SAP Activate Methodology Business Suite and On-Premise- Agile & Waterfall

Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG4

Deploy Run QG6
QG1 QG2 QG3 QG5

Project Initiation & Governance

Plan Solution Validation Baseline Plan Sprint Invitation, Execution,
Project Mgmt. Project Kick-off & On-Boarding Workshop & Build and Closing Release
Closing
Project Standards,
Infrastructure, and Solution Execution / Monitoring/Controlling of Results

Customer Team Project Team Enablement

Enablement Project Training Strategy & Plan

Technical
Demo
Requirements and QA Environment Setup Roles & SAP Going Live
Technical Environment Technical Solution Design SAP Going Live Technical
Solution Plan Transport Check
Infrastructure & Check- Verification Operations
Development Environment Session Optimized
Architecture Project Support Initial Hardware Production Environment Fallover Environment
Tools and Sizing Proposal
System Setup

Application Design
and Configuration
Strategic Planning Business Process Map Fit-Gap Analysis Detailed Design-Core Configuration and Documentation
Baseline Build Sign-Off
Application Value User Access and Enhancement
Activate Solution Backlog Prioritization Business Process Procedure
and Scoping Security Development

Integration Interface Inventory

Prepare Testing Policy Testing Strategy System and Performance Approved Integration
Approved Technical
Testing Test Test
Systems Test
Approved User Acceptance Test Scenario Test

System & Trial System Data Migration Approach & QA Environment Data Load Production Cutover
Legacy Data Migration
Data Migration Provisioning Strategy
Preliminary Cutover Plan Production Support After
Go Live

Transition Technical Operations Organizational &

System User Roles and
and Handover Plan Production Check ALM Optimized
to Operations Authorization Administration
Setup Control Center

Stakeholder Analysis Communication Plan Organizational Educational Readiness Review Pre Go-Live End-User Change Control
Stakeholder Value Determination
Solution Adoption Identification Alignment Training Delivery Management Optimized
End User Training End User Training
Change Impact Analysis
Organizational Change Knowledge Transfer Delivery Enabled Post Go-Live End-User Value Management
Value Discovery Management Roadmap Value Realization Training
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ INTERNAL 1
Quality Gates Task / Activity
 SAP Activate Methodology Business Suite and On-Premise- Agile & Waterfall
Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG4
Deploy Run QG6
QG1 QG2 QG3 QG5

Project Initiation & Governance

Plan Solution Validation Baseline Plan Sprint Invitation, Execution,
Project Mgmt. Project Kick-off & On-Boarding Workshop & Build and Closing Release
Closing
Project Standards,
Infrastructure, and Solution Execution / Monitoring/Controlling of Results

Customer Team Project Team Enablement

Enablement Project Training Strategy & Plan

Technical
Demo
Requirements and QA Environment Setup Roles & SAP Going Live
Technical Environment Technical Solution Design SAP Going Live Technical
Solution Plan Transport Check
Infrastructure & Check- Verification Operations
Development Environment Session Optimized
Architecture Project Support Initial Hardware Production Environment Fallover Environment
Tools and Sizing Proposal
System Setup

Application Design
and Configuration
Strategic Planning Business Process Map Fit-Gap Analysis Detailed Design-Core Configuration and Documentation
Baseline Build Sign-Off
Application Value User Access and Enhancement
Activate Solution Backlog Prioritization Business Process Procedure
and Scoping Security Development

Integration Interface Inventory

Prepare Testing Policy Testing Strategy System and Performance Approved Integration
Approved Technical
Testing Test Test
Systems Test
Approved User Acceptance Test Scenario Test

System & Trial System Data Migration Approach & QA Environment Data Load Production Cutover
Legacy Data Migration
Data Migration Provisioning Strategy
Preliminary Cutover Plan Production Support After
Go Live

Transition Technical Operations Organizational &

System User Roles and
and Handover Plan Production Check ALM Optimized
to Operations Authorization Administration
Setup Control Center

Stakeholder Analysis Communication Plan Organizational Educational Readiness Review Pre Go-Live End-User Change Control
Stakeholder Value Determination
Solution Adoption Identification Alignment Training Delivery Management Optimized
End User Training End User Training
Change Impact Analysis
Organizational Change Knowledge Transfer Delivery Enabled Post Go-Live End-User Value Management
Value Discovery Management Roadmap Value Realization Training
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ INTERNAL 2
Quality Gates Task / Activity
 SAP Activate Methodology Business Suite and On-Premise- Agile & Waterfall
Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG4
Deploy Run QG6
QG1 QG2 QG3 QG5

Project Initiation & Governance

Plan Solution Validation Baseline Plan Sprint Invitation, Execution,
Project Mgmt. Project Kick-off & On-Boarding Workshop & Build and Closing Release
Closing
Project Standards,
Infrastructure, and Solution Execution / Monitoring/Controlling of Results

Customer Team Project Team Enablement

Enablement Project Training Strategy & Plan

Technical
Demo
Requirements and QA Environment Setup Roles & SAP Going Live
Technical Environment Technical Solution Design SAP Going Live Technical
Solution Plan Transport Check
Infrastructure & Check- Verification Operations
Development Environment Session Optimized
Architecture Project Support Initial Hardware Production Environment Fallover Environment
Tools and Sizing Proposal
System Setup

