SAP Activate: Project Management for SAP S/4hana Cloud and SAP S/4hana

by Sven Denecken, Jan Musil, Srivatsan Santhanam

Overview

Gearing up for SAP S/4HANA? Pave the way for a successful implementation project with SAP Activate! This handbook guides you through the SAP Activate methodology for agile project planning and delivery. Walk through your new implementation--public cloud, private cloud, or on-premise--or your system conversion project. See how to deploy a hybrid system landscape using a two-tier ERP setup. Get your SAP S/4HANA project right, from planning to go-live!

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. Methodology Basics
Get up to speed with SAP Activate! Learn the phases for project management and the golden rules for your SAP S/4HANA implementation. Explore core processes, from configuration to testing, and discover agile project delivery with SAFe.

b. Tools and Services
Work with solutions that support your implementation project. Access SAP Activate using SAP Signavio Process Navigator and SAP Cloud ALM, and then use SAP Best Practices and the enterprise management layer for SAP S/4HANA to set up a working system.

c. Deployment
Whether you're deploying SAP S/4HANA in the cloud or on-premise, follow instructions to plan, prepare for, and execute your deployment. Learn the ins and outs of a successful new implementation or system conversion, and then see how to create a two-tier ERP setup.

Highlights include:

Cloud and on-premise
New implementation
System conversion
Selective data transition
Business AI
Hybrid landscapes
Agile project delivery
Business-driven configuration
SAP Best Practices
Extensibility
Integration
Organizational change management

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493226504
Publisher:	SAP Press
Publication date:	01/16/2025
Edition description:	3rd Enlarged ed.
Pages:	571
Product dimensions:	7.34(w) x 10.17(h) x 1.22(d)

About the Author

Sven Denecken is the senior vice president and chief marketing and solutions officer for Industries & CX, SAP SE. He drives product marketing across SAP's Industry & CX solutions, enabling customers' digital transformation. The industries in which customers operate define their core business and, from the outset, SAP has worked together with customers and partners to build business solutions that address industry-specific processes and enable their digital transformation. Sven Denecken leads product marketing for Industries & CX at SAP. In this role, Sven is charged with strengthening SAP's go-to-market approach. Sven has many years of experience working with customers and partners to create success and value within the SAP network. He has held a variety of roles across functional areas, including ERP product management, where he led acquisition post-merger integrations, and in product engineering as head of product success and chief operating officer for the flagship solution, SAP S/4HANA Cloud. As a senior executive, Sven works closely with customers, partners, influencers, and SAP experts to shape and deliver effective outcomes for industry customers to support their digital transformation. You can connect with Sven at www.linkedin.com/in/sdenecken/en.

Jan Musil is the SAP Activate chief product owner at SAP. Jan heads a team of seasoned product managers responsible for SAP Activate, the innovation adoption framework aiding SAP customers and partners in deploying SAP solutions like SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, SAP Integrated Business Planning, and SAP Business Technology Platform. His team keeps SAP Activate content current with product capabilities and deployment best practices, coordinating closely with product engineers, field consultants, customers, and partners. Throughout his career, Jan has worked in SAP product engineering, quality management, customer support, project management, and services operations across the United States, Germany, and the Czech Republic. He is dedicated to advancing SAP solution deployment strategies, with a particular focus on agile implementation, cloud deployment, leveraging standard software packages, employing a structured quality methodology, program management, and value management. Jan often speaks at SAP and industry events, has coauthored books on SAP Activate, and contributed to publications on application lifecycle management, project management, and other industry topics. You can connect with Jan at www.linkedin.com/in/musiljan/.

Srivatsan Santhanam has been with SAP Labs, India, since 2004 where he is the head of the SAP Concur engineering product unit. He has two decades of industry experience and is one of the early pioneers and thought leaders in hybrid cloud/two-tier ERP landscapes within the SAP S/4HANA Cloud product space. Srivatsan has six US patents to his credit and many more in a filed state. He is a regular blogger and a coauthor of the SAP PRESS E-Bite, SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Two-Tier ERP Landscapes. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad and has a master's degree in data science from IIIT Bangalore. Srivatsan is a regular speaker in many SAP, technology, and innovation events worldwide. You can connect with Srivatsan at www.linkedin.com/in/srivatsansanthanam/.