SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

The stage encompasses the following activities:

• User activation via a test system
• Determining the solution’s scope with SAP Digital Discovery Assessment
• Determining the value

More specifically, the following tasks are included in this stage:

• Defining project goals, establishing the scope of work, and preparing a roadmap
• Defining and quantifying goals based on their business value
• Providing support from managers
• Selecting standards and tools for organizing and managing the project
• Obtaining approval for the implementation/update strategy
• Defining the roles and responsibilities of the project team
• Validating project goals
• Creating project management, tracking, and reporting mechanisms
• Obtaining access to the Cloud Starter System
• Launching the project

Key results of the research and preparation stages:

• Project management charter and plan — a document describing the organizational structure of the project team, the roles involved, project documentation, document approval algorithms, project schedules (as a list of tasks for each stage of the project and expected due dates), and expected results.
• Development center — determined at the documentation development stage.

Brief description of the project stages:

• A kick-off seminar is held, where the customer's team and our team discuss the project plan, assign responsible persons, etc.
• Coordination of all project documentation and the project charter

During the validation stage, solution experts conduct a series of structured workshops to demonstrate the practical functions of the SAP software and define delta requirements and configuration specifics.

This stage includes the following activities:

1. Studying the customer's current business processes that need to be improved with SAP (based on the analysis of compliance with the standard).
2. Analyzing business processes through communication with the responsible persons to define what functions they perform and what data they have, and to formalize them according to the AS-IS principle.
3. Comparing current processes with SAP capabilities and best practices, which includes the analysis of compliance with standards, identification of ways to eliminate current gaps, and proposal of a suitable solution (TO-BE).

TO-BE processes are based on LeverX’s expertise and SAP best practices. SAP has significant expertise in all areas, and best practices are already included in SAP solutions.

Key deliverables:

• Business solution design documentation
• Master data structure and concept
• Legacy data migration plan and project
• User rights and authority policy concept

Brief description of the project stage:

• Compliance report with gaps
• Business solution design

During the stage, the project team uploads customer data into the system, plans implementation activities, and prepares plans for the switchover and operational launch of the solution.

The stage involves the following activities:

• Development of the solution’s landscape
• Implementation of the solution into the development system using a phased build with time-limited iterations
• Implementation of the solution into the test environment using a phased build with time-limited iterations
• General, end-to-end testing of the solution on the test system
• Setting up the production environment
• Preparation for data migration and archiving
• Training key users
• Preparation of training materials and documentation for end users
• Monitoring and reporting

During the project implementation, our team gradually configures, tests, validates, and documents all parts of the complex solution, and then uploads the necessary data. We actively collaborate with business representatives to ensure the solution meets their requirements.

Key deliverables:

• Customization
• Test plan
• Functional testing
• Integration testing
• Smoke testing, unit testing, end-to-end system testing, and user acceptance testing
• Production readiness plan
• Training documentation, how-to guides, user manuals
• Technical system test results
• Real-time validation
• Hypercare support plan
• User and role loading
• Production data loading confirmation
• Migration to the new system

• Finalize the solution and business processes before launch
• Resolve any important open issues
• Test the system
• Migrate to the new system and migrate data
• Execute transition plans, including the organizational change management plan
• Complete end-user training
• Report on the implementation of the stage
• Develop a post-go-live support plan

Key deliverables:

• Start real-time testing
• Hypercare support plan
• Load users and roles
• Confirm production data load
• Migrate to the new system

For this purpose, we perform the following activities:

• Ongoing system operations
• Continuous change management
• Continuous learning
• Continuous improvement
• Release cycles

Key deliverables:

• Confirmation of production data loading
• Hypercare end-of-period report