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ITM202 – SAP Solution Manager Road
Map: What's the Strategic Direction?
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Las Vegas, Oct 19 - 23
Evan Stoddard
Barcelona, Nov 10 - 12
Marc Thier
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Agenda
SAP Solution Manager 7.2
Simpler business and IT alignment with new business process management
Full support for SAP HANA and SAP S/4 HANA
New user interfaces
Process Management
Requirements Management
Application and Business Process Operations
How to prepare for 7.2?
Test-drive in the Cloud Appliance Library
Preparation tools and best practices you can use today
Q&A
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2 is
coming!
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2:Get more out of your SAP investment
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 powers implementation and
eases communication with the business
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 continues focus on operations
and on IT
Highlights of the new release:
Process Management
Business value through SAP Cloud adoption
More SAP Solution Manager value through in-memory technology
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
BPM
(S/4)
HANACloud
Simpler Business / IT Alignment
with new Process Management
Full Support of
SAP Hybrid Solutions
Full Support of HANA
and S/4HANA
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2Important to Know & Your Next Steps
The upgrade from SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to 7.2 is standard
Planned
Innovations
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2 will
feature new user interfaces
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New User Interfaces in SAP Solution Manager 7.2Providing the ultimate end user experience
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 will follow the SAP
Business Suite Strategy!
• SAP Fiori Launchpad will be piloted for role-based access to
all relevant applications and Work Centers, with further steps
based on customer feedback.
• SAPUI5 / Fiori will be provided for key business-facing UIs
and mobile applications.
• Vital SAP Solution Manager UIs will be revamped
incrementally using SAPUI5 / Fiori, based on customers’
usage and demand.
• All Flash-based UIs for Run SAP applications and the
existing SAP Solution Manager dashboards are planned to
be converted to SAPUI5.
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2
Process Management
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2Process Management
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 comes with a
dramatically improved solution
documentation capability.
SAP Solution Manager solution documentation
Web-based documentation experience
Integrated BPMN process editor
Multi-level hierarchies (more than three)
Processes assembled from re-use libraries
Processes are validated and optimized continuously based
on real usage
Integrated process experience
Requirements Management
IT Project and Portfolio Management integration
Change and Request Management integration
Test Management integration
Business Process Monitoring integration
Planned
Innovations
Today, customers are challenged with synchronizing business models and processes with
IT solution documentation across build and run.
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2New architecture
The New SolutionThe Solution is the sum of a company’s systems and
processes. It acts as a container for versions of solution
documentation, one of which is the production version.
Real Project Management
Replace “underdone” Project Management with full
Project Management Suite SAP PPM – integrated into
SAP Solution Manager processes.
Change Control Management
Establish central landscape definition with Logical
Component Groups and Change Control Landscapes
which allow easy, instant and multiple re-use capabilities.
Planned
Innovations
Well-defined transition
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2 New solution concept
Planned
Innovations
The Solution is the sum of a company’s
systems and processes. It acts as a container
for versions of solution documentation, one of
which is the production version.
System
– Logical Component Groups are groups of Logical
Components. Logical components point to actual technical
systems.
Process
– A process executes functions in systems to achieve a
business goal.
Version
– Each solution documentation version is a branch.
System
Landscape
Processes (and
Libraries)
Branches
(Versions)
Solution
Sites
Interfaces
Developments
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2Graphical process modeling directly in SAP Solution Manager
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Process design in SAP Solution Manager 7.2 with libraries
Process Step Library
Production
PlanningFinance
LogisticsSales
Interfaces
Configuration Units
Executables
Business(Process View)
IT(Functional View)
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
Planned
Innovations
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This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
Target Operating
Model (for
Business)
IT Build
Model
IT Run
ModelBusiness Portal
Design Implement Operations
Publish &
Enhance
Communicate
Optimize
Business
Model
Publish
Model Companies and SAP
Best Practices
Publish
Power Designer
SAP Solution Manager 7.1Partner Tools e.g. ARIS, Signavio
Partner Tools
e.g. IBIS
Partner Tools e.g. ARIS,
Signavio
SAP Solution Manager 7.2Partner Tools
Power Designer
Planned
InnovationsSAP Solution Manager 7.2Process management capabilities – when can they be used?
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Development branch used for
major release changes
• Describes the productively
used processes and their
documentation
• Solution documentation
originals
• All changes are consolidated
here
• Represents productive versions
(former solutions)
• Definition of Global Attributes
• Maintenance branch used for
corrections
SAP Solution Manager 7.2Solution documentation lifecycle is based on branches
Development
A branch is a versioning context used for
changes to the solution documentation
Maintenance
Production
Planned
Innovations
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Demo
New solution documentation in 7.2
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New Business Process Documentation in 7.2For both IT and the business
Intuitive Process Visualization
From proprietary
system lanes…
Flexible Process Management
From a fixed 3-level
hierarchy…
To an open model that reflects
customer reality
Simplified Landscape Management
Project / SolutionsLC ERP - ECC Server DG1-100 QG1-100
LC ERP - E-Learning DG1-100 QG1-100
LC ERP - ECC-Server DG3-100 QG3-100 QG3-200
LC ERP - E-Learning DG3-100 QG3-100
From complex
grouping of systems…
System Landscape
Logical Comp. Group ERP
LC Maintenance ERP Maintenance
LC Development ERP Development
To a guided grouping of systems
based on business purpose
Easy Process re-documentation
From incomplete
documentation…
To automatic generation of
business process documentation
(technical view) based on usage
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
To system- and role-based BPMN
2.0 standard
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2 will
fully support S/4 HANA
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SAP Activate implementation methodology for SAP S/4HANABuild smart, run simple
SAP Activate:
• Is the consumption experience introduced for
SAP S/4HANA.
