Initiative Tracker App - Before you get started

Motivation

The Initiative Tracker App plays a strategic role in helping operations leaders gain comprehensive visibility into the execution of key business initiatives across departments. In large or fast-moving organizations, it is often difficult for the COO and their teams to maintain a real-time, centralized view of what initiatives are underway, who owns them, and how they are progressing. This app addresses that gap by consolidating initiative data into an intuitive dashboard that highlights distribution by department, status, and priority, making it easier to align day-to-day execution with overarching strategic goals. The bar charts and detailed initiative table empower leadership to identify bottlenecks, reallocate resources, and ensure accountability. Equally important, the app includes a structured submission process for new initiatives, encouraging bottom-up contribution while preserving oversight through an approval workflow. By standardizing how initiatives are logged and tracked, the app reduces operational friction, enhances transparency, and promotes cross-functional alignment. Built using SAP Build, it also illustrates how low-code tools can enable COOs to rapidly implement high-impact internal solutions that improve coordination, governance, and organizational agility.

Application Overview

The Initiative Tracker App is a lightweight and easy-to-use internal tool designed to help departments within the COO organisation manage and monitor key initiatives. It provides a central location to log initiatives, assign ownership, and track progress over time. The app includes two core screens:

Initiative Dashboard

This dashboard provides a visual and tabular overview of all current initiatives. It helps department heads and leadership teams understand initiative distribution, status, and priority at a glance.

• Bar Charts: Display breakdowns by:

  • Department (number of initiatives per department)
  • Status (e.g. Complete, In Progress, Planned)

• Initiative Table: A scrollable, tabular view of all initiatives, including key information:

  • Title
  • Owner
  • Department
  • Start Date and Due Date
  • Status (e.g. Planned, In Progress, Complete)
  • Priority (High, Medium, Low)

This dashboard provides a clear and actionable summary of initiative activity and is designed to support both high-level and operational decision-making.

Create Initiative Proposal

This screen allows users to propose new initiatives. Submitted proposals are not added to the dashboard immediately—they are sent for evaluation and approval by the COO’s office or designated reviewers.

• Enter Initiative Details: Users can fill in key fields including:
  • Title
  • Owner (selected from a list of existing team members)
  • Department
  • Start Date and Due Date
  • Priority (Low, Medium, High)
  • Notes (for background or context)
• Submit Button: A “Submit” button sends the proposal for review.

Exercise Overview

For this exercise you will work with an incomplete version of the app. The workbook instructions will guide you through the steps required to make the app fully functional. You will experience how SAP Build can be used to quickly deliver internal applications via a low-code approach.

Prerequisites

• Your username and password
• You have access to the SAP Build lobby