Cost, Partners & Implementation
What does a next-gen SAP Ariba implementation project look like?
Short answer
Most next-gen SAP Ariba projects follow SAP Activate phases: Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy and Run. In practice this means assessing needs, designing to standard, configuring and integrating, testing with business users, going live and then optimising.
Phases
- Discover: business case, scope and readiness assessment.
- Prepare: plan, team, governance and system access.
- Explore: fit-to-standard workshops and design decisions.
- Realize: configuration, integrations, data migration and testing.
- Deploy: training, supplier enablement, cut-over and go-live.
- Run: hypercare, then continuous improvement and new releases.
Keys to success
- Strong business ownership and a decision-maker on the project.
- Fit-to-standard mindset.
- Early integration and data work.
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