How to get started with the new

ASAP Methodology For

Implementation 7.0

Ann Rosenberg, Global Business Process Management Lead, SAP FS

Global Project Management Office, External Lecturer IT University of
Copenhagen, Leading the BPM RoundTable SAP University Alliances
ann.rosenberg@sap.com

Jan Musil, Director, SAP FS Global Project Management Office

jan.musil@sap.com
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 Presentation Objective

Our objective is to educate the attendees about the new, refreshed and
streamlined ASAP implementation methodology and its use in delivery projects.

Topics covered in today’s session

Why change – new realities
What is ASAP – level set and value proposition
Key ASAP improvements including structure and taxonomy
Walk through the individual phases of project delivery
Provide links to materials and other information for further study

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 Agenda

1. Why new ASAP methodology – the new realities

Why new ASAP
ASAP business benefits
ASAP methodology overview

2. Key ASAP improvements

3. Modularity: ASAP Business Add-ons
4. High-level overview of ASAP phases

5. How to access ASAP

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 Streamlining ASAP to Facilitate Faster Time to
Value and Lowering of TCO/TCI

Customer

Quality

Lower TCI /TCO

Faster time to value (speed, scale)

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 Why new implementation approach?

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 AcceleratedSAP Methodology
Delivering Successful Solutions

Description

AcceleratedSAP (ASAP) provides a proven, comprehensive,

repeatable and rich implementation methodology to
streamline projects.
ASAP covers implementations, upgrades, strategic studies
and more.

Benefits
Reduced total cost of implementation through streamlined and modular implementation roadmap that
provides content rich implementation accelerators, templates and guides
Industry standard aligned project management process and guidelines – PMI PMBOK
Achieve transparency of value delivery through consistent business case reflection
Enables efficient project governance and quality management
Efficient guidance for SOA, BPM and traditional implementation projects
Drive combined Business Process and IT Architecture approach (E2E)
Covers entire project life-cycle – from evaluation through delivery to post project solution mgmt and
operations

More info
http://service.sap.com/asap
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 Agenda

1. Why new ASAP methodology – the new realities

2. Key ASAP improvements
Complete life-cycle coverage
Streamlined ASAP
New content areas

3. Modularity: ASAP Business Add-ons

4. High-level overview of ASAP phases

5. How to access ASAP

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 The new ASAP Methodology supporting multiple
lifecycles

Process Application Project Value

Lifecycle Lifecycle Lifecycle Lifecycle
• BPM Method • Implementation • Project • Value
• BPM Technology Methodology standards Management
• Aplication aligned with PMI • Value Tools
To
Be Management PMBOK
De System • PM Tools
sig
n

Process Owner CIO Project Manager Business Unit Owner

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 New ASAP Significantly Improves Quality of
Content Over Entire Delivery Lifecycle

Delivery Run

Project Final Go-Live

Blueprint Realization Run
Preparation Preparation Support

New ASAP extends coverage to the entire value chain

Embedding Value Management, SOA, BPM, SAP Solution Manager, …

Significantly streamlined traditional ASAP

Significantly revised content for areas like Blueprint, Testing, OCM, etc.

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 Roadmap Adds Value to the Implementation

What to do, and

when to do it

Why and how you

should do it

Accelerators,
samples, templates

Who participates

Subject area

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 Streamlined Work Breakdown Structure in
ASAP Roadmap

ASAP V3.10 –
WBS Structure New ASAP Methodology
current release (2009)

Phase Phase

Deliverable group Work stream

Deliverable Streamlined WBS Deliverable

Sub-deliverable Sub-deliverable

Activity

Task

Output

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DEMO
 Agenda

1. Why new ASAP methodology – the new realities

2. Key ASAP improvements

3. Modularity: ASAP Business Add-ons

4. High-level overview of ASAP phases
5. How to access ASAP

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 Modular content delivery through ASAP
Business Add-Ons
KEY MESSAGE
ASAP Core does not contain solution or industry specific content; Business Add-on packages deliver this
content
ASAP Core with Add-ons defines specific project deliverables (e.g. WBS)

