Transition_Roadmap__Overview_23Q1.pdf

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IT Planning Architects
Cloud Success, SAP SE
December 2022
Transition to SAP S/4HANA
Transition Roadmap Overview 22Q2

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➢ Transition Roadmap Graphic
➢ Transition Roadmap Graphic – Service View
➢ Transition Roadmap per Phase
– Explanation of the major activities per phase
– Table with all activities per phase, tools & guides, and most relevant service components
Agenda

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Project Mgmt.
Solution
Adoption
Application
Design and
Configuration
Data Management
Extensibility
Integration
Analytics
Testing
Technical
Architecture and
Infrastructure
Operations &
Support
Run
Realize Deploy
Explore
Prepare
Transition to SAP S/4HANA 23Q1
Discover
Sizing & Scalability Verification
IT Infrastructure Setup
Trial
System
Provisioning
Execution / Monitoring / Controlling
Organizational Change Management (OCM)
Project
Initiation
Analytics Configuration
Integration Implementation
QAS Setup/Conversion
Data Migration & Verification
CC. Quality
Closing
Go
Live
Stop
Start
Strategic
Planning
Production
Cutover
Dress
Rehearsal
Hyper
Care
Transition
Planning
Transition
Preparation
Prototype
Handover
to
Support
Organization
Operate
Solution
Cutover
Preparation
Test Preparation & Execution
Configuration
Fit-to-Standard
Analysis / Design
Activate Solution
Application
Value
and
Scoping
Product Enhancements
Gap Validation
Security Design
Improve
&
Innovate
Solution
Learning Design Learning Realization
Security Implementation
UX Activation and Design
Team Enablement
DVM Design DVM Configuration & Execution
Integration Validation
Design Review
Sizing
Technical Design
Tech. Architecture and
Infrastructure Definition
Operations Impact Evaluation Operations Implementation
Custom Code Impact
Analytics Design
Test Planning
DEV Setup/Conversion
Integration Design
Data Migration Design
Operations
Readiness
Sandbox Setup/Conversion
Quality Gates Task / Activity
QG2 QG4
QG3 QG5
QG1
UX Implementation

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Project Mgmt.
Solution
Adoption
Application
Design and
Configuration
Data Management
Extensibility
Integration
Analytics
Testing
Technical
Architecture and
Infrastructure
Operations &
Support
Run
Realize Deploy
Explore
Prepare
Transition to SAP S/4HANA 23Q1
Discover
Sizing & Scalability Verification
IT Infrastructure Setup
Trial
System
Provisioning
Execution / Monitoring / Controlling
Organizational Change Management (OCM)
Project
Initiation
Analytics Configuration
Integration Implementation
QAS Setup/Conversion
Data Migration & Verification
Closing
Go
Live
Stop
Start
Strategic
Planning
Production
Cutover
Dress
Rehearsal
Hyper
Care
Transition
Planning
Transition
Preparation
Prototype
Handover
to
Support
Organization
Operate
Solution
Cutover
Preparation
Test Preparation & Execution
Fit-to-Standard
Analysis / Design
Activate Solution
Application
Value
and
Scoping
Gap Validation
Security Design
Improve
&
Innovate
Solution
Learning Design Learning Realization
Security Implementation
UX Activation and Design
Team Enablement
DVM Design DVM Configuration & Execution
Integration Validation
Design Review
Sizing
Technical Design
Tech. Architecture and
Infrastructure Definition
Operations Impact Evaluation Operations Implementation
Custom Code Impact
Analytics Design
Test Planning
DEV Setup/Conversion
Integration Design
Data Migration Design
Operations
Readiness
Sandbox Setup/Conversion
Quality Gates Task / Activity
QG1 QG2 QG4
QG3 QG5
Platform Execution
Build Execution
Build Execution
Data Migration Execution
Build
Execution
Build Design Support
Transition to Operations
Analytics Design Support
Build Design Support
SAP Value Assurance Foundation
Analytics Execution
Safeguarding
the
Digital
Transformation
Build
Execution
Data Migration Design Support
Safeguarding the Digital Transformation
Build Execution
Planning
the
Digital
Transformation
Integration Design Support
Platform Design Support
Architecture
Transformation
&
Architecture
Point
of
View
CC. Quality
Product EnhancementsBuild
Execution
Custom Code Management
Make / Keep the Core Clean
Configuration
UX Implementation
Business Process Intelligence
Build Execution

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In the Discover phase, customers become familiar with the benefits of SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA
and the benefits it can bring to customers’ business.
As depicted in the figure, the phase is structured as follows:
❑ In the first step customers should perform a Strategic Planning and create an overall company
strategy on their digital transformation. This includes SAP S/4HANA as the digital core, but looks at
it from a broader perspective. Key topics like Internet of Things, Big Data / Smart Data,
Omnichannel, or Business Networks can be included into the strategy as well.
❑ In the second step, a decision on the implementation scenario, and a comprehensive application
implementation strategy for SAP S/4HANA should be created in the activity Application Value and
Scoping. In the case of system conversion, the conversion readiness of the existing SAP ERP
system should be checked as well.
❑ In the next step customers should become familiar with the value of SAP S/4HANA in general (e.g.
the new and simplified functionality in SAP S/4HANA, the new User Interface based on FIORI, agile
customer innovations using SAP Cloud Platform etc.). A Trial System in the cloud supports this.
The outcome of these steps can be leveraged within a company to build a business case for an SAP
S/4HANA implementation project.
Transition Roadmap – Discover Phase
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Transition Roadmap – Discover Phase Details
Discover
Activities & Tasks Tools & Guides Service Components*
1. Strategic Planning
Identify the strategic business and IT objectives,
create an overall multi-year company strategy on
digital transformation, and define the innovation
strategy
• SAP S/4HANA Movement Website
• SAP Transformation Navigator
• SAP Innovation and Optimization Pathfinder
• Innovation Guide
• Road Map Explorer
• Spotlight by SAP
• Innovation Strategy and Roadmap
• Analytics Strategy
• UX Strategy
• Integration Strategy
• Architecture Point of View
• Target Architecture Assessment
2. Application Value and Scoping
Map current business processes to processes
running on SAP S/4HANA to identify the
application value. Decide on the implementation
scenario (new implementation, system
conversion, selective data transition), and an
application implementation strategy for SAP
S/4HANA
• What‘s New Viewer
• Feature Scope Description
• SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA
• Business Scenario Recommendations Report
• Simplification Items Catalog
• SAP Signavio
• SAP Signavio Process Insights
• Process Discovery
• Discovery Workshop
• Value and Implementation Strategy
• Explore Services for the Intelligent ERP
• Integration Assessment
• Business Process Assessment
• Business Process Insights Starter Pack
• Signavio Starter Pack
• Deep Transformation Insights
• SAP Readiness Check explained
3. Trial System
Customers should become familiar with the value
of SAP S/4HANA in a trial system
• SAP Cloud Appliance Library
*not exhaustive,only excerptof most
frequently booked service components
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Once the business case has been approved, the project is initiated in the Prepare phase.
❑ There are customers running a Prototype project in front of the real transition project. The aim is
often to check technical and functional feasibility. Prototypes are small projects by its own, and
usually last between three and six months.
❑ The formal Project Initiation starts afterwards and needs to be aligned with the customer project
manager. In general, each company or implementation partner has a methodology to plan and
execute projects.
❑ Project Team Enablement can be started early in the Prepare phase.
❑ The project itself is planned in the dedicated Transition Planning activity. Depending on the
implementation scenario SAP offers dedicated planning components. Results from the Discover
Phase – in particular the functional implementation road map – is considered as well.
❑ The planning workshops often reveal Transition Preparation activities (e.g. the “Customer Vendor
Integration” in the case of a system conversion), which have to be done before the Explore phase
starts. Those larger transition preparation activities can be handled as separate (sub-) projects.
