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Application Lifecycle Management mit dem SAP Solution Manager

Dr. Matthias Melich Application Lifecycle Management SAP AG January 2010

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

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Application Lifecycle Management from SAP A Comprehensive and Integrated Solution


Provides processes, tools, services, and an organizational model to manage SAP and non-SAP solutions throughout the complete application Lifecycle

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

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SAPs Commitment to Measurable Support KPIs


Application Lifecycle Management as Important Value Enabler
Business Continuity

Business Process Improvement


Increase number of days without an outage Reduce mean time to resolve Reduce overall incidents

Number of emergency changes Impact of change Number of failed changes

Protection of Investment and Accelerated Innovation


Reduced Total Cost of Operations


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

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Customer Proof Points


Application Lifecycle Management is Real
Business Continuity
By eliminating recurring problems, SAP Solution Manager has let DuPont improve system availability by 18% and reduced average system response time by 58%.
Michael J. Stoko, Director Global Operations, Du Pont

Business Process Improvement


System successfully supported Unilever end-ofyear business target of shipping $732 million without any performance issues.
Irlei Homero, IT Application Services Manager, Unilever Americas

Protection of Investment and Accelerated Innovation


We implemented enhancement package 3 . In comparison to the upgrade from R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0 we could reduce the costs for installation, configuration, test & go-live of EHP3 by almost 10 times.
Didier Magnien, Director Global SAP Systems, Sappi Limited

Reduced Total Cost of Operations


Realized Benefits due to E2E Solution Operations: Up to $ 5 million (one time) due to performance optimization, up to $10 million p.a. due to data volume management, and IT Operations productivity increased by 100%.
Rinat Gimranov, CIO, Surgutneftegas

Customer Quotes Program at http://service.sap.com/customerquotes

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Application Lifecycle Management


An approach in six phases of ITIL application management
Upgrade Management Comprehensive project support
for release transitions

Solution Documentation Central documentation of processes, system landscape,


custom code, partner applications,

Maintenance Management Management of corrective


software packages

Solution Implementation Discover and realize enhanced

business functionality Avoid disruption of business

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

Template Management Standardize configuration across


multiple projects

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

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Design Phase
Rapid prototyping and clear project scope

Application Lifecycle Management assets


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

Less work for specifications through rapid prototyping

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Enhanced Business Blueprint with SAP Solution Manager 7.1


SAP Solution Manager - SAP Gui

Enhanced Business Blueprint

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Blueprinting with SAP Solution Manager


Architecture (As Is)
Access via classic SAPGUI

SAP Solution Manager

BPR/ Templates

Project/ Solution Directory

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Enhanced Business Blueprint


Architecture (To Be Alternative to SAP GUI)
Access via RCP Client for modeling

SAP Solution Manager


Composition Layer
Access to additional content sources

BPR/ Template

Project/ Solution Directory

SOA content, Solution Maps, Composites

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Enhanced Business Blueprint


Key Message and Working Model
Key Message

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

How to work with the RCP client


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

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Dokumentation Ihrer Lsung im SAP Solution Manager


23. Februar 2010; 16:15 17:00; Themenblock F Henrik Zimmermann, SAP

Build & Test Phase


Save up to 30% costs while improving quality

Application Life-Cycle Management assets


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

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SAP Test Management


Options for SAP Customers based on SAP Solution Manager 7.1
SW Change Test Scope Identification Test Planning Test System Setup Test Execution Test Reporting Change Deployment

Test Option 1
SAP Solution Manager

Manual tests

SAP Solution Manager

Test Workbench
SAP Solution Manager

SAP Solution Manager

Business Blueprint
SAP Solution Manager

Test Workbench BP Change Analyzer SAP TDMS

Automated tests

Test Workbench, Work Center BW Reporting


Partner Reports & Dashboards

SAP Solution Manager

Test Automation Framework


eCATT HP QTP Certified Interface Worksoft Micro Focus

IBM Rational

Test Option 2
SAP Solution Manager

SAP TAO Business Blueprint SAP Quality Center


SAP Solution Manager
Manual and automated tests

SAP Solution Manager

Project Status Reporting SAP Quality Center

SAP Quality Center + QTP

BP Change Analyzer

SAP TDMS

Test Option 3
SAP Solution Manager

IBM Rational

Requirements Mgmt.
IBM Rational

Manual tests

SAP Solution Manager

IBM Rational

Project Status Reporting


IBM Rational

Business Blueprint
SAP Solution Manager

Quality Manager
Automated tests

Quality Manager SAP TDMS

Quality Manager

IBM Rational

BP Change Analyzer

Functional Tester

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Funktionale Tests von SAPzentrischen Geschftsprozessen


24. Februar 2010; 11:00 11:45; Arbeitsgruppe U Marcus Wefers, SAP

Deploy Phase
Go Live on time and on budget

Application Life-Cycle Management assets



Build and Test

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

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End to End Change Control


Enables one consistent quality process

Process Best Practice


Set up integrated and consistent quality process Manage projects and quality gates for solutions Impacts and risks of maintenance, enhancements or releases

Organize Change Control

Central Transport Management


Set up system landscapes and dependencies Manage synchronized transports Central logging and monitoring

