Solution Manager Roadmaps

Building an ALM Roadmap
Using the Business Process Repository (BPR)

Tony de Thomasis

Roadmap for SAP Solution Manager Adoption

Incident ,
Problem
Problem &
Request
Request
Portfolio &
Portfolio &
Management
Management Project Management
Project Management

Business
Business SolDoc &
Process
Process Implementation
Operations
Operations Single
Single
Source
Source
of Truth
of Truth
Test
Management

Application Change
Operation
Application & Release
Management
Operation Integratio
Integration
n
Validation
Validation
Maintenance
Maintenance
Optimization
Optimization

Installation, Basic Setup, Landscape Connectivity

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Solution Documentation & Implementation
ALM Adoption Path

Template
Management

Central
SolDoc/Implementation
(end user
training, tests, IMG,...)

Central Business
Process Hierarchy
Ext. Reverse
including
Modeling Process Doc.
Verification
Solution Documentation & Implementation


Test Management
ALM Adoption Path

Automated
Regression
Testing

Change Test
Impact Test Data
Analysis AutomationManagement

Central Test Organization
(unit, acceptance and integration testing)

Test Management


Change and Release Management
ALM Adoption Path

Change
Request
Management

Quality Gate Transport
Management Management.

Change and Transport Transport Analytics /
system (SAP/ Non Configuration
SAP) Validation
Change and Release Management


Incident, Problem and Change Management (ITSM)
ALM Adoption Path

Service Level
Management

Service Change
Request Request

Incident Problem Configuration
Management Management Management
Incident, Problem, Request Management (ITSM)


Live Demonstration


Selecting the ALM Roadmap
Solution Manager BPR

In your SAP Solution Manager system go to transaction
SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN
 Create a new (implementation) project

Go to transaction SOLAR01
 Mark ‚Business Scenarios‘
 Go to tab ‚Structure‘
 Choose ‚Value help‘
opening the BPR

Go to Solutions/Applications
 Go to SAP Solution Manager
 Select the scenario of your interest
 Choose the current product context, e.g.
SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EHP1


Design - Business Blueprint
Core Process Documentation

The Business Blueprint offers central, focused, up-to-date, and easy-to-
understand core process documentation. The primary focus is to document
the process steps, code, systems and interfaces.

System Documents, link Transactions, custom
information s development

3 level hierarchy
Business scenario
Business processes
Business steps

Interfaces

ALM BPR - Scenario Level
ALM Processes

ALM processes are mapped to scenarios in BPR, allowing more granular processes and
process steps


ALM BPR - Scenario Level
Linked documentation

On scenario level you typically find the following documentation linked:
Support standards
Best practice process document
Training material
Application help

One exception is
Business Process
Operations where
you find those
documents on
process level


ALM BPR - Process Level
Process Description

On process level on tab. ‘Graphic’ you find the
graphical display of the process structure


ALM BPR - Process Step Level
Detailed Application Help

On process step level on tab ‘Gen. Documentation’ you find detailed application help links
 The links are listed in the order of the typical workflow


Transactions

On process step level on tab ‘Transactions’ you find the technical objects supporting the
process step:
 Transactions
 Work Centers


Configuration Information

On process step level on tab ‘Configuration’ you find the configuration objects supporting
the process step:
 Configuration documentation
 IMG objects


Test Management
Component View

ALM Process Test Management

Process Test Scope Identification

Documentation content for Process Test Scope Identification


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