The SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer is a library of implementation methodologies designed to guide members of a project team through each phase, deliverable, and task that needs to be completed during the implementation of a solution.
For an implementation project, the tasks and deliverables here will be copied into SAP Cloud ALM to make it possible to assign each task to a project team member and track the completion of tasks during each implementation phase.
- To implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, follow SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
- To implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, follow the roadmap that fits the implementation scenario:
SAP Activate Implementation Phases
The SAP Activate Methodology covers six implementation phases.
| Phase | Summary of Tasks |
|---|---|
| Discover | The sales phase where a customer makes a purchase decision. The Digital Discovery Assessment is used in this phase to help the customer identify the SAP Cloud deployment that best fits their needs. |
| Prepare | The implementation project begins with planning, preparation, and access to the systems required for implementation tasks. |
| Explore | Fit-to-Standard Analysis workshops are conducted between partner consultant experts in each line of business area and customer experts in each line of business area to review the business processes in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system, identify configuration values, and gather customization requirements. |
| Realize | Partner consultants implement and configure business processes based on the information gathered in the Fit-to-Standard workshops. Data is migrated, integrations are set up and extensions are defined. User acceptance testing must be completed before business processes are finalized. |
| Deploy | Partner consultants conduct system cutover activities, end-user training and the customer confirms organizational readiness. |
| Run | The customer maintains the system through future release upgrades and uses theoperations apps in SAP Cloud ALM to monitor system health. |
SAP Cloud ALM
SAP Cloud ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) is part of the foundational support package, which is included for all customers purchasing an SAP Cloud solution.
The three sections most commonly used are: Implementation, Operations, and Service.
While the SAP Activate Methodology defines the tasks that need to be completed to implement a solution, the implementation apps within SAP Cloud ALM make those tasks actionable. A project manager can assign tasks to members of the project team, and project team members track their notes and mark each task as complete when finished.
The customer's IT team can use the operations apps within SAP Cloud ALM for full-stack monitoring and alerting related to business processes, integrations, users, applications, and the healthiness of their entire landscape of cloud and on premise services and systems.
The service apps within SAP Cloud ALM provide a direct connection between the customer and SAP support services, where customers can centrally access all information for past, present, and future services.
Learn more about SAP Cloud ALM through adoption use cases.
Note
SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer can be accessed through the direct link or through SAP for Me → Services & Support dashboard → ALM tab → SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer.