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Integrated Toolchain: LeanIX + SAP Cloud ALM: Auto-Discovering Your SAP Landscape

In my previous blog Here "Why the SAP Integrated Toolchain Is the Future of Digital Transformation" I introduced the Integration Gap the idea that most SAP transformation programs have the right tool...

Build a Winning IT Operating Model for Your S/4HANA Investment

Die digitale Transformation bleibt für Unternehmen ein zentrales Ziel – und mit SAP S/4HANA rückt die Frage nach einem maßgeschneiderten IT Operating Model (ITOM) in den Fokus. Wie gelingt es, die Pot...

Enhancing security: Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication enforcement for S-users

Starting from January 15, 2026, super administrators can enforce Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for their S-users. This new feature has been developed based on direct customer feedback and in respo...

How AI is changing the role of an Enterprise Architect

What skills are important for Enterprise Architects? How will AI change the EA's world and role? How can the EA community support you?

Create an Editable ALV Grid with CRUD Functionality in ABAP

ObjectiveThis program displays data from a custom table ZDB_SALES_CRUD in an editable ALV Grid. Based on user input, it allows creating new records, editing existing ones, and deleting selected entrie...

Technical AS-IS EA Canvas: Accelerating Assessments in Undocumented Environments

Tired of Incomplete AS-IS Data? Learn how to use a tactile Canvas and AI to capture tacit knowledge from stakeholders, transforming workshop discussions into structured data ready for SAP LeanIX. Stop...

The Event-Driven SAP Core: Moving from Request-Response to Real-Time Agility

<p>Most SAP landscapes still think in batches while the business expects real-time.Moving to S/4HANA alone does not make an enterprise responsive.</p><p>In this article, I explore how <strong>Event-Dr...

Creating an Interactive Editable ALV in ABAP with Header-Item CRUD Functionality

Interactive two-screen design (Header & Item)Double-click to drill down from header to itemRow-based editing using LVC_ROWMARKField-level edit control via CELLTABFull CRUD operations (Create, Read, Up...

Digital Transformation. View of an Enterprise Architect - Conway's Law

In recent years, I have participated in many discussions about the role and positioning of an enterprise architect in the context of digital business transformations. These experiences have inspired m...

Think You Know Enterprise Architecture? These 5 Insights Will Change Your Mind

Introduction: Beyond the BlueprintEnterprise Architecture (EA) is often viewed as a purely technical discipline, bogged down in complex diagrams, rigid governance, and IT-centric rules. This perceptio...

Discovery‑First AI Assessment for SAP Landscapes, An Essay

A discovery-first assessment is effective because it treats SAP AI as a process portfolio problem, not a tool problem. Artificial Intelligence conversations in SAP programs often jump straight to too...

Documenting Decisions and Exceptions in SAP Business Workflow Using OneNote

SAP Business Workflow models processes effectively, but decisions and exceptions are often documented outside the system. This post describes a lightweight way to capture that context using OneNote.

6 Steps to an AI Assessment in SAP: Discovery-First Approach

AI in SAP succeeds or fails long before implementation begins! As SAP embeds AI directly into S/4HANA and SAP BTP through capabilities like SAP AI Core & Joule, organizations face a critical question:...

The 8D Architectural Framework for SAP ERP Modernization: A Practitioner’s View

"Why Most S/4HANA Architects Are Optimizing the Wrong Dimensions: A Framework for Holistic Transformation"After 20 years architecting enterprise transformations across ABAP development, business analy...

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