❑ A first workshop on Organizational Change Management starts.
Transition Roadmap – Prepare Phase
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Transition Roadmap – Prepare Phase Details
Prepare
1. Prototype
Check functional and technical feasibility in a prototype
project.
• SAP Readiness Check • Scoping Workshop for Prototyping
• … (all service components of main project)
• Result Workshop for Prototyping
• Prototyping Summary
2. Project Initiation
Formal project start
SAP TQM drives setup of project governance structure
and definition of quality gates
Customer or partner project manager to lead project
• SAP Solution Manager, SAP Cloud ALM
or 3rd party software for project
management
• SAP Operations Platform Starter Pack
• Agile Methodology and Tool Coach
3. Project Team Enablement
Educate project team on SAP Activate methodology,
grant access to project management and learning
content, e.g. SAP Solution Manager, Transformation
Hub, training material
• openSAP courses
• Classroom training
• Best Practices Reference Guide
• Learning Journeys (for ES customers)
• SAP Activate methodology
• SAP Learning Services
4. Transition Planning
Starting from the functional implementation roadmap,
define the scope and execution plan for the upcoming
SAP S/4HANA transition project. The result is a first
version of a project plan.
• SAP Readiness Check
• Best Practice Explorer
• Maintenance Planner
• Technical Downtime Optimization App
• SAP Signavio
• Migration and Upgrade Planning Workshop
• Transition Planning for New Implementation
• Selective Data Transition Planning Workshop
• Data Migration Architecture
• Technical Architecture & Infrastructure
• Custom Code Health Check
5. Transition Preparation
Preparational work should be done as early as
possible in the project, like Customer/Vendor
Integration, replacement of Foreign Trade by SAP
Global Trade Services, required upgrades, custom
code cleanup, archive data…
• SAP Readiness Check
• SAP Best Practices Explorer
• CVI Cookbook
• Data Volume Planning
• Cleanup / Archive
• Custom Code Retirement
• Custom Code Management Tools enablement
• Mandatory Preparation for System Conversion
• Financial Data Quality
6. Organizational Change Management
Run a workshop is to align with the entire project
management team regarding OCM activities to be
conducted
• Organizational Change Management (BTS)
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Once the Prepare phase has been finalized considering a detailed planning for the
functional and technical work streams, the Explore phase will be kicked off.
❑ In the Learning Design activity of the Solution Adoption work stream, the training
strategy for the end users is developed according to the functional design.
❑ In a new implementation, leverage SAP Best Practices in the activate solution activity.
❑ The to-be application is designed in fit-to-standard & design workshops. The
methodology has been aligned between cloud and on-premise. Gap validation and a
final design review support this activity.
❑ For all implementation scenarios, security settings and infrastructure need to be
adjusted. This is planned in Security Design. UX Design plans the adjustment of Fiori
Uis.
❑ In the Data Management work stream, data load from source systems needs to be
prepared and planned in the Data Migration Design activity (new implementation and
selective data transition only). Data Volume Management is either initially planned or
updated according to new options and requirements coming with SAP S/4HANA.
❑ In the Extensibility work stream, you will need to identify and prioritize the Custom
Code Impact on custom objects that are used productively, and that must be adjusted
as part of the system conversion project.
Transition Roadmap – Explore Phase (1)
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❑ Integration design work starts in proper alignment with the to-be application design, to
properly integrate the SAP S/4HANA system in the solution landscape. First basic
integration setup activities are performed for the sandbox (if required) and for the
development system.
❑ Within the Analytics Design activity customers can further enhance their analytics
infrastructure with regards to embedded analytics that have been introduced with SAP
S/4HANA.
❑ The technical design document is created in the Technical Architecture and Infrastructure
work stream. A Sandbox is created for technical and functional experience gathering and
as the basis for fit-to-standard workshops (it depends on the scenario how the sandbox
is created). At the end of the Explore phase the DEV environment needs to be set up
(again scenario specific).
