SAP Learning Approach

From beginners to expert should follow the below learning model of SAP learning. Based on your requirement any one can join anywhere for Skill development.

OpenSAP: Anyone can open an account here through a valid e-mail address.  You get free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), podcasts, and microlearnings. You get SAP’s latest innovations and how to survive in the digital economy relevant topics & certifications. Most of the courses are designed weekly manner. You have to watch the video & ppt. After completing learning you have to pass MCQ exam for getting a digital badge & certification.

SAP Learning Hub: SAP Learning Hub solution offer three types of Hub. Here, you get training anytime and you access all learning material 2. Based on your offer some extend you get SAP system live access & do certification exam.

• SAP Learning Hub, Professional Edition
• SAP Learning Hub, Solution Edition
• SAP Learning Hub, Business Edition

Instructor-led SAP training: Instructor-led courses available online or near you, search course codes, or get guidance on a specific training path. This online course you can join virtually from anywhere. But course time is pre-schedule. Comeperatively the instrctor-led SAP training is expensive.

SAP Global Certification: For doing SAP global certification, you can join online exam from anywhere. You have to buy SAP Certification Hub & take exam schedule. Before joining ceritifation exam self-study or SAP project or SAP user experience require. 

SAP Certification Overview

SAP certification one of the prestigious certifications around the globe. SAP certification learning helps the candidate to get up-to-date knowledge. Some job positions SAP certification remains mandatory. Today, SAP offers more than 150 certification exams in up to 9 languages from the associate to the professional level- including SAP cloud solutions.

Every certification exam has a certification code. Below the link, you get the details about the available certification list.

https://training.sap.com/certification/validity  

Passing the SAP Global Certification exam requires dedicated preparation and knowledge. Books you can buy from SAP Press. The link is given below

https://www.sap-press.com/

All SAP Global Certification exams are available online in the cloud, as a service. It means that you can take any certification exam at any time, from the comfort of your home or office.

For more details below video, links help you more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYzddJkrjbI&ab_channel=SAPTraining%26Adoption 

Project Management in Focused Build

 Project Management in Focused Build offers  the following benefits

• ▪ Building the bridge between PMO team and functional teams

• ▪Integrated project management that allows agile and classical methods for implementation projects

• ▪Full transparency about solution readiness, progress, risks, issues, due dates, test results via dashboards

• ▪Preconfigured project templates to jump start Requirements-to-Deploy project

• ▪Possibility to adjust the project structure to the required number of waves and sprints

• ▪Assign the backlog of work packages and work items to waves and sprints following the Scaled Agile approach

• ▪Project Management covers the complete range from planning to execution up to the project end ...Excel free

The Basic Of Agile Method

The Basic Of Agile Method ( SAP Activate methodologies)

• ITERATIVE - Frequent Inspection & adoption 
• PEOPLE CENTRIC - Trust, Self-organizing teams and individuals
• FOCUS - The team focuses on one thing at a time until it's done
• CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM - Face to face communication / no silos
• CONSTANT LEARNING - Better fail early to learn fast and improve
• ADAPTIVE LEARNING - To hit a moving target

Program Management Challenges of SAP S/4 HANA Projects

Project Management in SAP Focus Build

SAP Focused Build

• Is an add-on solution for SAP Solution Manager 7.2 containing pre-configurations for agile use in projects.
• Enables you to jump-start SAP Solution Manager for your innovation project.
• Consumes best practice content and provides a workflow-supported methodology for all project phases and project transparency on all activities.
• Includes additional UIs, features, and dashboards on top of standard SAP Solution Manager.

Utilizing SAP Focused Build, there is an integration between the Project Manager and the project at hand. Allowing for the project to become Agile.

Focused Build will provide a single source of truth and is the hub for all management activities and all aspects of the SAP solution lifecycle and agile processes:

• Portfolio and Project Management
• Process Management
• Requirements Management
• Change Control Management
• Release Management
• Test Suite

SAP Focus Build fully supports SAP activate and Agile methodology. Through the SAP Focused Build Delivery Platform, your business processes drive IT and you can build what the business needs right when they need it, through integration and openness, you have a lifecycle platform for managing processes, applications and systems, and for SAP and non-SAP you will get an out-of-the-box implementation and operations content.

Few Important LinK:

https://support.sap.com/en/alm/focused-build.html

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/WIKI+Focused+Build

https://open.sap.com/courses/solman2

https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/Focused_Build_Focused_Insights/270/en-US?task=use_task

https://wpb101101.hana.ondemand.com/wpb/wa/wa/~tag/published/index.html?library=library.txt&show=group!GR_267560D84F4CD84#group!GR_8C42B385FFEA39A1&show=group!GR_267560D84F4CD84&library=library.txt

Different Variant of SAP implementation methodologies

 New Implementation

• SAP S/4 HANA (On-premise)
• SAP Business Suite (SAP ERP, SAP CRM, SAP SRM etc.)

Old Methodology: ASAP

New Methodology: SAP Activate methodology for on-premise edition

• SAP S/4 HANA Cloud - enterprise, marketing, project services
• SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Sales Cloud, SAP Service Cloud, SAP Ariba etc. 

Old Methodology: SAP Launch

New Methodology: SAP Activate methodology for on-premise edition

System Conversions

• SAP S/4 HANA (On-premise)

Old Methodology: N/A

New Methodology: SAP Activate methodology for System Conversion

Selective Data Transitions (Landscape Transformations)

• SAP S/4 HANA (On-premise)
• SAP S/4 HANA Cloud - enterprise, marketing, project services

Old Methodology: N/A

New Methodology: SAP Activate methodology for selective data transitions