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With application Lifecycle management, you can implement high-quality solutions faster, and operate them at lower cost.
Our strategic values are Accelerated Innovation Lower cost of Operation Superior Quality
End-to-end Application Lifecycle Management processes Leverage best practice processes SAP Solution Manager and integrated SAP and 3rd-party management tools Optimize your tool portfolio Support & Consulting services Gain access to expert knowledge Educational services Empower your workforce Organizational Aspects Utilize best-practice methodology, organizational model, and standards
Increase number of days without an outage Reduce mean time to resolve Reduce overall incidents
On current technology stack Number of redundant custom code/ objects; functionality available on newer releases
CPU Utilization and "overall power growth rate" Storage Utilization and growth rate Run & Maintain work required for deploying support packages and enhancement packages
SAPs goal to provide a rating of application support via key performance indicators is innovative and challenging. The extensive benchmarking phase and mapping of key performance indicators to business value will allow customers to fully understand the benefits of a comprehensive support program.
Peter Wesche, research director, Gartner
Business Process Operations Ensure business continuity Provide Business KPIs Business process benchmarking Technical Operations Central monitoring & alerting infrastr. Unique End-User Experience monitoring Central administration tools Application Incident Management Integrated service desk Involvement of partners in problem resolution Provide root-cause analysis for complex
landscapes with diverse technology stacks
Test Management Change impact analysis End-to-end test management Change Control Management Integrated quality management Synchronized transports of various components Controlled and documented adjustment of business
processes incl. approval process
Design Phase
Rapid prototyping and clear project scope
Design of future solution landscape available Future business processes are defined and ready for implementation No data loss in the hand-over to build & test phase
Business benefit Lower project risk through optimized technical infrastructure planning Lower project cost though pre-configuration, roadmaps, and standardized procedures
BPR/ Templates
BPR/ Template
Enhanced modeling capabilities based on BPMN notation standards (Business Process Management Notation) Significantly increased usability and graphical modeling Access to various modeling content sources such as BPR, Template, Project content Ability to deal with Composition and SOA content
Open existing SAP Solution Manager project in RCP client Enhance blueprint structure, e.g. create new process Edit process-related contents
Transactions / Reports General/Project Documentation Business Process Flow Diagrams (SOA Services)
Interactively model structure elements in RCP client based on BPMN notation Save and write back contents to SAP Solution Manager
Note: Usage of enhanced modeling capabilities require future editing in the RCP client
Configuration is managed centrally and is guided by pre-defined configuration accelerators All scope changes are tracked and signed off All modifications are signed off by SAP Scenario-oriented testing ensures solution integrity Load tests support sizing and workload distribution Testing and key user training is executed in one step
Business benefit
Save up to 30% configuration and test costs Lower project cost and increased business continuity through reduction of unnecessary modifications
Test Option 1
SAP Solution Manager
Manual tests
Test Workbench
SAP Solution Manager
Business Blueprint
SAP Solution Manager
Automated tests
IBM Rational
Test Option 2
SAP Solution Manager
BP Change Analyzer
SAP TDMS
Test Option 3
SAP Solution Manager
IBM Rational
Requirements Mgmt.
IBM Rational
Manual tests
IBM Rational
Business Blueprint
SAP Solution Manager
Quality Manager
Automated tests
Quality Manager
IBM Rational
BP Change Analyzer
Functional Tester
Deploy Phase
Go Live on time and on budget
All stakeholder and project team member collaborate in one standardized quality process All changes are approved in quality gates and deployed in one transport consistently to the production landscape End to end scenario traces validate integration, performance and data consistency Go Live is signed off by SAP
Business benefit
Lower project risk because of synchronized deployment Higher business continuity and lower TCO by improved quality
Transport Tools
Set up transport system for one application Record, export and import changes Same tool for different applications / technologies
7.0 EHP1
Quality Gate Management Manage projects and quality gates for solutions
Change Impacts and risks of maintenance, enhancements or releases Diagnostics Change Request Management Central Transport Management
Manage synchronized transports Change &Transport System Central logging and monitoring Set up system landscapes and dependencies
Operate Phase
Safeguarded business continuity and minimized firefighting
Mission-critical processes are monitored continuously Performance and data growth rate care monitored continuously Potential disruptions are detected and resolved before the business is impacted
Business benefit
More than 99% business process availability Increased business continuity by reduced downtime Lower cost of operations as no additional tools are required, e.g. for monitoring of business processes, systems and interfaces
Optimize Phase
Continuous, non-disruptive improvement and TCO optimization
Improve usage, performance, and usability of live business-process scenarios Improve applications to fulfill regulatory, tax, or other changed legal requirements Perform technical updates to support latest OS and DB releases
Business benefit Lower TCO though: Reduction of existing database size and growth by up to 25%
Built-in tools for change and quality management Protection of investment by: Innovation without upgrades Technology upgrades and maximum time for return on investment and deployments (7-2)
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Clone programs
increases your maintenance costs and impacts your innovation
Clones of SAP objects are always out of date and there remains a risk of data inconsistencies and malfunction Clones increase the maintenance costs Clones reduce the effectiveness to be innovative Clones are an inhibitor for a clear system strategy Clones needs to be adjusted more than twice Clones cost your money and have a high impact on you TCO
SAP Similarity Finder & Dynamic Usage Detector for clone programs Find clones in your own system landscape, across systems Determine the similarity degree of your clones against SAP originals and also inherited clone versions Fast overview in an easy to use UI to manage clones Splitscreen editor to merge clone differences Enhanced attributes to support the clone retirement process Statistical information about Lines of Code, versions and related business context areas Comprehensive overview of integrated customer & enhancement techniques (User Exit, Custom Functions, Badi Implementation, Class inheritage,)
If you are interested to be part of pilot program - do not hesitate to contact the team of SAP Custom Code Management under bjoern.panter@sap.com or juergen.mahler@sap.com.
