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Working notes on decisions SAP leaders face

We publish when we have something specific to say, and each note keeps the same boundary the rest of the site does.

Three themes in dependency order Three published themes read in order: S/4HANA decisions, then clean core and BTP, then Business AI readiness. Each depends on the one before it. S/4HANA decisions Clean core & BTP Business AI Read in this order Each theme assumes the one before it Three themes in dependency order Three published themes read in order: S/4HANA decisions, then clean core and BTP, then Business AI readiness. Each depends on the one before it. Read in this order S/4HANA decisions Clean core & BTP Business AI

The through-line

Three notes, one argument

They are not independent topics. Each one assumes the question before it has been settled.

How the three themes depend on each other Three themes read in dependency order. First, S/4HANA roadmap decisions settles which transition path the estate is on. That decision determines where change is allowed to sit, which is the subject of clean core and BTP. Where change sits in turn determines whether data and process are consistent enough to support governed business AI, the subject of the third theme. Each theme assumes the previous question has been answered. Theme 01 S/4HANA roadmap decisions Which transition path, and on what evidence? Theme 02 Clean core and BTP Where is change allowed to sit, and at what cost? Theme 03 SAP Business AI readiness Is the foundation good enough to build on? Read in this order decides where change may sit decides what data can support How the three themes depend on each other Three themes read in dependency order. First, S/4HANA roadmap decisions settles which transition path the estate is on. That decision determines where change is allowed to sit, which is the subject of clean core and BTP. Where change sits in turn determines whether data and process are consistent enough to support governed business AI, the subject of the third theme. Each theme assumes the previous question has been answered. Read in this order Theme 01 S/4HANA roadmap decisions Which transition path, and on what evidence? Theme 02 Clean core and BTP Where is change allowed to sit, and at what cost? Theme 03 SAP Business AI readiness Is the foundation good enough to build on?
Three pieces, one argument. The transition decision determines where change may sit, and where change sits determines whether the data underneath is good enough to build on.

How to read these

These are working notes, not case studies. They contain no client examples, no outcome figures and no SAP maintenance dates. Where a topic is one we assess rather than implement, the note says so.

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