The lifecycle of any business system is inherently complex. Input and decisions are required from a variety of teams, from Finance to the IT support team. Fortunately, SAP provides lifecycle management tools that are consistently refined and includes them with their service agreements. Utilizing built-in SAP tools like Solution Manager and Cloud ALM streamlines the processes required to manage critical business systems and helps ensure a business is running at optimal efficiency. System updates can be deployed with confidence.
Manage Processes with Solution Manager
Solution Manager’s key objective is to supply companies with a single source of truth for centrally managing implementation and operational tasks. Solution Manager also deploys best-practice processes that are enabled by advanced technologies that have been strategically positioned to align departments with IT goals. Solution Manager was developed by SAP to support both on-premise and cloud based solutions. Moreover, this provides a complete set of tools to manage every step of a business system’s life cycle. No other tools can provide the same capabilities in a single solution with zero added cost.
Optimize Cloud ALM
Cloud based business systems are designed to simplify the support structure a business needs to run on those systems. However, this simplification doesn’t eliminate the need for a business to modify how these systems are implemented and integrated to meet a specific requirement. Cloud ALM was designed to support the lifecycle of SAP cloud based systems and services. Meaning, SAP designed it to support both the implementation and operational phases of SAP systems. Cloud ALM is an integral solution for all cloud-centric plans to confirm optimal use of cloud based systems.
Automate Testing with TTA
Changes to any business system requires a detailed deployment strategy. Part of this strategy is testing to guarantee a successful implementation. To help with this, SAP partnered with Tricents, a leader in testing solutions, to give SAP users access to Tricentis Test Automation for SAP (TTA) with Solution Manager 7.2 Test Management to fully manage their entire testing for any scenario. Utilizing TTA enables automated testing, streamlines the testing or QA process, and reduces the cost of the change. Once established, TTA can be used for day-to-day change management processes to ensure critical business systems are minimally impacted.