SAP Activate: Project Management for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, 2nd Edition
- Length: 500 pages
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
- Publisher: SAP Press
- Publication Date: 2022-04-27
- ISBN-10: 1493222139
- ISBN-13: 9781493222131
- Sales Rank: #1943171 (See Top 100 Books)
Planning your SAP S/4HANA implementation project? This book has the expert guidance you need for every step of the journey! Learn about SAP Activate, including key concepts, the methodology, and supporting technologies. Understand your workstreams for configuration, data migration, extensibility, and more―then dive into deployment. Walk through the key phases and deliverables for your project, whether you’re performing a new implementation or system conversion, and see what’s possible with a two-tier ERP setup. Get ready for a successful go-live!
Dear Reader Notes on Usage Table of Contents Foreword Preface Objective of This Book Who This Book Is For How This Book Is Organized Acknowledgments 1 SAP S/4HANA Fundamentals 1.1 Transition into an Intelligent Enterprise 1.1.1 Preparing Businesses for a Fast-Changing Future 1.1.2 The Evolving Nature of Data 1.1.3 Adoption of Intelligent Technology 1.2 Key Technologies 1.2.1 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 1.2.2 SAP HANA 1.2.3 SAP Fiori 1.3 Deployment and Operating Models 1.3.1 Cloud 1.3.2 On-Premise 1.3.3 Hybrid 1.3.4 Deployment Considerations with SAP S/4HANA 1.4 Deployment Approaches 1.5 Summary 2 Introduction to SAP Activate 2.1 SAP Activate Key Concepts 2.2 Components of SAP Activate 2.2.1 Ready-to-Run Business Processes 2.2.2 Methodology 2.2.3 Tools for Adoption and Extensibility 2.3 SAP Activate Phases and Project Management 2.3.1 Discover 2.3.2 Prepare 2.3.3 Explore 2.3.4 Realize 2.3.5 Deploy 2.3.6 Run 2.3.7 Project Management 2.4 Golden Rules for Implementing SAP S/4HANA 2.4.1 Rules and Benefits 2.4.2 Rule 1: Foster a Cloud Mindset 2.4.3 Rule 2: Use Preconfigured Solutions and Leverage SAP Fiori 2.4.4 Rule 3: Use Modern Integration Technologies 2.4.5 Rule 4: Use Modern Extensibility Technologies 2.4.6 Rule 5: Ensure Transparency on Deviations 2.4.7 Governance to Keep the Core Clean 2.5 SAP Activate Methodology Taxonomy 2.5.1 Workstreams 2.5.2 Deliverables 2.5.3 Tasks 2.5.4 Accelerators 2.6 SAP Activate Community 2.6.1 Register and Follow the SAP Activate Community 2.6.2 Find Your Way in the SAP Activate Community 2.6.3 Ask Questions and Find Answers 2.6.4 How to Contribute Blog Posts 2.7 SAP Activate Training and Certification 2.8 Summary 3 Accessing SAP Activate 3.1 Roadmap Viewer 3.2 SAP Best Practices Explorer 3.2.1 Positioning of Content 3.2.2 SAP S/4HANA Content Structure 3.2.3 Localizations and Languages 3.2.4 Tool Features 3.3 SAP Cloud ALM 3.3.1 Why SAP Cloud ALM? 3.3.2 SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation 3.3.3 SAP Cloud ALM for Operations 3.4 SAP Solution Manager 3.4.1 Application and Business Process Operations 3.4.2 Data Volume Management 3.4.3 Change Control Management 3.4.4 Custom Code Management 3.4.5 IT Service Management 3.4.6 Landscape Management 3.4.7 Process Management 3.4.8 Project Management 3.4.9 Focused Build and Focused Insight 3.4.10 Test Suite 3.5 Summary 4 Starting with a Working System 4.1 SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA 4.1.1 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 4.1.2 SAP S/4HANA 4.2 Enterprise Management Layer for SAP S/4HANA 4.2.1 Structure of Content 4.2.2 Updates 4.2.3 Deployment Options 4.3 Summary 5 Configuration, Data Migration, Extensibility, Integration, and Testing 5.1 Business-Driven Configuration 5.1.1 SAP Central Business Configuration 5.1.2 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 5.1.3 SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition 5.1.4 SAP S/4HANA 5.2 Data Migration 5.2.1 Data Migration Preparation 5.2.2 Data Migration Execution with Staging Tables 5.2.3 Data Migration Execution Using Direct Transfer 5.3 Extensibility 5.3.1 Key User Extensibility 5.3.2 Developer Extensibility 5.3.3 Side-by-Side Extensibility 5.3.4 Artificial Intelligence Technologies 5.3.5 Tools and Implementation 5.4 Integration 5.4.1 Prepare 5.4.2 Explore 5.4.3 Realize 5.5 Testing 5.5.1 SAP S/4HANA Cloud 5.5.2 SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition 5.5.3 SAP S/4HANA 5.6 Summary 6 Agile Project Delivery 6.1 Roles, Responsibilities, and Governance 6.1.1 Roles 6.1.2 Events 6.1.3 Artifacts 6.2 Creating and Managing the Backlog 6.3 Agile Realization 6.3.1 Defining Release and Sprint 6.3.2 Anatomy of a Sprint 6.4 Definition of Ready and Done 6.5 SAP Activate in a Scaled Agile Environment 6.5.1 Common Principles in SAFe and SAP Activate 6.5.2 Alignment Points for Each Level of SAFe 6.6 Summary 7 New Implementation of SAP S/4HANA 7.1 New Implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 7.1.1 Deployment Approach Overview 7.1.2 Discover Your Solution 7.1.3 Prepare Your