❑ Operations & support run an Operations Impact Evaluation, to identify IT Support
operational areas that require adjustment to safely and efficiently operate SAP S/4HANA
as of Go-Live. The actions taken here depend on the SAP operational experience of the
customer.
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Transition Roadmap – Explore Phase Details (1)
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1. Learning Design
Develop the training strategy for end users
• SAP Enable Now • SAP Education Consulting
2. Activate Solution
In a new implementation, the activation of the
Best Practices content will be provided. For
system conversion, a sandbox is provisioned.
• Cloud Appliance Library
• Administration Guide for Implementation
• Activate Solution
• Mandatory Preparation for System Conversion
• Financial Data Quality
• Data Management Design
3. Fit-to-Standard Analysis / Design
Multiple activities behind; Defines the application
for implementation and identifies potential delta
requirements.
• Focused Build (SAP Solution Manager)
• SAP Cloud ALM
• SAP Signavio
• Fit to Standard Analysis & Design
4. UX Activation and Design
Identify customer specific requirements which
deviate from Fiori standard configuration
• Fiori Apps Reference Library
• User Experience Design Guidelines
• UI Technology Guide
• SAP Build
• UX Activation and UX Design
• UX Advisory Service for Business Value
5. Security Design
Define SAP S/4HANA specific security strategy
and high-level roadmap
• Security Guide
• Administration Guide for SAP S/4HANA
• Security Design
6. Gap Validation/Design Review
Perform a quality review of identified gaps and
delta design documents
• Focused Build (SAP Solution Manager)
• SAP Cloud ALM
• Gap Validation
• Design Evaluation
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7. Data Volume Design
Agree on a data volume management strategy
that defines which data is stored in which storage
location and for how long
• DVM Workcenter of SAP Solution Manager • Data Volume Design
8. Data Migration Design
The transfer of business data from legacy
systems to the newly implemented SAP
S/4HANA system is designed
• SAP Best Practices content for data migration
• SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit
• Data Migration Assessment
9. Custom Code Impact
In a conversion scenario, customers need to
identify code, that must be adjusted (“must-
do’s”), and those that should be adjusted
(“should-do’s”).
• SQL Monitor
• ABAP Test Cockpit
• Custom Code Migration Guide
• Intelligent Custom Code Clustering
• ICCM Awareness
• ICCM Analysis
• ICCM Transformation
10. Integration Design
Detail and document all integration aspects of the
project, that have been identified in the Prepare
phase and in fit-to-standard.
• Integration Solution Advisory Methodology
(ISA-M)
• SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite
• Integration Directory in SAP Solution Manager
• Fit-to-Standard Analysis / Design
• Integration Design Workshop
• Integration Validation
11. Analytics Design
customers can further enhance their analytics
infrastructure with regards to new reporting
options that have been introduced with SAP
S/4HANA.
• SAP Best Practices for Analytics with SAP
S/4HANA
• Analytics Design Workshop
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12. Test Planning
consider and plan the testing cycles required to
mitigate production support issues; evaluate the
existing test and quality management processes,
create test cases and scripts
• SAP Solution Manager Test Suite
• SAP Cloud ALM
• SAP S/4HANA On Premise Value Map
Learning Journey – Realize
• SAP Test Management Best Practice
• Test Planning
13. Sandbox / DEV Setup/Conversion
technically set up sandbox environment
• Installation Guide
• Conversion Guide
• Maintenance Planner (tool and user guide)
• SUM (tool and guide)
• Platform Execution Enablement
• System Installation for SAP S/4HANA
• System Conversion for SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Fiori Platform Setup
• Minimized Downtime Service
14. Sizing
In case of new functionality, system
consolidations or special capacity requirements,
an advanced sizing on top of the sizing in the
planning phase makes sense
• Quicksizer
• Sizing report
• SAP S/4HANA Sizing Guidelines
• Advanced Sizing
15. Techn. Architecture and Infrastructure
Clarify the technical boundary conditions, select
hardware vendors, and define the technical target
architecture and infrastructure
• Technical Platform Definition
16. Operations Impact Evaluation
evaluate the impact on IT operations when
implementing SAP S/4HANA, like operational
risks and areas in the support framework that
need to be looked at and modified/implemented
prior to the go-live.
