Implement S/4HANA Cloud with SAP Best Practices

Solution Packaging – Innovation Adoption and Routes-to-Market

November 2016

Implement S/4HANA Cloud with SAP Best Practices

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Presentation Structure

Introduction

Please review the SAP Activate Overview (link) before this presentation. This introduction covers SAP Best Practices and

Content Lifecycle Management.

SAP Activate Phases

How SAP Activate supports an accelerated implementation of S/4HANA cloud:

● Discover : Experience SAP Best Practice Content and try SAP Best Practice Processes in trial

● Prepare: review SAP Best Practices content to understand solution

● Explore: Undertake workshops using SAP Best Practices in the Starter System

● Realize: Use Manage Your Solution app to undertake implementation

https://support.sap.com/content/dam/SAAP/Sol_Pack/Misc/SAP_Activate_Overview.pdf


Presentation Content

Questions answered by this presentation:

● What SAP Best Practice content is available for S/4HANA and how do I get it?

● How is the implementation different to a Business Suite implementation?

● What are the differences between on-premise and cloud implementations?

● Where can I see SAP’s recommended methodology for implementing S/4HANA?

Not covered in this presentation:

● Implementation of S/4HANA on-premise package (link)

● Use of SAP Solution Manager 7.2

https://support.sap.com/content/dam/SAAP/SAP_Activate/S4H_124.pdf


Introduction


BUILDING BLOCKS

A set of configuration for a piece of business content such as credit management. The accelerators include the

configuration content to implement the scope item(s) and project documentation for the building block.

SCOPE ITEMS

Typically a pre-defined business process, such as sales order processing. They represents a Best Practice

implementation choice for a customer. Each scope item has a set of accelerators delivering detailed documentation

that is used during the implementation project. Scope items require specific building blocks to be implemented.

SAP Best Practices Content in 3 Layers

PACKAGE

A selection of scope items that cover the scope of the next-generation S/4HANA Business Suite or other

leading industry or Line of Business segments. Packages are available on cloud or on-premise and can be

implemented fully or partially. Currently the following packages are available: SAP S/4HANA, SAP

S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud and SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud.


BUILDING BLOCKS

SCOPE ITEMS

SAP Best Practices Content offers Project Accelerators

PACKAGE

• Scope-item fact sheets: scope description of each scope item

• Process diagrams: graphical BPML process diagram with roles

• Test scripts: step by step process documentation with data

• Building-block fact sheets: description of each building block

• Configuration guides: detailed documentation of configuration settings

Example Accelerators

• Customer presentation: overview presentation

• Content Library: web page with links to all the content

• Project schedule: example implementation project schedule

• Prerequisite matrix: relationship between Scope Items and Building Blocks

• Delivery supplement: key implementation information

• Master Data Overview: describes master data used


Customer Adaptations

Content Lifecycle Management in Cloud

SAP

SAP Best Practices

Enterprise Management

Customer

Types of Business Content

New processes, improvements of

already delivered processes, fixes &

patches

Customer adaptations via Self-

Service Configuration UI (SSC UI)

SAP provides an adaptation

framework to

protect SAP Best Practices

against unwanted changes, and

provides customer-owned

configuration possibilities.

Content Lifecycle Management allows activation of new or updated

Best Practice processes delivered by SAP without disruption.


SAP Activate Phases


Discover Phase

Run

Continuous innovation

SAP trial systems

SAP Best Practices Content and Methodology Roadmap

Project

DeployRealizePrepare ExploreDiscover


SAP S/4HANA Cloud Trial (14 days)

SAP S/4HANA (on-premise) in hosted environment (30 days)

SAP Trial SystemsDiscover Processes and Functions prior to Implementation

SAP S/4HANA Best Practices Trial Systems

Access trials:

http://www.sap.com/s4hana-trial

http://www.sap.com/s4hana-trial


SAP Best Practices Content and Methodology

SAP Roadmap Viewer

Discover methodology in the

form of an S/4HANA roadmap

Web

During Discover Phase, view and download SAP

Best Practices content for your selected cloud

package. View methodology roadmap online.