Project 7.1.4 Explore the Solution 7.1.5 Realize Your Requirements 7.1.6 Deploy Your Solution 7.1.7 Run Your Solution 7.2 New Implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition 7.2.1 Deployment Approach Overview 7.2.2 Discover Your Solution 7.2.3 Prepare Your Project 7.2.4 Explore the Solution 7.2.5 Realize Your Requirements 7.2.6 Deploy Your Solution 7.2.7 Run Your Solution 7.3 New Implementation of SAP S/4HANA 7.3.1 Deployment Approach Overview 7.3.2 Discover Your Solution 7.3.3 Prepare Your Project 7.3.4 Explore the Solution 7.3.5 Realize Your Requirements 7.3.6 Deploy Your Solution 7.3.7 Run Your Solution 7.4 Summary 8 System Conversion and Selective Data Transition to SAP S/4HANA 8.1 Deployment Project Overview 8.2 Discover Your Solution 8.2.1 Strategic Planning 8.2.2 Trial System Provisioning 8.2.3 Application Value and Scoping 8.3 System Conversion 8.3.1 Prepare Your Project 8.3.2 Explore the Solution 8.3.3 Realize Your Requirements 8.3.4 Deploy Your Solution 8.3.5 Run Your Solution 8.4 Selective Data Transition 8.5 Summary 9 Deploying Hybrid System Landscapes 9.1 What Is a Two-Tier ERP Setup? 9.1.1 Corporate Headquarters and Subsidiary Setup 9.1.2 Central Services Setup 9.1.3 Supply Chain Ecosystem 9.2 Move Options 9.3 Master Data 9.3.1 Data Replication Framework 9.3.2 API-Based Replication 9.4 Finance 9.4.1 Financial Planning 9.4.2 Advanced Financial Closing 9.4.3 Intercompany Reconciliation Automation 9.4.4 Financial Consolidation 9.4.5 Centralized Payments 9.4.6 Supplier Financing 9.4.7 Cash Visibility of Subsidiary at Headquarters 9.4.8 Treasury Integration 9.4.9 Global Trade 9.4.10 Central Finance Compliance Management 9.4.11 Central Privacy Governance 9.4.12 Intelligent Real Estate 9.5 Sales 9.5.1 Subsidiary as a Local Sales Office 9.5.2 Drop Shipping 9.5.3 Returns Handling 9.6 Services 9.6.1 Service Order Management 9.6.2 Repair Order Integration 9.6.3 Sales and Installation 9.7 Procurement 9.7.1 Procurement Handled Directly by Subsidiary 9.7.2 Centralized Procurement at Headquarters 9.7.3 Centralized Contracting from Headquarters 9.7.4 Centralized Scheduling Agreements from Headquarters 9.8 Manufacturing 9.8.1 Production at Subsidiaries 9.8.2 Assembly at Subsidiaries with Components Provided by Headquarters 9.8.3 Integration with Manufacturing Execution Systems 9.8.4 Just-in-Time Calls 9.8.5 pMRP with Scheduling Agreements 9.9 Supply Chain Transportation Management 9.10 Integration 9.10.1 Integration Approaches 9.10.2 Monitoring and Extensibility 9.11 Sustainability Product Footprint Management 9.12 Analytics and Reporting 9.12.1 Analytics via SAP Business Warehouse Tools 9.12.2 Central Analytics on SAP BTP 9.12.3 Central Analytics on SAP Analytics Cloud 9.12.4 Ad Hoc Custom Reporting 9.13 Accelerators 9.13.1 Download Accelerators 9.13.2 Master Data Handling with SAP BTP Workflows 9.13.3 Finance Master Data Replication 9.13.4 Purchase Order to Sales Order Automation 9.13.5 Billing Document-Supplier Invoice Automation 9.13.6 Business Partner Replication Using Cloud Integration 9.14 Summary 10 Organizational Change Management 10.1 OCM and Digital Transformation 10.2 OCM Activities in SAP Activate 10.2.1 Discover 10.2.2 Prepare 10.2.3 Explore 10.2.4 Realize, Deploy, and Run 10.3 Transition to the Customer Center of Expertise 10.3.1 Organizational Readiness in the Customer Center of Expertise 10.3.2 Capabilities Framework 10.3.3 Roadmap for Organizational Readiness 10.3.4 New Roles with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 10.4 Team Enablement and Self-Enablement 10.5 Enablement Content Development with SAP Enable Now 10.6 Summary 11 SAP Activate for Other SAP Products 11.1 SAP Activate for SAP SuccessFactors 11.2 SAP Activate for the Intelligent Enterprise 11.3 SAP Activate for SAP Analytics Cloud 11.4 SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Upgrade and Product Integration 11.5 Additional SAP Activate Methodology Roadmaps 11.6 Summary A SAP Activate Certification Preparation A.1 Exam Structure A.2 Practice Questions A.2.1 SAP Activate Overview A.2.2 SAP Activate Elements A.2.3 Workstreams Overview A.2.4 Transition Path “New Implementation SAP S/4HANA Cloud” A.2.5 Transition Path “New Implementation SAP S/4HANA On-Premise” A.2.6 Agile Project Planning A.2.7 Agile Project Delivery A.2.8 System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA A.2.9 Selective Data Transition to SAP S/4HANA A.3 Practice Question Answers and Explanations A.3.1 SAP Activate Overview A.3.2 SAP Activate Elements A.3.3 Workstreams Overview A.3.4 Transition Path “New Implementation SAP S/4HANA Cloud” A.3.5 Transition Path “New Implementation SAP S/4HANA On-Premise” A.3.6 Agile Project Planning A.3.7 Agile Project Delivery A.3.8 System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA A.3.9 Selective Data Transition to SAP S/4HANA B The Authors B.1 Contributors Index Service Pages Legal Notes
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