The Pilot: High Stakes

In the previous chapter, we discussed the importance of clean data and the methods, tools, and critical activities performed to migrate data from your old systems to your target S/4HANA deployment. In this chapter, we will bring the practices and approaches explained in all the previous chapters together and understand how some of the accelerators help Accelerate your Transition – as in, how they can help you shift your implementation and migration timelines left using the ready-to-use content from SAP and its partners. We will also cover some key aspects of UX strategy, which will keep you true to your business outcomes and influence user adoption. Lastly, we will run through the crucial change management considerations to ensure the successful outcome of your S/4HANA transformation and how iterative release management with hybrid and cloud deployments supports your move to the digital core in a controlled fashion, exploring continuous integration/continuous...