Exploring the RISE with SAP Methodology

With the announcement of SAP Business Suite, SAP has solidified its commitment to prioritize a cloud-based business ecosystem. As part of this commitment, SAP supports customer transitions to the cloud by creating an ongoing partnership throughout the customer's journey. A successful transformation hinges on three key components: people, processes, and tools.

The RISE with SAP Methodology is evolving to support customer transformation journeys to SAP Business Suite.

The methodology provides structured guidance and recommended steps throughout a series of defined phases. It is supported by SAP experts and partners, and it is implemented through tools and services. The methodology is built on a clean core strategy, with all services and tools working together throughout the customer lifecycle. It helps customers keep extensions clean, data streamlined, landscapes reliable, processes flexible, and operations both effective and efficient.

The methodology can also effectively guide the transition to other business suite applications such as SAP Cloud ERP Private, Human Capital Management, Spend Management or Customer Experience. While these suite applications might not explicitly include components like a clean core strategy or a transformation setup services, the methodology provides frameworks, tools, and expert guidance for a successful transformation.

1. Follow a standardized framework helping companies adopt SAP Business Suite applications faster with a tailored transformation roadmap that meets their business needs.
2. Leverage the integrated toolchain for streamlined collaboration and efficient project execution ensuring a cohesive, efficient workflow throughout.
3. Access to expert guidance through an end-to-end engagement model.

Additionally, the RISE with SAP Methodology is adding enhancements to better meet our customer transformation needs. These include the following:

• A robust discovery phase improved with the Digital Discovery Assessment toolkit to better evaluate customers’ as-is state and define solution scope that meets their unique needs
• Additional adoption roadmaps covering the different application scenarios, i.e., ERP, line of businesses, SAP Cloud ERP Private, etc.
• The transformation preparation service for SAP Business Suite helps SAP Cloud ERP Private customers build tailored transformation roadmaps, set up key transformation tools, and establish governance models.
• Improved onboarding and clean core success plan with quality gate execution.
• Enhanced integrated toolchain to enable seamless information flow and streamline implementation.

In a nutshell, the RISE with SAP Methodology is a best practice-aligned approach to move to the cloud with confidence and achieve an organization’s business objectives by bringing predictability to implementation.

The RISE with SAP Methodology is a transformation enabler for SAP’s customers on their journey to the cloud. The methodology serves as a guardrail to help customers consume innovations faster and thereby gain competitive advantage from their investments. Through the key components, SAP provides customers with:

• Transparency in their implementation journey.
• Support to get the crucial pieces of their journey right.
• Required information at the click of a button.
• The ability to reach out to SAP at any time to seek the required assistance.

In a competitive environment shaped by constant disruption, evolving customer expectations, and increasing regulatory demands, it’s important to have a landscape that can quickly adapt and evolve. Flexibility, integration, and the ability to adopt innovation at scale are no longer optional; they’re foundational. Achieving this requires a smooth, efficient upgrade process and a clear transformation path. With the RISE with SAP Methodology, customers and partners can accelerate their ability to consume new innovations as they are released, ensuring they stay competitive and future-ready.

The RISE with SAP Methodology has been enhanced to support customer transformation to SAP Business Suite. This includes enhanced onboarding services and a dedicated transformation preparation service for SAP Cloud ERP Private Package customers.

• SAP Business Suite emphasizes SAP's dedication to fostering a cloud-based business ecosystem, supporting customer transitions through a partnership-focused approach that prioritizes people, processes, and tools.
• The SAP Cloud ERP Private Package offers transformation tools and services, such as process analysis and enterprise architecture tools to bolster business applications.
• The RISE with SAP Methodology offers a structured framework to guide organizations in their cloud transformation journey, ensuring predictability and alignment with the clean core principles and best practices to achieve business objectives efficiently.
• The integrated toolchain helps to accelerate the transformation journey and to ensure high quality outcomes
• Customers benefit from end-to-end engagement with SAP experts and partners, gaining transparency, support, and access to necessary information throughout their implementation journey.