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The document describes SAP's ASAP 8 methodology for implementing SAP solutions. The ASAP 8 methodology provides a structured process across 6 phases - Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Go Live Support, and Operate. It offers benefits such as reduced implementation costs, guidance for agile or standard approaches, and content/tools for each phase of the implementation lifecycle. The methodology is targeted at project managers, team members, consultants, architects, and business users.

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New ASAP 8 Methodology

The document describes SAP's ASAP 8 methodology for implementing SAP solutions. The ASAP 8 methodology provides a structured process across 6 phases - Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Go Live Support, and Operate. It offers benefits such as reduced implementation costs, guidance for agile or standard approaches, and content/tools for each phase of the implementation lifecycle. The methodology is targeted at project managers, team members, consultants, architects, and business users.

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New ASAP 8 Methodology

Enterprise IT solutions provide distinguished capabilities to a company in


running their day-to-day business operations literally changing the dynamics of
relations and interactions within as well as outside the organization.
Implementing such enterprise solutions calls for a disciplined and completely
well-defined approach right from solution assessments to realizations so much
so that the means-to-realizations are as much important as the fulfillment of the
desired outcome.
The newest and impeccably comprehensive implementation methodology
ASAP 8 provides the most all-inclusive strategies, step-by-step processes,
procedures and recommendations across the life-cycle of a project. Because of
the comprehensiveness of the methodology the implementing team will need to
fine-tune and adjust the relevancy of the methodology to suite client-specific
projects. Here is a precisely summarized description of the as-is ASAP 8
Methodology for the benefit of all the SCN community.

Composition of the ASAP Methodology


SAP leverages a core set of methodologies and tools designed to deliver rapid,
reliable results, and to help our customers get the most from their solutions.
These include the ASAP Methodology for Implementation (content the project
team follows to implement SAP software efficiently), and the SAP Solution
Manager Application management suite.

ASAP methodology for implementation v8 delivers structured methodology


content — processes, procedures, accelerators, checklists, links to standard SAP
documentation, etc. necessary for the implementation of SAP solutions.
The ASAP methodology for implementation v8 builds on solid foundation from
ASAP 7 that includes transparency of value realization through consistent
business case reflection. Efficient guidance for SOA, BPM and traditional
implementation projects through the entire project life-cycle — from evaluation
through delivery to post project solution management and operations. And it
delivers revised content in all the traditional areas needed for efficient project
teams — project management, solution management, organizational change
management, training, blueprinting, configuration, testing, cutover planning and
execution, and others.

ASAP 8 add prescriptive guidance to the methodology through detailed


description of tasks including accountability for their completion. This
harmonized structure enables both project leaders and project teams to focus on
information that is highly relevant for their role. ASAP 8 contain
comprehensive description of deliverable and associated tasks, thus connecting
the project management view with subject matter expert needs.

ASAP 8 Standard takes a disciplined approach to project management,


organizational change management, solution management, and other disciplines
applied in the implementation of SAP solutions. The ASAP 8 is built around the
SAP Advanced Delivery Management model and supports project teams with
templates, tools, questionnaires, and checklists, including guidebooks and
accelerators. ASAP 8 empower companies to exploit the power of the
accelerated features and tools already built into SAP solutions.

Target Audience
The ASAP Methodology for implementation is relevant to the following roles:

 Project manager and project leadership


 Project team members
 Application and technology consultants
 Solution and Application Architects
 Business Process owners
 IT organization leaders
 SAP partners
Benefits of the ASAP Methodology
The ASAP methodology gives you a comprehensive way to streamline the
implementation, upgrade, and enhancement of SAP software. ASAP offers you
the following benefits.

 Reduced total cost of implementation by embedding the principles of


SAP Advanced Delivery Management into a streamlined and modular
implementation road map for ASAP
 Choice of Agile or Standard implementation approach of your SAP
Solution
 Content-rich implementation accelerators, templates, and guides for
implementation projects from strategy to operations
 Transparent value delivery through consistent reflection of the business
case
 Efficient project governance, quality management, and guidance for
Agile implementation projects, Business Process Management, and
traditional implementation projects
 Approach that combines user centric design, business processes and IT
architecture
 Coverage of the entire project life-cycle – from evaluation through
delivery to post project solution management and operations

ASAP Implementation Phases


The individual phases of the ASAP Implementation Methodology are:

Phase 1: Project Preparation

During this phase the team goes through initial planning and preparation for
SAP project. This phase provides initial planning and preparation for the
project. Although each project has its own unique objectives, scope, and
priorities, the deliverables outlined assist in completing the initiation and
planning steps in an efficient and effective manner.

Phase 2: Business Blueprint

The purpose of this phase is to achieve a common understanding of how the


company intends to run SAP to support their business. In Standard ASAP 8 the
result is the Business Blueprint, a detailed documentation of the results gathered
during requirements workshops. In Agile ASAP 8 the result is a Baseline Build
and Project Backlog reflecting the solution requirements prioritized by business
value. The business blueprint is a detailed process-oriented and technical
documentation of the results gathered during requirements and design
workshops or based on validation of predefined solution or service description.
A blueprint consists of multiple documents illustrating how the company
intends to run its business using SAP solutions.

Phase 3: Realization

The purpose of this phase is to implement all the business process


requirements based on the Business Blueprint or Project Backlog. The system
configuration in Standard ASAP is done in two work packages: Baseline
configuration (major scope); and Final configuration (remaining scope). In
Agile ASAP project team splits Realization phase into multiple releases with
number of time-boxed iterations focused on building up the functionality.

Objectives of this phase include:

 Establishment of the solution landscape


 Implementation of the final solution in the development environment
 Overall testing of the solution within the quality environment
 Release of the solution for production (live) operations
 Delivery of training materials
 Preparation for data migration and data archiving
 Identification of value delivery concepts
 Performance testing

Phase 4: Final Preparation

The purpose of this phase is to complete the final preparation (including testing,


end user training, system management and cutover activities) to finalize your
readiness to go live. The Final Preparation phase also serves to resolve all
critical open issues. On successful completion of this phase, you are ready to
run your business in your live SAP System.
This phase includes, but is not limited to, system tests, end-user training, system
management, and cutover activities (including data migration). The phase
deliverables also serve to enable the resolution of all crucial open issues. On
successful completion of this phase, the business is ready to run the live SAP
software system.

Phase 5: Go Live Support

The purpose of this phase is to move from a project-oriented, pre-production


environment to live production operation.

Support for the solution during the period immediately following production
cutover. Exceptional items such as additional production support, exceptional
business monitoring processes, and extraordinary technical support are planned
and executed in this phase. At the end of the designated extra-care period,
sustaining production support processes planned in final preparation and
executed as part of go-live support become the core support for continuous
improvement in the on-going solution.

Phase 6: Operate

The primary goal of this phase is to ensure the operability of the solution.

Each phase has a set of deliverables that are produced during the duration of the
phase and serve as the input to follow-up phases. Each deliverable provides list
of Outputs it consists of and Methods that are used to produce the deliverable.

Solution operations are initially set up during the implementation project. The
primary goal of this phase is to further optimize and automate the operability of
the solution. Operability is the ability to maintain IT systems in a functioning
and operating condition, guaranteeing systems availability and required
performance levels to support the execution of the enterprise’s business
operations.

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