SAP Community Call for ALM
November 15, 2023
CXS Customer Communications and Relations, SAP SE

PUBLICIntroduction

SAP Community Call for ALM: Agenda for November 15, 2023

ALM Community News
News from SAP Product Support
Focus topics-News in Focused Build SP13-

Updates: Transition to SAP Cloud ALM

Interactive Poll
Upcoming Events and Webinars
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Speakers & Background Experts

Tonja Kehrer

Jörg MarenkCay Rademann© 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLICBen Schneider

Evan Stoddard

4The Application Lifecycle Management Product Portfolio of SAP+

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ALM Community News

ALM Community NewsSAP Cloud ALM as central
monitoring for SuccessFactors toS/4HANA integration© 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLICSAP ALM API &Integration: How to use
the SAP Cloud ALM
Raw Data Metrics API

Organize your documentation inSAP Cloud ALM

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Community News

1.

Join the ALM Community

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Follow the tags
SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, SAP
Focused Run

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Ask your questions to peers and experts!

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Focus topic: News in Focused Build SP13

If a standard solution is not enoughDefinition of custom fields for all transaction types in Focused Build▪
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Requirements
Work Packages
Work Items
Defects
Defect Corrections

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Risks
Requests for Change
Urgent Changes
Normal Changes
Standard Changes

Several possibilities to influence the behavior of custom fields▪ process type specific customizing (visibility, sequence, obligatory)▪ process type status editability customizing (e.g. all custom fields are editable instatus XYZ)▪ custom field status editability customizing (e.g. one custom field is editable instatus XYZ and ABC)▪ influence via BAdI (all above + individual demands, e.g. dependencies between
custom fields)© 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ PUBLIC10Demo

What we want to ship in addition▪

Simplified rescheduling for projects▪

Status switch of WP/WI dependent on KPI-status▪

Log on to cloud and Java system from Work Item▪

Display the Retrofit-status of change documents inRelease Dashboard▪

additional filters in Solution Readiness Dashboard toimprove usability▪

move of FB-specific functionality on managed systems
to ST-PI (affected: XLD, Cut Over, Test System Refresh,Repack, Retrofit for BW, Template Protection, ResetReport)▪

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Focus topic: Transition to SAP Cloud ALM

I want to transition from SAP Solution Manager*

NowMid 2024

Use your transition to rethink and simplify your ALM processes.
Public*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 needs to be at least at SPS15 for successful transition.

Transition How-To

PublicFacts

The transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM is a combination of▪ setting up a “greenfield” SAP Cloud ALM▪ activating SAP Cloud ALM use cases you want / need to use▪ selectively migrating data in some capabilities

Depending on your SAP Solution Manager footprint, different activities at different
points in time are possible.

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What can you do NOW, when…
What can you do NOW, when…

Next steps (“Now”)… you only use SAP Solution Manager for Monitoring &Operations, but not for Solution Documentation or Testing, orChange Control?

Understand the different operations use cases in SAP Cloud ALM,
Request your own tenant, and start using SAP Cloud ALM forOperations… your company is starting a cloud implementation project (i.e.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP SuccessFactors)?

Set up SAP Cloud ALM and use it for the implementation project… you have invested in Solution Documentation and/or Test Suite
in SAP Solution Manager 7.2?

Continue to use SAP Solution Manager, follow the SAP Cloud ALM
roadmap for migration tools & best practices, and evaluate SAP Cloud
ALM for Operations… you are using Change Request Management (ChaRM) and/or
are in a regulated environment?

Continue to use SAP Solution Manager, follow the SAP Cloud ALM
roadmap for migration tools & best practices, and evaluate SAP Cloud
ALM for Operations

PublicThis is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

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Transition aspects:▪ Re-engineer and simplify your existing ALM processes based on latest

innovations in the cloud▪ Implement innovative ALM processes based on a modern platform

High-level transition steps▪ Perform initial transfer for selective data (i.e. by Solution, Branch, Scope)▪ migrate data from more than one SAP Solution Manager 7.2 (optional)▪ Retire your old landscapePublicThis is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

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Test Management:

Transition aspects:▪ Re-engineer and simplify your existing ALM processes based on latest innovations in the cloud▪ Implement innovative ALM processes based on a modern platform

High-level transition steps▪ Perform initial transfer for selective data (i.e. by Solution, Branch, Scope)▪ Manual test cases which are part of the scope will be transitioned▪ For automated test cases, different options are planned:▪ Moving from any test automation tool to SAP S/4HANA Cloud: no transition required▪ Moving from any test automation tool to SAP S/4HANA private or on-premise: New test case creation needed▪ Moving from Tricentis Test Automation with SAP Solution Manager: migration option planned for 2025*
Public* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

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In Change Control Management, data migration is not provided.
Your transition in this capability depends on your footprint / actual usage of Change Request
Management (“ChaRM”) in SAP Solution Manager.
▪ You are not using ChaRM → Deployment Management in SAP Cloud ALM might improve yoursoftware logistics and help stabilizing your environment. As setup and onboarding efforts arefairly low, this might be a quick win!
▪ You are using ChaRM → make yourself familiar with deployment management in SAP Cloud

ALM, follow the SAP Cloud ALM roadmap and move when all you need is there!
▪ You are using ChaRM in regulated environments / complex landscapes → Follow the SAP

Cloud ALM roadmap and wait, until functionality and best practices are available

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Operations

In all monitoring / operations capabilities, data migration is not provided.

Steps for transition:▪ Familiarize with the SAP Cloud ALM for operations use cases▪ Set up SAP Cloud ALM▪ Configure the capabilities you want to use▪ Sunset monitoring activities in SAP Solution Manager

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Prepare & Execute

PublicPlanning a Transition Project
SAP Readiness Check for SAP Cloud ALM

Description of scoped
SAP Cloud ALM capabilities

SAP Solution
Manager usage& planning

Equivalent
Capabilities inSAP Cloud ALM

Scope ofTransition
Project

Comparison of capabilities
in SAP Solution Managerand SAP Cloud ALM

Other SAP ALM products(“friends of ALM”)
Services

On topcapabilities inSAP Cloud ALM

PublicMigration concepts

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Guidance and Support for the Transition to SAP Cloud ALMSAP supports you with
▪ Readiness Check for SAP Cloud ALM▪ Transition methodology to SAP Cloud ALM*
▪ Roadmap and Implementation Services▪ Tools for selected data transfer of solution

documentation and test cases*▪ APIs for data transfer and 3rd-party integration▪ Guidance for typical customer situations▪ All you need to know in the SAP Support Portal

Use your transition to SAP Cloud ALM to rethink and simplify your ALM processes

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Transition Center in SAP Support PortalYour one-stop spot for all the information
around the transition to SAP Cloud ALM!
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General information▪

Functional comparison and transitionguidance▪

Transition recommendations and strategy▪

Additional resources, videos and documents

Transition CenterPublic

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Six steps to success!

1) Prepare and learn about SAP Cloud ALM
2) Use the SAP Readiness Check for SAP Cloud ALM as astarting point
3) Assess your as-is ALM footprint, estimate your to-be ALM
processes
4) Get familiar with SAP Cloud ALM on your own tenant5) Evaluate service offerings from SAP or partners to supportyour transition

6) Plan your move - not as one big project, but as a step-bystep based approach!

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Poll

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