Core ASAP 7 – common project deliverables ASAP Business Add-on – industry or solution focused

Phase Sub-Deliverable

Work stream Deliverable

Deliverable Sub-Deliverable

Scenario “Demand Planning”

Sub-Deliverable

Process 1

Process Step 1

Standard deliverables for entire delivery project lifecycle Delivers solution or industry specific
Streamlined – reduced complexity implementation content
Emphasizes new and strategic areas, e.g. Integrated Can be switched on/off based on project needs
Service Delivery, Value Delivery, Modeling, SOA etc.
Designed to support implementable
Includes standard SAP Service references
steps/solutions
Value-added accelerators, templates and samples
Establishes “anchor” points for solution/industry/project
Uses core ASAP 7 content as basis
type add-ons
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 ASAP WBS: Concept of Core and Add-Ons
Example: HR – business implementation content
KEY MESSAGE
ASAP Business Add-on delivers industry or solution specific methodology and business content for
implementation out of the box

Core ASAP – common project deliverables ASAP Add-on – industry or solution focused

Phase Sub-Deliverable

Work stream Deliverable

Deliverable Sub-Deliverable Services

Scenario
“Employee Performance Services
Sub-Deliverable
Management”
Process: Flexible
Performance Management

Process Step: Create

Corporate Goals

Business
Content

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 ASAP Business Add-ons: Deliver and Deployment
Business process implementation content

Download Deploy

Add-ons are delivered via SAP Add-ons are activated and available
Service Marketplace and BPX in SAP Solution Manager and SAP
Community Enterprise Modeling by IDS Scheer*

SAP Service Marketplace SAP Solution Manager

SAP Enterprise Modeling by IDS Scheer

SAP BPX

*Only ASAP Business Add-Ons with business process content (optional for use).

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 Agenda

1. Why new ASAP methodology – the new realities

2. Key ASAP improvements

3. Modularity: ASAP Business Add-ons

4. High-level overview of ASAP phases
5. How to access ASAP

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 ASAP Methodology for Implementation 7.0 –
Roadmap Phases

Project Final Go-Live

Blueprint Realization Run
Preparation Preparation Support

Initiate, plan Implement Initial production

and set up your business and support after
SAP project process require- cutover;
ments based transition to
on the Business support
Blueprint processes

Capture Complete the Run

requirements, preparation for implemented
document system cutover SAP solution
solution and
technical design

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DEMO
 Agenda

1. Why new ASAP methodology – the new realities

2. Key ASAP improvements

3. Modularity: ASAP Business Add-ons

4. High-level overview of ASAP phases
5. How to access ASAP

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 ASAP on BPX
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/bpx/asap

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 Modeling Handbook
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ModHandbook/SAP+
Modeling+Handbook+-+Modeling+Standards

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 Access ASAP Methodology on
https://service.sap.com/asap

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 SAP Solution Manager with ST-ICO SP25
(released in March 2010)

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 Agenda

1. Why new ASAP methodology – the new realities

2. Key ASAP improvements

3. Modularity: ASAP Business Add-ons

4. High-level overview of ASAP phases
5. How to access ASAP

6. Closing – The new driving license

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 The new driving license
The driving license to work in the “Real world BPM in an SAP
Environment”

SKILLS & RESOURCES Mindset

METHODOLOGY Core ASAP and ASAP Business add-ons

SAP Solution Manager, BPM Technology

TOOLS (Business to Model and Modeling to
execution)

Governance Link between Business Governance, Process Governance and

Management IT Governance

Trained, certified and experienced, Project Manager, BPX

TRAINING Associate and Professional
SAP UA BPM and EA Curriculum

SDN/BPX Community http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/bpx/asap

COMMUNITY http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/bpx SAP Modeling Handbook
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/bpx/bpm BPM Use Cases

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