Organize Transports centrally

Transport Tools
Set up transport system for one application Record, export and import changes Same tool for different applications / technologies

Organize Transports for one application

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End to End Change Control


Enables one consistent quality process

Process Best Practice SAP Solution Manager Enterprise Edition


Set up integrated and consistent quality process

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

Organize Change Control

Organize Transports centrally

Transport Tools Enhanced Change and Transport System


Set up transport system for one application Record, export and import changes

SAP NW 7.0 SPS 12

Organize Transports for one application


Managed Systems

Same tool for different applications / technologies

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Operate Phase
Safeguarded business continuity and minimized firefighting

Application Life-Cycle Management assets


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

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E2E Monitoring & Alerting im SAP Solution Manager


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Optimize Phase
Continuous, non-disruptive improvement and TCO optimization

Application Lifecycle Management assets


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

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SAPs pilot program


to identify clone programs

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.

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Requirements Phase
Innovation demand of business departments is fulfilled

Application Lifecycle Management assets


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

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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

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SAP Solution Manager 7.1


One Unified Platform Unified platform SAP Solution Manager 7.1 is based on SAP CRM7.0 EhP1, and can cover all aspects of IT service management, as well as, Application Lifecycle Management.

SAP delivers a unified platform


SAP CRM 7.0 Unified Platform SAP Solution Manager 7.0
SolMan 7.1 CRM EhP1

State

of the art user interface and ALM processes

ITIL aligned ITSM Single point

of contact for all IT related

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

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SAPs End-to-End Approach


Providing an integrated IT Management Solution
SAP Collaboration SAP Global Support Backbone & Partner Ecosystem Connectivity

IT Service Management
To Customers SAP System Landscape

Application Lifecycle Management

ERP, SCM,

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SAP IT Service Management


ITIL-compliant & externally verified IT service and support processes

Incident & Service Request Management Problem Management Change Management Knowledge Management Installed-Based & Object Management for Configuration Management) Service Level Management

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Integrated IT Management
Within Your Companys DNA
IT Service Management

Application Life-Cycle Management

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IT Service Management
Create Incident

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IT Service Management Process Incident

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Transition to SAP Solution Manager 7.x

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

the Go-Live only the new transaction types should be

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.

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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

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SAP Solution Manager Schedule


Maintenance for SAP Solution Manager 7.0 (incl. EhP1) has been extended until December 2013. The 2010 shipment features IT Service Management, and is intended for selected customers. The 2011 delivery features overall improvements for all customers.
Transition
All customers
Selected customers

SAP Solution Manager 7.0 (including EhP 1)

SAP RampUp

Maintenance

Customerspecific Maintenance

Dec

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Customers have a transition time of about 2 years to move to the next generation SAP Solution Manager
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License Options for SAP ES customers


Detailed View
Demand, Project and Portfolio Mgmt
Service, Application and Project Portfolio Mgmt
SAP IT Service Management
SAP IT Service Desk Operation Entitles the Customer to use Solution Manager for incidents, problems and changes beyond Customer Solution. Entitles the customer to use SAP CRM 7.0 for Service incidents, Service requests, Request for changes, Problems and Knowledge Articles.

Project Management

SAP CRM extensions


IT Service Management
Services Catalog (Service Design & Delivery)

SAP CRM Service SAP Interaction Center SAP Business Communications Management software

SAP Application Lifecycle Management


Enterprise Support SAP Enterprise Support entitles the customer to use SAP Solution Manager for Incidents, Problem and Change Management for Customer Solution.

SAP Solution Manager extensions

Application Lifecycle Management

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

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License Options for SAP Support customers Baseline Extension Path


SAP IT Extensions For customers who need enhanced capabilities several extensions are available:
SAP Solution Manager

SAP IT Service Desk Operation

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 Solution Manager


The Enabler for SAP Support Offerings
SAP Solution Manager continues to be the support platform tailored to your support requirements
SAP Solution Manager 7.1-2

SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EhP1

*)

SAP Enterprise Support with E2E Application Lifecycle Management

SAP Solution Manager 7.0 SAP Enterprise Support

SAP Enterprise Support with E2E Application Life-cycle Management

SAP Standard Support

SAP Standard Support

SAP Standard Support

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*) Extension of usage rights to customer solution

SAP Solution Manager


SAP Standard Support
Key Messages

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)

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SAP Solution Manager


SAP Application Lifecycle Management
Key Message
SAP Solution Manager provides integrated SAP Application Management end-to-end available via SAP Enterprise Support to enable Total Cost of Operations reduction and Business Process Improvement Roadmap of SAP Application Lifecycle Management SAP Solution Manager ALM functionality can be used for SAP Software and all IT assets and software via SAP Enterprise Support
Incident -, Problem and Change Management for customer SAP Solutions Enhanced measurement platform E2E Monitoring and Alerting End User Experience Monitoring
Optimize Design

Integration of Solution Composer Upgrade Dependency Analyzer


Requirements

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

Improvements of Business Process Change Analyzer Enhanced test automation

Customer Enablement : via SAP Expert Guided Sessions as part of Enterprise Support
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Application Lifecycle Management from SAP

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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