Become an expert in the NEW Agile SAP Activate Methodology

Understand the Learning objectives and Structure of the section.

In this lecture, we will explain the different main types of SAP projects

In this exercise, we will establish your SAP experience profile. Throughout the course, we will be referring back to this so we recommend you complete the exercise before moving on to the next lecture.

In this lecture, we will look at some of the most common SAP Project myths.

In this lecture, we will explain what we believe is required for an SAP project to be considered a Successful project

In this lecture, we will have a closer look at what makes SAP projects special from other projects

The objectives of this worksheet are to assess your knowledge and experience of SAP projects and in particular some of the myths and facts of SAP Projects

The worksheet will be as a reference throughout the course so we recommend keeping it readily available.

In this lecture, we will explain the Business expectations when implementing SAP projects

In this lecture, we will explain what we consider a failed SAP project.

In this lecture, we will explain what causes SAP projects to “Fail”

In this lecture, we will explain the impact in the event your SAP project fails.

The objectives of this worksheet are to dive deeper into analyzing the SAP project Challenges based on your SAP experience profile, which you have created in a previous exercise.

The end goal to identify reasons for why SAP projects fail so we can take action to prevent it from happening on your project.

The worksheet will be as a reference throughout the course so we recommend keeping it readily available.

In this lecture, we will explain how you can make your SAP Project a successful project.

The objectives of this worksheet are to establish an understanding of the success criteria of SAP projects based on your situation and experience.

The worksheet will be as a reference throughout the course so we recommend keeping it readily available.

The objectives of this worksheet are to guide you through an assessment exercise where you as the Project Manager can assess your Project health based on lessons learned from failed SAP Project

In this lecture, we will introduce you to the key SAP Methodologies.

In this lecture, we will explain how the skills of the SAP Project Managers can influence the success of a project and which skills the SAP Project Manager should have to be successful.

In this lecture, we will have a look at how the traditional way of looking at project success has changed.

The objectives of this worksheet are to provide an assessment exercise where you as the Project Manager can assess your readiness and skills for managing successful SAP Projects

The Assessment will help you to reflect on your current PM skill level and where you should focus you learning on to further develop your skills

The worksheet will be as a reference throughout the course so we recommend keeping it readily available

In this BONUS lecture will give you an introduction to the Software Development Life Cycle.

In this BONUS lecture will explain the common term Software Development waterfall

This BONUS lecture will explain how Agile was born and what lead to Agile being born.

This lecture will introduce you to the Learning objectives and Structure of this learning module.

This lecture will give you an overview of what SAP Activate is according to SAP.

This lecture will introduce you to the Cloud and ON-Premise and compare some of the key differences.

This lecture will explain the Starting Point components in SAP Activate and the most common Starting Points that SAP Activate supports.

This lecture will explain the SAP Best Practice pillar of the three SAP Activate core pillars.

The three pillars of SAP Activate:

• SAP Best Practices provide ready-to-run business processes

• Methodology that is flexible and comprehensive to guide you through the project phases and reduce risks

• Guided Configuration tools for an assisted implementation with focus on Migration, Integration and Configuration

This lecture will explain the SAP Methodology pillar of the three SAP Activate core pillars.

The three pillars of SAP Activate:

• SAP Best Practices provide ready-to-run business processes

• Methodology that is flexible and comprehensive to guide you through the project phases and reduce risks

• Guided Configuration tools for an assisted implementation with focus on Migration, Integration and Configuration

This lecture will explain the SAP Guided Configuration pillar of the three SAP Activate core pillars.

The three pillars of SAP Activate:

• SAP Best Practices provide ready-to-run business processes

• Methodology that is flexible and comprehensive to guide you through the project phases and reduce risks

• Guided Configuration tools for an assisted implementation with focus on Migration, Integration and Configuration

This lecture will explain the Road map part of the SAP Activate Methodology structure and what the types of Road-maps SAP Activate supports

This lecture will explain the key differences between the new SAP Activate and the previous Accelerated SAP Methodology.

In this video we will introduce you to the Module “Get Started with SAP Activate” .

In this video we will explain how to access the SAP Activate content.

In this video we will explain how to get access to the SAP Activate collaboration site.

In this video we will explain how to get access to the SAP Activate Methodology Content.

In this video we will explain how to get access to the SAP Best Practice Explorer

This lecture will introduce you to the Learning objectives and Structure of this learning module.

This lecture will give you an overview of the “SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the phases in the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Discover phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the deliverables that needs to be completed in the Discover phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Prepare phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

Prepare Phase deliverables

This lecture will explain the deliverables that needs to be completed in the Prepare phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Explore phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the deliverables that needs to be completed in the Explore phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Realize phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the deliverables that needs to be completed in the Realize phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Deploy phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the deliverables that needs to be completed in the Deploy phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Run phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap

Run Phase deliverables

This lecture will explain the deliverables that needs to be completed in the Run phase of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Work Streams in the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Project Management Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Application Customer Team Enablement Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Technical Architecture & Infrastructure Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Application Design & Configuration Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Customer Code Extension Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Application Integration Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Application Testing Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the System & Data Migration Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Transition to Operation Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Application Solution Adoption Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

This lecture will explain the Analytics Work Stream of the SAP Activate S/4 HANA Cloud Implementations roadmap.

Congratulation you have taken the first step in becoming an expert in the NEW SAP Activate Fit-to-Standard approach.

After this lecture, you should be able to

• Understand the differences between traditional SAP Blueprint and the Fit-to-Standard approach

• Be able to explain why a new approach is needed

• Understand how the Fit-to-Standard design process is different for Cloud and On-Premise

• Be able to explain the roles needed for the Fit-to-Standard process to be successful

This lecture will give you an overview of the traditional way of designing SAP using the Accelerated SAP (ASAP) Blueprinting approach.

This lecture will explain why a NEW approach for designing SAP solutions is needed and why the traditional Blueprinting way of designing SAP solutions can not be effectively used in today's types of SAP Projects.

This lecture will explain the NEW SAP Fit-to-Standard design process in details

This lecture will explain the outcomes from successfully using the NEW SAP Fit-to-Standard design process

This lecture will explain the roles & capabilities that are needed in your team to successfully execute the SAP Fit-to-Standard design process