Implementation Methodology: SAP Activate for SAP Sustainability Solutions Portfolio
Sierra SBC uses the SAP Activate methodology for SAP Sustainability Solutions Portfolio. SAP Activate is comprised of project plan phases, deliverables, tasks, content, and tools to help guide the project team and accelerate the implementation. It includes the following phases:
Discover - Understand the functionality of SAP Cloud for Sustainable Enterprises and how these solutions can bring benefits to the business.
Prepare - Perform the initial planning and preparation for the project. In this phase, the project is started, plans are finalized, project team is assigned, and work is under way to start the project optimally.
Explore - Perform a fit-to-standard analysis to validate the solution functionality included in the project scope and to confirm that the business requirements can be satisfied. Identified delta configuration values are added to the backlog for use in the next phase.
Realize - Incrementally build and test an integrated business and system environment that is based on the process requirements identified in the previous phase and captured in the backlog. During this phase, the project team loads customer data into the system, plans adoption activities, and prepares cutover plans and plans for operationally running the solution.
Deploy - Set up the production system, conduct cutover, confirm customer organization readiness, and switch business operations to the new system.
Run - Further optimize and automate the operability of the solution. Operability is the ability to maintain IT systems in a functioning and operating condition, guaranteeing system availability and required performance levels to support the execution of the enterprise’s business operations.