• SAP Standards for Solution Operations
• Operations Guide
• Operations Impact Evaluation
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In the Realize phase, you start the execution and implementation of all items that were
defined and designed in earlier phases.
❑ In the Solution Adoption work stream, the training for the end users is prepared.
❑ In the Application design and configuration work stream, the functional changes (general
configuration, master data, and core / delta), Fiori changes and security changes are
implemented as defined in design. Additional applications, like Central Finance in a
selective data transition scenario, or the SAP Digital Boardroom, are set up as planned.
❑ In the Data Management work stream, data aging and data archiving are configured for
business objects according to the DVM strategy. Load and verification runs ensure that
business data can be migrated with acceptable time and quality.
❑ In the Extensibility work stream, Product Enhancements like reports, are developed.
Existing custom code is adjusted to be ready for SAP S/4HANA. SAP can safeguard the
activities via the “Integration Validation” offering, which covers key aspects like Business
Data Consistency, Exception Management, Integration, and Performance and
Scalability.
❑ In the Integration work stream, all required interfaces are implemented as designed in
the Explore phase. Further integration setup is done for the quality assurance system,
and for the production system (new implementation only).
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❑ The technical infrastructure is set up in the Technical Architecture and
Infrastructure work stream, according to the technical design document. The
transition of the quality assurance system takes place according to the detailed
transition plan, and technical adjustments may be implemented as part of the
activity. In parallel, the sizing of the productive instance is verified.
❑ According to the Operations Impact Evaluation, the operations implementation
(people, processes tools) takes place in the Operations & support work stream.
❑ At the end of the Realize phase, the preparation for cutover starts. A cutover plan is
created from experience gained in former transition runs (potentially additional mock
runs are required).
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Transition Roadmap – Realize Phase Details (1)
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0. Learning Realization
Train key users and prepare trainings for end
users as defined in Learning Design
• Learning Journey SAP S/4HANA Overview
and Business Processes
• SAP Enable Now Info Center
• SAP Education Consulting Services
1. Configuration
Implement functional changes as defined in the
delta design document (general configuration,
master data…)
• Best Practices Explorer
• SAP IMG
• Configuration
2. UX Implementation
Implement Fiori changes / new UIs
• Fiori Apps Library
• SAP Build
• Implementation of User Experience in SAP
S/4HANA
3. Security Implementation
Customer-specific results from the security
design are implemented.
• Security Guide • SAP Security Optimization Services
4. Integration Validation
Plan, document and start integration validation
activities, like checking data consistency,
monitoring performance, business processes and
exception management.
• SAP Integration Validation Info Sheet
• Documented Procedure for Integration
Validation
• SAP Thought Leadership Paper – Integration
Validation of Networked Solutions
• Technical Feasibility Check
• Technical Integration Check
• Integration Validation
• Business Process Performance Optimization
• Technical Performance Optimization
• Interface Management
5. DVM Configuration and Execution
Clean up or archive business data, configure data
archiving and data aging.
• SAP Online Help for Data Archiving and Data
Aging
• Data Volume Management
6. Data Migration & Verification
Perform the legacy data migration (new Impl) or
load and verification runs (conv.) or LT scenarios
like Client Transfer
• Minimized Downtime Service
• Client Transfer
• System Merge
• Company Code Transfer
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7. Product Enhancements
Development of custom code to close the gaps
identified in the Fit/gap activities
• SAP White Paper – SAP S/4HANA
Extensibility for Customers and Partners
• OpenSAP training for Developers
• ICCM Transformation
• WRICEF Developments
• SAP Innovative Business Solutions services
8. Custom Code Quality
Implement required quality level for custom
coding
• Custom Code Quality Management
9. Integration Implementation
Implement the designed integration architecture
and best practice scoping items for specific
integration scenarios.
