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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…