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The Road to Simple:
Accelerate S/4HANA Adoption with Automation
Erin Burke
Director, Product Marketing

2. Application Landscape
Fragmenting
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3. Digital Business Processes
Complex
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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 level
2) Migrate database to SAP HANA
3) 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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8. 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 Continuously
 Having automation in place allows you to run it on-demand as well as on a daily basis
 Uncover problems by proactively ensuring your business processes work – find problems before your users do
Scale by Using the Cloud
 Distribute 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
Design
and Size
Plan Procure
Detailed
Design
Deploy Test
Time
• 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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10. Save Time and Resources During Planning Phase
 Capture 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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11. 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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12. Test Anytime, Anywhere
Seamlessly test across mobile, tablet and desktop interconnected
business processes
Validate 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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13. 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
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Quality of Worklife
Greater Staff Efficiency
Time Savings
Cost Savings
Faster Project Deployment
Fewer Production Defects
7%
9%
18%
18%
23%
23%
Percentage of respondents
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