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A. COURSE INTRODUCTION
B. SAP ACTIVATE CHALLENGES AND METHODOLOGIES
1. Overview
2. What makes SAP Project Successful?
3. What are the challenges in SAP Project’s?
4. How can methodology help to ensure successful project
outcome?
5. What are the SAP Methodologies?
6. Why is a new Methodology required?
A. SAP ACTIVATE EXPLAINED
1. Overview
2. What is SAP Activate?
3. The Project Scenarios supported by SAP Activate?
4. SAP Activate best practices?
5. SAP Activate Guided configuration?
6. SAP Activate Methodology?
7. SAP Activate Methodology Work streams explained
8. SAP Activate Methodology Accelerators explained
9. SAP Activate Methodology Solution Validation approach
10. SAP Activate Methodology Solution Documentation
11.Governance, Roles & Responsibilities
12. How is the SAP Activate Methodology different from SAP ASAP
Methodology?
A. GET STARTED WITH SAP ACTIVATE?
1. Overview
2. How to access SAP Activate Methodology?
3. How to access to SAP Activate via SAP JAM?
4. How to navigate SAP Activate JAM?
5. How to get access to SAP Activate via Roadmap Viewer?
 
A. SAP ACTIVATE PROJECT GOVERNANCE
1. Overview
2. SAP Activate Project Governance Framework
A. SAP ACTIVATE FOR CLOUD IMPLEMENTATIONS
1. Overview
2. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Overview
3. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Prepare phase Overview
4. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Prepare phase Deliverables
5. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Prepare Phase explained
6. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Explore Phase Overview
7. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Explore Phase Deliverables
8. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Explore Phase Explained
9. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Realize phase overview
10. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Realize phase Deliverables
11. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Realize phase Explained
12. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Deploy phase Overview
13. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Deploy phase Deliverables
14. SAP Activate for Cloud Implementations – Deploy phase explained
A. SAP ACTIVATE FOR ON-PREMISE IMPLEMENTATIONS:
1. Overview
2. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Overview
3. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Prepare phase Overview
4. SAP Activate for On- Premise Implementations – Prepare phase Deliverables
5. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Prepare Phase explained
6. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Explore Phase Overview
7. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Explore Phase Deliverables
8. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Explore Phase Explained
9. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Realize phase overview
10. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Realize phase Deliverables
11. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Realize phase Explained
12. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Deploy phase Overview
13. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Deploy phase Deliverables
14. SAP Activate for On-Premise Implementations – Deploy phase explained
A. SAP ACTIVATE FOR SYSTEM CONVERSION
1. Overview
2. SAP Activate for System Conversion – Prepare Phase
3. SAP Activate for System Conversion – Explore Phase
4. SAP Activate for System Conversion – Realize Phase
5. SAP Activate for System Conversion – Deploy Phase
 
A. SAP ACTIVATE FOR LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION
1. Overview
2. SAP Activate Landscape Transformation - Overview
AGILE SAP PROJECT DELIVERY
 Origins of Scrum
 Basics of Agile Methods
 The Agile Manifesto
 Scrum Methodology Flow
 Scrum: Roles & Responsibilities
 Scrum User Stories : A role, a goal and a reason
 Scrum: Product Backlog
 Scrum Board
 Scrum Daily Stand up meeting
 Scrum Product Burn down chart
 Scrum Retrospective
 Day to Day Flow in Scrum Project
SAP ACTIVATE METHODOLOGY
 Agile Project Delivery with SAP Activate
 SAP’s Agile Methodology
 To Agile or not to Agile
 Preconditions Agile – What it takes
 Discussing Agile fit
 Agile Roles & Responsibilities
o Product owner
o Critical success factors: Product owner
o Implementation Team
o Scrum Master
o Project Manager
 Agile Project Governance & Scaling
 Activities during prepare Phase
 Documentation
 Daily Stand up
 Explore Phase: Creating Business value focused backlog
 Iterative Baseline Build
 Solution Validation workshops
 Release and Sprint Planning
 Define Backlog for your project
 User Stories in SAP Implementation
 User Story Mapping
 Define Project Scope
 Prioritize the backlog
 Definition of READY and DONE
 From SAP Business Processes to your first Product Backlog
 Define Project Backlog
 Prioritize the project backlog
 Agile Estimation Techniques
 Agile Estimation Tips and Tricks
 How to use Planning Poker for SAP
 Calculating initial velocity and expected duration per backlog item
 Finalize the schedule for release and Sprints
 SAP Activate – Iterative Realize Phase
 Closer look at Sprint / Iteration
 Sprint Review
 Sprint Retrospective meeting
 Agile Project Delivery – Testing Overview
 Cutover Planning during Realize phase
 Executing cutover in Deploy phase