• Integration Solution Advisory Methodology
(ISA-M)
• SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite
• WRICEF Developments
• SAP Innovative Business Solutions
Organization
10. Analytics Configuration
Implement and configure the analytics
architecture
• SAP Analytics Cloud Guided Playlists • Analytics Execution
• Quick-start service for SAP Analytics Cloud
11. Test Preparation and Execution
Prepare all business-process-related tests
according to customer-specific configuration
• SAP Best Practices – Process Flow and Test
Script
• Test Preparation
• Test Execution
12. QAS Setup/Conversion
Set up the quality assurance environment
• Installation Guide
• Conversion Guide
• Maintenance Planner (tool and user guide)
• SUM (tool and guide)
• System Installation for SAP S/4HANA
• System Conversion for SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Fiori Platform Setup
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13. Sizing & Scalability Verification
Detail out and verify the sizing estimations
• Best Practices Doc.: Proactive Performance
and Capacity Management
• Lessons Learned: Sizing Approaches for SAP
HANA (incl. SAP S/4HANA and Fiori)
• Advanced Sizing
14. IT Infrastructure Setup and Test
Set up server hardware, storage solution,
virtualization platform, integration of new
components, high availability etc.
15. Operations Implementation
Implement or adjust support operations
• SAP Support Standards
• Getting Started with Primary CCOE
• Primary CCOE Check List
• Operations Guide
• Operations Implementation
16. Cutover Preparation
Create a plan for the cutover weekend of the
productive system based on learnings from earlier
runs
• Cutover
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Once the quality gate Realize-to-Deploy has been passed successfully, the final preparation for
Go-Live starts in the Deploy phase.
❑ The Learning Realization goes into its final phase, the end user trainings should run
during the Deploy phase.
❑ Operations Readiness ensures the IT operations team is ready to operate the new SAP
S/4HANA environment safely and securely. Of course, the IT operations team will
continue to gain real-life operational experience in the hyper care phase after Go-Live.
❑ After the test execution is finalized successfully, the Dress Rehearsal takes place (for all
scenarios) and the implementation of the productive SAP S/4HANA will be finalized (for
new implementation and selective data transition).
❑ Quality gate “Q4 Deploy-to-Run” will ensure that everything is ready for Go-Live. The final
“Go” decision is the start for the implementation of the productive SAP S/4HANA system
with the Production Cutover at the Go-Live weekend.
❑ The weeks after Go-Live are called “Hyper Care”, where the new system is further
stabilized and optimized. When finished, the Deploy phase ends.
❑ The transition project comes to an end when finally, operational responsibility has been
handed over to the production support organization.
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Transition Roadmap – Deploy Phase Details
Deploy
1. Learning Realization
Run end user trainings
• SAP Education Consulting Services
2. Operations Readiness
Check ability to operate SAP HANA and SAP
S/4HANA as of Go-Live
• SAP Support Standards
• Getting Started with Primary CCOE
• Operations Readiness Check
• Organizational and Production Support
Readiness Check
3. Dress Rehearsal
Execute an end-to-end dress rehearsal of the
cutover procedures
• Platform Execution
4. Production Cutover
Perform the cutover to the production software
and go live
• SAP Going Live Service
• On Call Duty
• Data Migration Execution
5. Hyper care
Verify how the new workload behaves as
opposed to the old system and improve system
performance
• Obsolete Data Handling tool
• SAP Signavio
• SAP Process Insights
• SAP Going Live Support
• Business Process Improvement
• SAP Going Live Check
• SAP OS/DB Migration Check
6. Handover to Support Organization
Fully enable the regular support organization to
safely and securely operate the new SAP system
• Handover to Support
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