Application Design
and Configuration
Strategic Planning Business Process Map Fit-Gap Analysis Detailed Design-Core Configuration and Documentation
Baseline Build Sign-Off
Application Value User Access and Enhancement
Activate Solution Backlog Prioritization Business Process Procedure
and Scoping Security Development

Integration Interface Inventory

Prepare Testing Policy Testing Strategy System and Performance Approved Integration
Approved Technical
Testing Test Test
Systems Test
Approved User Acceptance Test Scenario Test

System & Trial System Data Migration Approach & QA Environment Data Load Production Cutover
Legacy Data Migration
Data Migration Provisioning Strategy
Preliminary Cutover Plan Production Support After
Go Live

Transition Technical Operations Organizational &

System User Roles and
and Handover Plan Production Check ALM Optimized
to Operations Authorization Administration
Setup Control Center

Stakeholder Analysis Communication Plan Organizational Educational Readiness Review Pre Go-Live End-User Change Control
Stakeholder Value Determination
Solution Adoption Identification Alignment Training Delivery Management Optimized
End User Training End User Training
Change Impact Analysis
Organizational Change Knowledge Transfer Delivery Enabled Post Go-Live End-User Value Management
Value Discovery Management Roadmap Value Realization Training
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ INTERNAL 3
Quality Gates Task / Activity
 SAP Activate Methodology Business Suite and On-Premise- Agile & Waterfall
Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG4
Deploy Run QG6
QG1 QG2 QG3 QG5

Project Initiation & Governance

Plan Solution Validation Baseline Plan Sprint Invitation, Execution,
Project Mgmt. Project Kick-off & On-Boarding Workshop & Build and Closing Release
Closing
Project Standards,
Infrastructure, and Solution Execution / Monitoring/Controlling of Results

Customer Team Project Team Enablement

Enablement Project Training Strategy & Plan

Technical
Demo
Requirements and QA Environment Setup Roles & SAP Going Live
Technical Environment Technical Solution Design SAP Going Live Technical
Solution Plan Transport Check
Infrastructure & Check- Verification Operations
Development Environment Session Optimized
Architecture Project Support Initial Hardware Production Environment Fallover Environment
Tools and Sizing Proposal
System Setup

Application Design
and Configuration
Strategic Planning Business Process Map Fit-Gap Analysis Detailed Design-Core Configuration and Documentation
Baseline Build Sign-Off
Application Value User Access and Enhancement
Activate Solution Backlog Prioritization Business Process Procedure
and Scoping Security Development

Integration Interface Inventory

Prepare Testing Policy Testing Strategy System and Performance Approved Integration
Approved Technical
Testing Test Test
Systems Test
Approved User Acceptance Test Scenario Test

System & Trial System Data Migration Approach & QA Environment Data Load Production Cutover
Legacy Data Migration
Data Migration Provisioning Strategy
Preliminary Cutover Plan Production Support After
Go Live

Transition Technical Operations Organizational &

System User Roles and
and Handover Plan Production Check ALM Optimized
to Operations Authorization Administration
Setup Control Center

Stakeholder Analysis Communication Plan Organizational Educational Readiness Review Pre Go-Live End-User Change Control
Stakeholder Value Determination
Solution Adoption Identification Alignment Training Delivery Management Optimized
End User Training End User Training
Change Impact Analysis
Organizational Change Knowledge Transfer Delivery Enabled Post Go-Live End-User Value Management
Value Discovery Management Roadmap Value Realization Training
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ INTERNAL 4
Quality Gates Task / Activity
 SAP Activate Methodology Business Suite and On-Premise- Agile & Waterfall
Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG4
Deploy Run QG6
QG1 QG2 QG3 QG5

Project Initiation & Governance

Plan Solution Validation Baseline Plan Sprint Invitation, Execution,
Project Mgmt. Project Kick-off & On-Boarding Workshop & Build and Closing Release
Closing
Project Standards,
Infrastructure, and Solution Execution / Monitoring/Controlling of Results

Customer Team Project Team Enablement

Enablement Project Training Strategy & Plan

Technical
Demo
Requirements and QA Environment Setup Roles & SAP Going Live
Technical Environment Technical Solution Design SAP Going Live Technical
Solution Plan Transport Check
Infrastructure & Check- Verification Operations
Development Environment Session Optimized
Architecture Project Support Initial Hardware Production Environment Fallover Environment
Tools and Sizing Proposal
System Setup

Application Design
and Configuration
Strategic Planning Business Process Map Fit-Gap Analysis Detailed Design-Core Configuration and Documentation
Baseline Build Sign-Off
Application Value User Access and Enhancement
Activate Solution Backlog Prioritization Business Process Procedure
and Scoping Security Development

Integration Interface Inventory

Prepare Testing Policy Testing Strategy System and Performance Approved Integration
Approved Technical
Testing Test Test
Systems Test
Approved User Acceptance Test Scenario Test