• Is a unique combination of SAP Best
Practices, Methodology, and SAP Guided
Configuration, delivered with a reference
solution.
• Enables customers to start fast, build smart,
and run simple while continuously innovating
with SAP S/4HANA in the cloud and anywhere.
Planned
Innovations
SAP Business
Suite(anyDB)
Managed CloudPublic Cloud
SAP S/4 HANA
on-Premise
SAP ACTIVATE
Build smart, run simple
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SAP Activate implementation methodology for SAP S/4HANABuilds on SAP Solution Manager 7.2
• SAP Activate content (Best Practices) will be fully
integrated into SAP Solution Manager 7.2.
• SAP Activate methodology will be fully integrated
into SAP Solution Manager 7.2.
• All deployment options of S4/HANA will be fully
supported through SAP Solution Manager.
• The Innovation Control Center (ICC) will fully
support S/4 HANA.
• SAP Solution Manager with SAP Activate provides
best-in-class support for configuration changes.
SAP
Activate
Methodology Guided
Configuration
SAP
Best Practices
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2
Release Management
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2The three-step approach for Release Management
Release Track
DefinitionManage Release CycleRelease Planning
Durations & Go-Live DateAssign Change Documents &
Manage Release DeploymentSystem Landscape
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2Integrated and guided release planning application
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2
Application and Business
Process Operations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2Customizable monitoring applications
Default & Customer
Specific Tabs
Resizable &
Arrangeable Views
Customizable
Tabs & Views
Management
Users can build their own Monitoring Views according to personal requirements, screen size or taste:
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2Setup business process monitoring in the solution documentation
Monitoring Objects created via
context menu (right mouse click) as
element of the process, step or
interface.
Link to the BPMon configuration UI
from the Solution Documentation.
LINKED
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Planned
Innovations
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2Business Process Monitoring application
The Business Process Monitoring
Application in 7.2 is based on MAI.
You can see the status of the last data
collection for your business processes in a
simplified tabular display, optionally per step
or interface.
In addition, you can see a graphical
representation of your business process flow.
This makes use of the new process graphic
from the solution documentation.
From both screens you can navigate to the
details of the collected metrics (e.g. last
measured value or detail list).
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Planned
Innovations
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Preparing for SAP Solution
Manager 7.2
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2 – Start your journey to 7.2 today
SAP recommends that you start preparing TODAY even if you plan to adopt SAP Solution
Manager 7.2 well after end of ramp-up.
SAP has developed upgrade support like best practices, services and analysis tools which
are planned for SAP Solution Manager 7.1
Do not hesitate to invest in solution documentation today. Follow our guidelines and you can
start benefitting now without increasing your upgrade efforts!
End 2017
End 2015
Mid2016
Ramp Up Mass adoption
= maintenance ends forSAP Solution Manager 7.1
Now is the time to start the activation process for your solution documentation!
Planned
Innovations
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
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Experience SAP Solution Manager 7.2 in CALTest-drive for a nominal fee in your own private cloud with personalization
SAP Solution Manager product management plans to make SAP
Solution Manager 7.2 available in the SAP Cloud Appliance
Library (CAL) as a free trial demo system by the start of ramp-up.
SAP plans to preload the 7.2 appliance with helpful sample projects
which customers can use for their evaluation and activation efforts.
SAP provides the powerful appliance without CAL charges.
Customers only need an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account to
test drive the SAP Solution Manager cloud appliance for as a free
trial for 30 days. Longer options are available at cost.
Planned
Innovations
SAP CAL – Your Highway to SAP Solution Manager 7.2 success!☁
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2:Get more out of your SAP investment
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
Planned
Innovations
BPM
(S/4)
HANACloud
Simpler Business / IT Alignment
with new Process Management
Full Support of
SAP Hybrid Solutions
Full Support of HANA
and S/4HANA
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Further Information
Related SAP TechEd sessions:
ITM105 - Test Management with SAP Solution Manager Version 7.2 – Overview
ITM204 - Get Started Today on Your Journey to SAP Solution Manager 7.2
ITM208 - Business Process Operation in SAP Solution Manager 7.2
ITM214 - Application Operations Overview: News About SAP Solution Manager 7.2
ITM218 - Experience the Value of Requirements to Deploy in SAP Solution Manager 7.2
ITM219 - Be Prepared for SAP ITSM and CHARM in SAP Solution Manager 7.2
ITM220 - Making the New Graphical Modeling Work for You in SAP Solution Manager 7.2
ITM265 - Experience the Value of Requirements to Deploy in SAP Solution Manager 7.2
ITM266 - How to Use the New Solution Documentation in SAP Solution Manager 7.2
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