solution within the QA environment
- Set up production environment
- Prepare for data migration and data archiving
- Conduct performance testing
- Conduct project team and key user training
- Finalize end user training materials and documentation
- Track and report on value delivery
During Realize phase, the project team uses a series of iterations to incrementally configure, test, confirm, and document the entire end-to-end solution and to create legacy data conversion programs. The project team actively works with business representatives to ensure good fit of the built solution to the requirements from the backlog. Project Team releases results of multiple iterations to the business users to accelerate time to value and provide early access to finalized functionality. Each release it thoroughly tested in end-to-end integration test and user acceptance test.
The project team documents the configuration decisions and solution in the SAP Solution Manager tool. They also document all development - including interfaces, integration points, data conversion programs, reports, and any required enhancements - in SAP Solution Manager. Once these activities are complete for particular release and the team has obtained business approval, they make the release available in the production environment.
5. Deploy
The purpose of this phase is to setup the production system, confirm customer organization readiness, and to switch business operations to the new system.
Activities in the Deploy phase:
- Resolve all crucial open issues:
- Conduct system tests
- Check that system management is in place
- Proceed with cut-over activities, including data migration
- Execute transition and cutover plans including organizational change management (OCM) plans
- Complete all scheduled end user training
- Identify and document all issues encountered in the transition to the new solution
- Monitor business process results and the production environment
- Establish OCC** or a "extra-care" center of excellence for support that provides:
- Production support processes
- Exceptional business monitoring processes
- Extraordinary technical support
- System enhancements
- Track and report on value delivery
6. Run
The purpose of this phase is to further optimize and automate the operability of the solution. Operability is the ability to maintain IT systems in a functioning and operation condition, guaranteeing systems availability and required performance levels to support the execution of the enterprise's business operations.
SAP Activate gives you the freedom to run fast (with a reference solution), beautifully (with a state-of-the-art Fiori UX), lean (with a lower TCO and continuous innovation), far (built-in extensibility to fit your needs), and flexibility (do it yourself or with a preferred partner or with SAP)
The SAP Activate Methodology replaces the ASAP as SAP's implementation methodology for SAP S/4 HANA and all other SAP solutions.
SAP Activate Methodology is a modular and agile framework for implementation and migration of SAP that provided content and guidance to project teams. It supports project teams through all stages of the project, from initial planning, through requirement implementation, to the on-going improvement in SAP solution.
There are two variant in Activate Methodology:
- SAP Activate Methodology for Cloud Solution
- SAP Activate Methodology for On-Premise Solution
SAP Activate Methodology for On-Premise Solution
This roadmap is intended to guide the implementation team through the On-Premise implementation utilizing Agile Methodologies (Agile implementation utilizes the SCRUM based approach to bulid solutions. This turn allows for an iterative implementation process with more flexibility for change).
This methodology is divided in six phases:
1. Discover
2. Prepare
3. Explore
4. Realize
5. Deploy
6. Run
1. Discover
The purpose of the Discover phase is to discover the solution capabilities, understand the business value and benefits of the solution to customer's business, determine the adoption strategy and roadmap in alignment with understanding the solution capabilities and product roadmap.
To conclude the Discover phase of SAP Activate, customers and sales team agree on: Implementation Scope, Project Timelines, Targeted Solution Model.
The next phase in the SAP Activate methodology is the Prepare Phase.
2. Prepare
The purpose of this phase is to provide the initial planning and preparation for the project. In this phase, the project is started, plans are finalized, project team is assigned, and work is under way to start the project optimally.
Activities in the Prepare phase:
- Define Project goals, a high-level scope, and a project plan
- Identify and quantify business value objectives
- Secure executive sponsorship
- Establish project standards, organization and governance
- Define and secure approval for the implementation/ upgrade strategy
- Define roles and responsibilities for the project team
- Validate the project objectives
- Develop roles and responsibilities for the project team
- Validate the project objectives
- Develop a project team training strategy, and start project team training.
- Establish project management, tracking, and reporting mechanisms for value delivery
- Document all initiation activities in the project charter
- Pre-assemble (or establish) the project environment, infrastructure and IT systems including SAP Solution Manager
- And then prepare the Explore phase
3. Explore
The purpose of this phase is to perform a fit/gap analysis to validate the solution functionality included in the project scope and to confirm that the business requirements can be satisfied. Identified gaps and configuration values are added to the backlog for use in the next phase
Activities in the Explore phase:
- Prepare, setup and conduct solution validation workshops
- Refine business requirements
- Identify master data and organizational requirements
- Confirm to be business processes
- Define functional solution design, including a gap analysis in solution design workshops
- Associate business requirements to the process hierarchy and the solution components
- Obtain business sign-off on delta requirements and design documents
- Collect end user information, analyzing learning needs, and developing a learning deployment strategy.
- Establish project management, tracking and reporting for value delivery.
In the Explore phase, industry and solution experts from SAP lead a series of structured show-and-tell and solution design workshops. The goal of these workshops is to review the best practice functionality of the SAP solution, identify delta requirements or gaps and document the conceptual design of the to-be delivered SAP enterprise solution. The team documents all functional and technical requirements, project issues and gaps in SAP Solution Manager.
4. Realize
The purpose of this phase is to use a series of iterations to incrementally build and test an integrated business and system environment that is based on the business scenarios and process requirements identified in the previous phase. During this phase, data is loaded, adoption activities occur, and operations are planned.
Activities in the Realize phase::
- Establish the solution landscape
- Implement the solution in the development environment using incremental build in time-boxed iternations
- Conduct overall end-to-end testing of the solution within the QA environment
- Set up production environment
- Prepare for data migration and data archiving
- Conduct performance testing
- Conduct project team and key user training
- Finalize end user training materials and documentation
- Track and report on value delivery
During Realize phase, the project team uses a series of iterations to incrementally configure, test, confirm, and document the entire end-to-end solution and to create legacy data conversion programs. The project team actively works with business representatives to ensure good fit of the built solution to the requirements from the backlog. Project Team releases results of multiple iterations to the business users to accelerate time to value and provide early access to finalized functionality. Each release it thoroughly tested in end-to-end integration test and user acceptance test.
The project team documents the configuration decisions and solution in the SAP Solution Manager tool. They also document all development - including interfaces, integration points, data conversion programs, reports, and any required enhancements - in SAP Solution Manager. Once these activities are complete for particular release and the team has obtained business approval, they make the release available in the production environment.
5. Deploy
The purpose of this phase is to setup the production system, confirm customer organization readiness, and to switch business operations to the new system.
Activities in the Deploy phase:
- Resolve all crucial open issues:
- Conduct system tests
- Check that system management is in place
- Proceed with cut-over activities, including data migration
- Execute transition and cutover plans including organizational change management (OCM) plans
- Complete all scheduled end user training
- Identify and document all issues encountered in the transition to the new solution
- Monitor business process results and the production environment
- Establish OCC** or a "extra-care" center of excellence for support that provides:
- Production support processes
- Exceptional business monitoring processes
- Extraordinary technical support
- System enhancements
- Track and report on value delivery
6. Run
The purpose of this phase is to further optimize and automate the operability of the solution. Operability is the ability to maintain IT systems in a functioning and operation condition, guaranteeing systems availability and required performance levels to support the execution of the enterprise's business operations.
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