Introduction to the SAP S/4HANA Transition Road Map Webinar Summary

This was a SAP User Group webcast earlier this week.
Abstract:
In this initial webinar of our series on the SAP S/4HANA Transition Road Maps, you will get the opportunity to learn more about the structure, content, and usage of the SAP Transition Road Maps. The focus will be on the SAP S/4HANA On-premise version. We will moreover outline which content is relevant for which target group, and how customers can take advantage of the Road Map Viewer.
Be sure to join us August 8 BI: SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics (Focus on SAP Analytics Cloud): Where to Do What?

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Replay is here

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SAP Activate, successor of ASAP methodology
SAP Activate – heavily driven and influenced from the cloud world
When implement cloud, not only description, preconfigured content you can use, tools to use, methodology behind it
Concept to on-premise
Configuration content, migration content, is in the Best Practices Explorer
Some tools only available in cloud – expert configuration apps
Solution Builder/SolMan relevant for on premise

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The term, transition road map
It is not a product road map
It is a road map how you implement and run project to transition to S/4HANA – new implementation or conversion
Follows Activate methodology
Phases on top (see right)
Left side is the work streams, grouping the work you have to do
Road map contains activities – planning, scoping – group the tasks below
An overview to keep big picture of the project, which phase of the project
Download from Road map viewer; updated quarterly – guides, SAP Notes, documentation

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Available road maps
Focus on product integration
Below – cloud road maps
SAP Analytics Cloud has a small lightweight road map

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Will be published in July
Activate phases at time
Time runs from left to right
Left is the work streams from Activate
Superset of all 3 scenarios
Describes a conversion and new implementation
Need to tailor picture to your scenario
Most important work stream – app design and configuration – how design to be processes in S/4HANA
Explore – box gives you some exposure
Prototype – mini project, run up front before you start real project
Transition planning; touch all areas
Transition preparation can be big; system conversion, handle simplification items up front (customer vendor integration do before real conversion starts)
Go live – cutover, dress rehearsal, after cutover have hyper care phase
Then hand over to the support organization
Ends with safely operation solution and then think of next innovation cycle

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Benefits to hundreds of documents
Roadmap Viewer

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SAP “invite you to use Road Map viewer”

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This was part of the demo


Source: https://blogs.sap.com/2019/07/05/introduction-to-the-sap-s4hana-transition-road-map-webinar-summary/