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Best Practices for your cloud

solution are part of the starter

system

SAP S/4HANA

During Explore Phase, SAP Best Practice content

for your selected cloud solution are part of the

S/4HANA starter system

SAP Best Practice Explorer

Discover SAP Best Practices

process content


SAP Best Practice Explorer

● Simple and easy navigation

● Powerful search

● Quick access to accelerators

based on authorization

● Access via mobile and tablet

● Download of all assets as zip via

Software Download Center with

icon at bottom of screen

● Replaces old Service Marketplace

page for SAP Best Practices

https://rapid.sap.com/bp

See demo

https://cp.hana.ondemand.com/dps/d/preview/76a9ec56a9eb6138e10000000a44147b/1511 002/en-US/41c863571d4c0222e10000000a44147b.html


SAP Activate Methodology: Roadmap for S/4HANA

• Roadmap available for S/4HANA implementation

• Structured along SAP Activate Methodology phases with 3 level structure of phases, deliverables and tasks

• Roadmap includes links to implementation accelerators (S/4HANA specific accelerators and generic methodology accelerators)

• Roadmap Viewer: view in a SAP Fiori-based application. Online access https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/

• Download roadmap as a project schedule Excel

Roadmap Viewer

https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/


Prepare Phase

Run


Project


• Project team and project plan are put in place

• Cloud Landscape: use in each project phase


Cloud Landscape: use in each Project Phase

Prepare Phase

Project team can familiarize

themselves with business

processes downloaded from

Service Marketplace.

Realize Phase

Configuration undertaken within

fixed solution boundaries using

Manage Your Solution and Edit

Expert Configuration apps. SAP

move solution to Q-System

(quality assurance).

Deploy Phase

SAP transport solution to

P-System (production) for

live users.

Explore Phase

Validate the solution in fit to

standard workshops. Walk

through the standard SAP

Best Practice processes that

are part of your cloud

package.

* The starter system is removed and replaced by the P-

System during the realize phase

All SAP Best Practices

processes for cloud solution

Starter System*

Project Specific Configuration

Tailored SAP Best Practices

processes

P-System

Project Specific Configuration

Tailored SAP Best Practices

processes

Q-SystemProject Specific Configuration


Explore Phase

Run


Project


• View Solution Scope

• Fit to Standard Workshops


View Solution Scope in S/4HANA System

Get a scope summary in S/4HANA system

Evaluate business processes from your

selected cloud solution (scope items of the

pre-configuration best practices) and

understand which country versions are

active in your solution

Display scope items of all activated solution

packages or of certain solution packages

Get detailed understanding of the functional

scope per scope item by clicking through to

SAP Best Practices content

SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA cloud

https://wdciw32.wdf.sap.corp:1161/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/ui2/ushell/shells/abap/FioriLaunchpad.html?sap-client=390&sap-language=DE

https://wdciw32.wdf.sap.corp:1161/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/ui2/ushell/shells/abap/FioriLaunchpad.html?sap-client=390&sap-language=DE


Fit to Standard Workshops

Workshops validate

best practice

processes and roles

Workshops validate

process steps and

define gaps

Demo

Solution

Demo

Solution

SAP Best Practice Inputs

• Process diagrams

• Test Scripts

• Delivered Roles

• Standard Reports

• Master Data Overview

• Organization Data Overview

Outputs

• Changes to processes documented

• Business impacts and assumptions

• Backlog (gaps) to drive Realize

phase

• Additional configuration

• Authorizations

• Reports and Forms

• Field extensions


Realize Phase

Run


Project


Manage Your Solution App in S/4HANA System

• Configure Your Solution

• Test Your Processes

• Migrate Your Data

SAP undertake Expert Configuration in S/4HANA System

Integrate to other solutions


Manage Your Solution App in S/4HANA System

Configure Your Solution

for initial implementation & continuous

innovation adoption

Test Your Processes

Business process driven, pre-defined

automated test

View Solution Scope

Evaluate activated business processes and

country versions

i

Migrate Your Data

Embedded migration engine for simple data

migration

SAP Activate

Manage Your Test Processes

Authoring environment for test cases

+

SAP S/4HANA – How to Manage Your Solution with SAP Activate

http://scn.sap.com/community/s4hana/blog/2016/01/01/sap-s4hana-how-to-manage-your-solution-with-sap-activate


