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The Road to Simple:Accelerate S/4HANA Adoption with Automation

Erin BurkeDirector, Product Marketing

Application LandscapeFragmenting

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Digital Business ProcessesComplex

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What is S/4 HANA?• Introduced in 2015, with phased rollouts of SAP modules• Next generation of SAP R/3• Slow customer adoption due to non-trivial upgrade• Key features

• In-memory database (HANA)• Faster, smaller footprint

• Simplified data model (HANA)• Real time business process information, no more manual data consolidation, all

business connected instead of independent updates• New user experience (Fiori)

• Role oriented. View from mobile, desktop, tablet devices with Fiori• Choice of deployment (On-premise, hybrid, cloud. Multi-tenancy.)

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Challenges in Upgrading to S/4HANA• Requires upgrade to the latest version of SAP • Complete database change• Time and budgetary issues• Requires downtime as migration takes place in waves• Many tcodes no longer exist in S/4 processes• Custom processes are difficult (or impossible) to migrate• New user interface (Fiori) requires learning curve• SAP S/4HANA releases fix packs every quarter

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Challenges in Upgrading to S/4HANA: Fix Packs

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Development Cycle Integration Test Release

Pain Points• Fixpacks released every quarter• If there are issues, client must upgrade to

latest fixpack for support• Can cause substantial upgrade delays

Automation Advantage• Worksoft Certify® automates testing, and does

not need to be rewritten after applying a fixpack• Worksoft Impact identifies what has changed• Worksoft Execution Manager runs tests overnight

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Migration Paths to S/4HANA are Non-Trivial

New (Greenfield)New installation of ECC6 minimum EHP level with S-

Innovation package (e.g., SAP Simple Finance, on-premise edition 1503)

SAP Installed Base(Brownfield)

SAP Business Suite on any DB

SAP Business Suite on HANA

1) Upgrade to ECC6 minimum EHP level2) Migrate database to SAP HANA3) Install S-Innovation package (i.e. SAP Simple Finance)

Install S-Innovation package (i.e. SAP Simple finance)

SAP S/4HANA

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The Outside-In Approach

Automate End-to-End Processes Ensure that test automation covers not just the entry application but also all back-end applications and their integrations Identify all business process variations and check them too

Focus on the End User Understand how end-users use the application Create business scenarios to reflect this usage

Test ContinuouslyHaving automation in place allows you to run it on-demand as well as on a daily basisUncover problems by proactively ensuring your business processes work – find problems before your users do

Scale by Using the CloudDistribute automated testing across multiple machines to achieve scale and full coverage Use a public cloud infrastructure to spin up machines on demand and spin down when automated testing is complete

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Automation Speeds Migration to S/4HANA

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• Quickly capture existing processes including custom process paths that pose the most risk during migration (Worksoft Analyze)

• Analyze impact of transport updates prior to deployment (Worksoft Impact)

• Conduct tests to ensure business process integrity (Worksoft Certify)

• Automatically generate documentation for best-practice process paths (Worksoft Analyze)

• Take the captured processes into Worksoft Certify for faster testing with better coverage

• Identify what has changed (Worksoft Impact)

• Conduct lights-out testing (Worksoft Execution Manager)

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Save Time and Resources During Planning PhaseCapture existing processes (standard

and custom) by performing business as usual. Automatically generate flow charts outlining end-to- end business processes, Certify tests, and training documentation detailing every step taken throughout the process. (Worksoft Analyze)

Quickly identify and test changes prior to rolling out SAP transports. This process must be performed multiple times to get SAP current in preparation for the S/4HANA migration. (Worksoft Impact)

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Speed up Testing Phase with Higher Regression Coverage Import captured processes taken

during the planning phase for automatic testing of the business processes. This dramatically reduces time and effort.

Identify what changes have occurred from the original process to the upgraded process with an intuitive visual interface.

Conduct lights-out testing with automated scheduling and execution across any number of physical or virtual machines.

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Test Anytime, AnywhereSeamlessly test across mobile, tablet and desktop interconnected

business processesValidate processes across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid

environments seamlessly, even processes change physical locations in phases

Test applications in new Fiori interface, and across all SAP extended applications (Concur, Hybris, etc.)

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By 2020, 60% of digital businesses will experience a major service failure because of IT teams’ inability to “manage digital risk in new technology and use cases.”

Gartner Projection

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#1 Automation Benefit? Many Views and Drivers

Quality of Worklife

Greater Staff Efficiency

Time Savings

Cost Savings

Faster Project Deployment

Fewer Production Defects

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