System & Trial System Data Migration Approach & QA Environment Data Load Production Cutover
Legacy Data Migration
Data Migration Provisioning Strategy
Preliminary Cutover Plan Production Support After
Go Live

Transition Technical Operations Organizational &

System User Roles and
and Handover Plan Production Check ALM Optimized
to Operations Authorization Administration
Setup Control Center

Stakeholder Analysis Communication Plan Organizational Educational Readiness Review Pre Go-Live End-User Change Control
Stakeholder Value Determination
Solution Adoption Identification Alignment Training Delivery Management Optimized
End User Training End User Training
Change Impact Analysis
Organizational Change Knowledge Transfer Delivery Enabled Post Go-Live End-User Value Management
Value Discovery Management Roadmap Value Realization Training
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ INTERNAL 5
Quality Gates Task / Activity
 SAP Activate Methodology Business Suite and On-Premise- Agile & Waterfall
Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG4
Deploy Run QG6
QG1 QG2 QG3 QG5

Project Initiation & Governance

Plan Solution Validation Baseline Plan Sprint Invitation, Execution,
Project Mgmt. Project Kick-off & On-Boarding Workshop & Build and Closing Release
Closing
Project Standards,
Infrastructure, and Solution Execution / Monitoring/Controlling of Results

Customer Team Project Team Enablement

Enablement Project Training Strategy & Plan

Technical
Demo
Requirements and QA Environment Setup Roles & SAP Going Live
Technical Environment Technical Solution Design SAP Going Live Technical
Solution Plan Transport Check
Infrastructure & Check- Verification Operations
Development Environment Session Optimized
Architecture Project Support Initial Hardware Production Environment Fallover Environment
Tools and Sizing Proposal
System Setup

Application Design
and Configuration
Strategic Planning Business Process Map Fit-Gap Analysis Detailed Design-Core Configuration and Documentation
Baseline Build Sign-Off
Application Value User Access and Enhancement
Activate Solution Backlog Prioritization Business Process Procedure
and Scoping Security Development

Integration Interface Inventory

Prepare Testing Policy Testing Strategy System and Performance Approved Integration
Approved Technical
Testing Test Test
Systems Test
Approved User Acceptance Test Scenario Test

System & Trial System Data Migration Approach & QA Environment Data Load Production Cutover
Legacy Data Migration
Data Migration Provisioning Strategy
Preliminary Cutover Plan Production Support After
Go Live

Transition Technical Operations Organizational &

System User Roles and
and Handover Plan Production Check ALM Optimized
to Operations Authorization Administration
Setup Control Center

Stakeholder Analysis Communication Plan Organizational Educational Readiness Review Pre Go-Live End-User Change Control
Stakeholder Value Determination
Solution Adoption Identification Alignment Training Delivery Management Optimized
End User Training End User Training
Change Impact Analysis
Organizational Change Knowledge Transfer Delivery Enabled Post Go-Live End-User Value Management
Value Discovery Management Roadmap Value Realization Training
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ INTERNAL 6
Quality Gates Task / Activity
 SAP Activate Methodology Business Suite and On-Premise- Agile & Waterfall
Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG4
Deploy Run QG6
QG1 QG2 QG3 QG5

Project Initiation & Governance

Plan Solution Validation Baseline Plan Sprint Invitation, Execution,
Project Mgmt. Project Kick-off & On-Boarding Workshop & Build and Closing Release
Closing
Project Standards,
Infrastructure, and Solution Execution / Monitoring/Controlling of Results

Customer Team Project Team Enablement

Enablement Project Training Strategy & Plan

Technical
Demo
Requirements and QA Environment Setup Roles & SAP Going Live
Technical Environment Technical Solution Design SAP Going Live Technical
Solution Plan Transport Check
Infrastructure & Check- Verification Operations
Development Environment Session Optimized
Architecture Project Support Initial Hardware Production Environment Fallover Environment
Tools and Sizing Proposal
System Setup

Application Design
and Configuration
Strategic Planning Business Process Map Fit-Gap Analysis Detailed Design-Core Configuration and Documentation
Baseline Build Sign-Off
Application Value User Access and Enhancement
Activate Solution Backlog Prioritization Business Process Procedure
and Scoping Security Development

Integration Interface Inventory

Prepare Testing Policy Testing Strategy System and Performance Approved Integration
Approved Technical
Testing Test Test
Systems Test
Approved User Acceptance Test Scenario Test

System & Trial System Data Migration Approach & QA Environment Data Load Production Cutover
Legacy Data Migration
Data Migration Provisioning Strategy
Preliminary Cutover Plan Production Support After
Go Live

Transition Technical Operations Organizational &

System User Roles and
and Handover Plan Production Check ALM Optimized
to Operations Authorization Administration
Setup Control Center

Stakeholder Analysis Communication Plan Organizational Educational Readiness Review Pre Go-Live End-User Change Control
Stakeholder Value Determination
Solution Adoption Identification Alignment Training Delivery Management Optimized
End User Training End User Training
Change Impact Analysis
Organizational Change Knowledge Transfer Delivery Enabled Post Go-Live End-User Value Management
Value Discovery Management Roadmap Value Realization Training
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ INTERNAL 7
Quality Gates Task / Activity