Configure Your Solution in S/4HANA System

For key users to easily adjust business

configuration

View and adapt configuration settings of

your solution

Guided configuration along the deployment

phases of the project

Includes only those configuration activities

required for the preselected scope

Suitable for adjustments of basic settings,

e.g. org structure, master data settings,…

Does typically not change the business

process flow


Test Your Processes in S/4HANA System

For key users to quickly test business

configuration

Delivers pre-scripted, process oriented test

cases for delivered best practice scenarios

Test scripts adapt to current configuration

Tests are independent from underlying data

Documents success of test runs

Supported scenarios

– Create or change test plans

– Run test plans

– Documentation of test success

– In case of errors, adapt test data

Enables automated test runs


Migrate Your Data in S/4HANA System

Guided Data Migration

Execute data migration directly out of

“Manage your solution”

Data migration objects proposed based

on the selected business scenarios

Installed base customers can connect

their SAP Business Suite system

New customers take advantage of

template based approach


SAP undertake Expert Configuration in S/4HANA System

Expert Configuration

Some configuration options are

undertaken by SAP only

Changes are made in way that they will

be compliant with new configuration

delivered through Content Lifecycle

Management


Find out more….

SAP Activate on sap.com http://sap.com/activate

SAP Best Practices and Rapid

Deployment Solutionshttps://service.sap.com/public/solutionpackages

Solution Packaging on SAP

Community Networkhttp://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment


Appendix


On-Premise and Cloud Hybrid Projects

Some projects will involve a hybrid on-premise

S/4HANA and cloud S/4HANA solution.

• For example, core business managed on-premise and

subsidiaries in the cloud or core business on-premise

with marketing in the cloud

• S/4HANA cloud implementation is undertaken using

the manage your solution app as shown in this

presentation.

• Refer to the S/4HANA on-premise presentation (link) to

see how SAP Solution Manager 7.2 is used

On-premiseCloud

SAP Solution Manager 7.2 can be used for the whole

project e.g. end to end solution documentation

including process diagrams.

There are restrictions on features that access the

cloud solution e.g. connection to transport

management from SAP Solution Manager 7.2

change management.

https://support.sap.com/content/dam/SAAP/Sol_Pack/Misc/Implement_S4_OP_with_SAP_Best_Practices.pdf


Comparison of On-Premise and Cloud Projects

Topic On-Premise Hybrid (On-Premise and Cloud) Pure Cloud

SAP Solution Manager

7.2

Recommended to manage the whole

solution lifecycle

Recommended (but limited technical

access to cloud e.g. no transports)Available but not normally used

Use SAP Best Practice

written accelerators

Download using links in Service Marketplace or Roadmap Viewer

Use content in Solution Manager

Download using links in Service Marketplace or

Roadmap Viewer

SAP Activate Roadmap View online in Roadmap Viewer or use project in Solution ManagerUse Roadmap Viewer to view or download an

Excel. Also use JAM page.

Explore Workshops Workshops driven based on standard SAP Best Practices

Activate SAP Best

Practice Content

Activate using Solution Builder or use

software appliance

On-premise or cloud approach applies

depending on where the system resides

Cloud package is pre-activated in cloud

landscape

High Level ScopingSelect SAP Best Practices to activate

during prepare phase

SAP Best Practices chosen as part of

subscription

Capability for changeNo limitations, incorporate custom code

and add additional scope

Limited change: no complex scope or custom

code changes

Delta Configuration Use Implementation Guide (IMG) Guided Configuration and Expert Configuration

Infrastructure 3 or 4 tier customer owned landscape 2 tier landscape provided by SAP

Content lifecycle

managementCurrently not used Used to provide new content


Introductionto S/4HANA

S4H01/E

2 days 8 hrs.

eLearningClassroom

Implementation& Configuration Learning Room

Launch

Implementation of S/4HANA

Register*

~12 hrs.

openSAP

S/4HANA OP,ImplementationEarly Knowledge Transfer

~ 6 hrs.

eLearning

S/4HANA Impl. Scenarios

S4H100/E

2 days Q3/2016

eLearningClassroom

SAP Activate Methodology

ACT100/E

2 days Q3/2016

eLearningClassroom

Agile Project Delivery

ACT200

2 days

Classroom

~3 hours 80 questions

C_ACT_2016

SAP Certified Associate

SAP Activate Project Manager

SAP Activate Learning Room

Launch

Register*

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SAP Roadmap Viewer

Phases

Deliverables

Deliverable

description

Tasks

Accelerators

https://go.support.sap.com

/roadmapviewer/

https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/


SAP Best Practices Process Diagrams Open BPMN2 format

Business Role

Process Flow

Process StepEvent

VariantSucceeding

Process

Example

Procurement Contract