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Agile SAP - introduction
Mendel Koerts
ENSEAD Advisory
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- 2. Delivering SAP projects has its known
challenges…
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• Often costs more than expected
• Often takes longer than expected
• Often differs from what was expected
- 3. But what if we…
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• Freeze budget
• Freeze timelines
…and focus on a working product?
• Freeze quality
- 4. When we freeze budget, timeline, and quality, the
only variable left is scope – the basics of Agile
As per the Agile Manifesto “Agile” methodologies value:
Individuals and interactions over Processes and tools
Working software over
Comprehensive
documentation
Customer collaboration over Contract negotiation
Responding to change over Following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right,
the items on the left are valued more.
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- 5. Okay but…
…can we apply this to SAP?
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Gartner (2010): ‘Agile is now a mainstream, mature and proven set of development methods.’
- 6. SAP has adopted Agile practices in ASAP 8. The
so-called Sprint is at the heart of it
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Source: SAP AG
A Sprint has a fixed time window, always the same.
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- 8. Agile SAP projects only form one part of
responsive IT organisations…
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• Fights with Support & Operation teams over
resources, especially scarce ones
• Fights with business over project priorities
and time-to-market for changes or fixes
…which is why you should consider scaling up Agile
• Fights with Support & Operations teams over locked
objects and transports
- 10. Agile SAP is…
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• Taking the sting out and become
the bee’s knees
• Fitting in with your surroundings
in the blink of an eye
• Unclipping your wings and reach
new heights
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