• OVERVIEW OF SAP S/4 HANA

• IMPLEMENTING SAP S/4 HANA USING SAP
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OBJECTIVES
• WHAT IS SAP ACTIVATE
• WHY A NEW SAP METHODOLOGY IS REQUIRED
• DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SAP METHODOLOGIES
• HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO SAP ACTIVATE
• THE SUPPORTED SAP ACTIVATE PROJECT SCENARIO’S
• SAP ACTIVATE DELIVERABLES AND ACCELERATORS
WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR A SAP
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SUCCESSFUL PROJECT
Definition of successful project

What makes a SAP Project

successful.
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• How are SAP Projects different from
other projects

• The “Benefit” of using a Methodology

• How does using a Methodology

address common project challenges.
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OBJECTIVES
• EXPLAIN THE THREE PILLARS OF SAP ACTIVATE

• EXPLAIN EACH OF THE SAP ACTIVATE PILLARS IN

DETAIL

• EXPLAIN THE PROJECT SCENARIO’S THAT SAP

ACTIVATE SUPPORT
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SAP ACTIVATE BEST PRACTICES
• WHAT ARE SAP ACTIVATE BEST PRACTICES.
• SAP ACTIVATE BEST PRACTICES FOR CLOUD
• SAP ACTIVATE BEST PRACTICES FOR ON-
PREMISE
• SAP ACTIVATE BEST PRACTICES FOR DATA
MIGRATION TOOLS
• THE BEST PRACTICE APPROACH
START WITH SAP BEST PRACTICES
INNOVATION ADOPTION MADE SIMPLE WITH SAP BEST PRACTICES™ AND SAP RAPID
DEPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS

 Get a jump-start for your implementations

with SAP Best Practices™
Fast time to value
 Deploy SAP innovations fast, simple and
flexible

 Use SAP’s tested and proven methodology

with prescriptive guidelines
Predictable results
 Leverage preconfigured business content

 Protect your on-premise investments with

Simple on-boarding extensions to the Cloud
 Move up on the path to the cloud from pre-
to cloud assembled trials to productive use
 CLOUD READY – HOW PRE-ASSEMBLY WORKS (BUSINESS SUITE)

Existing customer? New install? Progress

We can extract your with pre-assembly
existing environment straight away
into our Lab and
preassemble on top*
RDS 1
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Services based on
customer
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RDS 2

RDS Database SAP HANA Enterprise 5

1 Pre-configured content Cloud Productive or Enhance pre-
RDS assembled
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SAP Applications Transfer pre- any other Cloud
solution and
RDS Selected sample data assembled
RDS 3 move to QA and
3 solution to
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RDS customer system
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RDS 4

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Transport to QA Pre-assemble technical
and Production, foundation(development
data loading etc.
environment) on SAP HANA
Installation,
Enterprise Cloud for Projects
activation and (not limited to HANA only)
configuration On Premise

* Depending on individual customer situation – limitations occur

SAP ACTIVATE GUIDED CONFIGURATION
• WHAT ARE SAP ACTIVATE GUIDED
CONFIGURATION
• CONFIGURE YOUR SOLUTION
• TEST YOUR PROCESSES
• MIGRATE YOUR DATA
• USER TRAINING AND ON-BOARDING
SAP ACTIVATE METHODOLOGY
• WHAT IS SAP ACTIVATE METHODOLOGY

• THE METHODOLOGY CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

• THE METHODOLOGY PHASES AND

WORKSTREAMS

• HOW SAP ACTIVATE FIT ALL PROJECT SIZES

SOLUTION VALIDATION APPROACH INSTEAD OF
BUSINESS BLUE PRINTING APPROACH
• THE ACTIVATE SOLUTION VALIDATION
APPROACH

• SOLUTION VALIDATION –STEP BY STEP

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AGILE BUILD: USE OF SCRUM-BASED APPROACH TO BUILD
SOLUTIONS

Sprint Review Meeting

Sprint Execution

Sprint Retrospective Scrum Process Sprint Backlog

Recurring Cycle

Sprint Planning Meeting

Product Usable
Scope Backlog Design Software
 AGILE BUILD: ITERATIVE REALIZE PHASE

Agile Release

Product Backlog
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Iterations &
Demos Time

… Explore Realize
PREMIUM ENGAGEMENT READY
SAFEGUARD BUILD AND RUN WITH ICC/OCC AND MCC

• The Innovation
Control Center
(ICC) is the show
room for prototypes
and new business
models/processes.
• The Operation
Control Center
(OCC) is the show
room for Business
Process Operations as
well as system
operations.

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HOW IS SAP ACTIVATE DIFFERENT FROM SAP
ASAP
• FOCUS AREA
• ACCESSIBILITY
• CONTENT, STRUCTURE & WORKSTREAMS
• APPROACH
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