SAP
Implementation

The goal of the Educate phase is to validate the solution functionality contained in the project scope through the performance of a fit/gap analysis. It is in the Explore phase that a customer will prepare for and conduct various solution validation workshops to confirm the requirements, identify any potential gaps and refine the business requirements.  This evaluation of the SAP best practice solution content will confirm ultimately the “to be” business processes and result in a functional solution design.  As a result, functional and technical requirements are documented in SAP Solution Manager along with any identified issues or gaps that need to be addressed.

In the Scope phase our goal is to build and test the integrated business scenarios and processes identified in the Explore phase. The implementation of the solution design will be done using a series of iterative steps that will allow for the incremental build and testing of an integrated business scenario as well as the technical infrastructure that will support it. System landscapes, therefore, need to be in place.

In the Comfirm phase setup of the production system is completed. Confirmation that the customer support organization and infrastructure is in place, trained and ready for cut over is obtained prior to migrating business operations onto the new production environment.

The goal of the Execute phase is to ensure that the solution and its environment are available and performing at acceptable levels after go live. Operational standards and processes and procedures are implemented based on SAP Best Practice Operations Standards. Using a lifecycle approach, critical areas and processes of operations are continuously monitored and evaluated for optimization.