SAP Solution Manager 7.2at Yorkshire Water

Dave HaywardYW Platform Architect for SAP

Executive Summary• 11 years at Yorkshire Water

• 9 years SAP experience

• SAP Basis background

• Technical Stream lead for SAP Programme @ YW

• (Leeds United fan)

About me…

Executive Summary• A brief history of Solution Manager @ YW

• YW SAP Programme – where are we now?

• Why choose Solution Manager 7.2 when we did?

• Our Roadmap for Solution Manager…

• SAP Focused Build for Solution Manager 7.2

Agenda

Solman 7.1

Solman7.0

Solman 7.2

A History of Solution Manager at Yorkshire Water

The Early Days…• Some experimenting (when time allowed)• Logical systems & Early Watch

Forced upon us!• We could not work without it• Re-implementation for upgrade• Dual landscape (dev and prod)

Adoption & Exploitation• Significant scope increase• Another re-implementation• Engagement with SAP• Central to the implementation of our SAP

Programme

Prep

Phase

High Level Design

Detailed Design

Realisation (Build)

Realisation (Test)

Final Prep & Go-Live

Support

Solution Manager 7.2 Deployment

YW SAP Programme – Where are we now?

• Tender process and SI Partner agreed (Cap Gemini)

• Process Streams established and L3 Business Processes agreed

• Detailed Design underway

- Process mapping (L4/L5) and clarification with the business

- Development environment build and sign-off

- DD documentation sign-off

• Realisation (Build) due to start…

Standard

Simple

Easy

Fast

Future Proof

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Why choose Solution Manager 7.2?

• Risk based approach

• Solman 7.1 End of Life soon

• No incumbent testing tool(s) at YW

• Programme Principles – Future Proof

• More effective Design, Build and Run functions for

SAP BAU

Solution Manager Roadmap at YW…

References SAP Solution Manager Roadmap

Functional areas of Solution Manager in scope (with current RAG status)…

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Post DD

Mandatory Configuration Managed Systems Setup 2-Tier Landscape

CHaRM Controlled

Project & Maintenance Branch Production Branch

Managing our Business Processes

• SAP Programme:

– Control, governance and integration of key process areas (CHaRM to

Test Suite)

• Run (planned):

– Change Control, Repeatable testing of Business Processes

DEV QA PRD

Release 1

…Release n

Document Approvals

Document Authoring and Review Process

Assigned (5%) In Progress (10%) In Review (60%) QA Check (90%)Awaiting Approval

(95%)Approved –

LOCKED (100%)

Formal schema for Solution Documentation

Feedback log populated Digital Signatures used

SAP Focused Build for Solution Manager 7.2

Solution Manager addon providing further

integration and support for large implementations

Thanks for listening!

Time to eat…