Requirements Phase
Innovation demand of business departments is fulfilled
SAP provides full visibility on innovation offerings provided by the SAP ecosystem Innovation without upgrade is provided with yearly Enhancement Packages Delta-configuration guidelines are provided for the next best business practice
Business benefit
Lower project cost by ensuring 100% visibility of business requirements and SAP options Higher business satisfaction by aligned business and IT processes
With SAP Solution Manager next Release, you have one Unified Platform for Application Lifecycle Management and IT Service Management
Our SAP Solution Manager next release SAPs End-to-End Approach Providing an integrated IT Management Solution
State
problems
Easy
extensibility beyond the customer solution to include a Shared Service Center, or other CRM capabilities the business suite Enhancement Package strategy
Aligned with
IT Service Management
To Customers SAP System Landscape
ERP, SCM,
Incident & Service Request Management Problem Management Change Management Knowledge Management Installed-Based & Object Management for Configuration Management) Service Level Management
Integrated IT Management
Within Your Companys DNA
IT Service Management
IT Service Management
Create Incident
SAP
will provide a standard upgrade for SAP Solution Manager & Incident Management will be build on new transaction types. Migration is not supported in standard package but available as a customer project. will be enhanced with knowledge articles, which replace the Solution Database. enhancements must be implemented in the CRM Web UI
Change-
Incident Management
Customer-specific UI
After
used
Old
transactions which are in process should be completed in the old CRM 5.0 UIs without migration to CRM 7.0 transaction types.
With SAP Enterprise Support you gain all innovations supporting your Application Lifecycle Management within you company.
SAP Solution Manager Maintenance and Release Strategy SAP Standard Support SAP Enterprise Support Pricing Model
SAP RampUp
Maintenance
Customerspecific Maintenance
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Customers have a transition time of about 2 years to move to the next generation SAP Solution Manager
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Project Management
IT Service Management
Services Catalog (Service Design & Delivery)
SAP CRM Service SAP Interaction Center SAP Business Communications Management software
Solution Extensions
SAP Quality Platform SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood SAP Archiving by Open Text SAP Extended Diagnostics by CA Wily
Infrastructure Management
Hardware, Network, OS, DB Infrastructure Assets and Inventory
SAP IT Service Desk with SAP Solution Manager within SAP Enterprise Support Entitles customers to use SAP Solution Manager for Incidents, Problem and Change Management for Customer Solution*.
Entitles the Customer to use SAP Solution Manager for incidents, problems and changes beyond SAP components or Customer Solution. Entitles the customer to use SAP CRM 7.0 for Service incidents, Service requests, Request for changes, Problems and Knowledge Articles.
SAP IT Service Desk in SAP Solution Manager with SAP Standard Support Entitles customers to use SAP Solution Manager for Incidents, Problem and Change Management for SAP components only.
extensions Interaction Center Integration of Communication channels Business Communication Management (BCM) Contract Management Service Order & Confirmation Management Service Plans Complaint Management Warranty Management .
*Customer Solution consists of SAP Software and all IT assets and software components that are required to complete the customers business processes as documented in the solution documentation in SAP Solution Manager, enterprise edition.
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SAP Standard Support provides e.g. new software functionality according to evolving Industry Best Practices, provides enabling of new Technologies, Technology Updates and Legal Changes as well as reactive Support capabilities and pro-active remote Services (SAP Going Live Check, SAP Early Watch Alert,.). SAP Solution Manger provides capabilities to enable the value realization of SAP Standard Support
Usage Scenarios
Maintenance Management (e.g. Maintenance Optimizer) Root Cause Analysis Tools Service Desk Implementation support (e.g. ASAP) Netweaver-based System Monitoring (e.g. CCMS) SAP Early Watch Alert
Planned capabilities:
Integrated SAP Enhancement Pack implementation (from Installation to Configuration) Service Desk based on CRM 7.0 General improvements based on DSAG feedback (e.g. SAP solution reporting)
State of the art graphical interface for business blueprinting and business process documentation Solution Documentation Assistant for non-ABAP
Business Process Monitoring for non-SAP Business Process Monitoring Templates Business Process Monitoring Benchmarking
Operate Build and Test
Deploy
Improved central Software Logistics Decision criteria for Quality Gates Integration of Quality Gate Management and Change Request Management
Customer Enablement : via SAP Expert Guided Sessions as part of Enterprise Support
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Allows implementation of highquality solutions faster and operation at lower costs Provides processes, tools, services, and an organizational model to manage SAP and nonSAP solutions Follows the six phases of ITIL application management and delivers high value for all phases of the life cycle Delivers one unified platform for IT Service Management & Application Lifecycle Management
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