Technical Upgrade Management

Goals

• Learn about SAP’s standards and best practices for successful upgrade and enhancement package implementation projects
• Understand the major technical risks and challenges within such projects
• Learn about SAP tools and methods supporting upgrades

Audience

• Upgrade project manager
• Other project team members with cross-topic responsibility in upgrade projects
• SAP IT manager and members of the IT program office
• Technical quality managers and solution architects

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of SAP Netweaver architecture
• Basic knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management of SAP solutions
• Basic knowledge of the SAP Solution Manager

• IT project management experience

Course based on software release

• SAP Solution Manager 7.1

Content

• Introduction to SAP Upgrade and Maintenance Management
• Solution Transition Management
• • IT roadmap
  • Determining Solution Landscape Dependencies
  • Transition Roadmap Evaluation - Special Topics
• Upgrade & Maintenance Project Planning
• • Definition of upgrade approach
  • Project Cost Drivers and Timelines
  • Project Roles and Responsibilities
• Upgrade & Maintenance Project Realization
• • Maintenance: Support Package Installations
  • Maintenance: Enhancement Package Installations
  • Upgrade: Release Upgrades
• Key Focus Area: Application Adjustments
• Key Focus Area: Test Management
• Key Focus Area: Business Downtime Management
• Collaboration with SAP and SAP Solution Manager

Notes

• The course does not introduce fundamentals of SAP Netweaver system administrations
• The course does not the introduce the system administration tasks to upgrade or deploy SAP software
• The course material is only available in English language

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