What can companies do to prepare to move to the cloud - prior to even buying SAP?

[deborah_kaplan]

What are our best practices to help clients get ready to move to a new ERP system? Data Cleansing, Change Management and how much time do they need to spend?

[OwenLiu]

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[Y_Lou · Accepted solution]

Hi Debora,

SAP Activate methodology developed by SAP helps implementation team to accelerate implementation of cloud solutions. It is vital to have a "Cloud Mindset" and follow principles of SAP Activate. It outlines important details, comprised of Phases, Deliverables, and Tasks, and Accelerators(composed by relevant deliverables and tasks).

SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition (3-system landscape)

SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition (2-system landscape)

Marco's blog Successful SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, implementations and ongoing operations – My experience... also talks about his experience in project implementations, which shows some essential points by stages: before the implementation project, during the implementation project, after Go-Live and ongoing operations.

What's more, you may find SAP Activate Community for more details.

Hope it can help. Thank you.