What is RISE with SAP?
RISE with SAP helps your organization move from a legacy ERP system to SAP Business Suite, a modern, cloud-based environment.
Overview of RISE with SAP
What is the RISE with SAP journey?
The RISE with SAP journey is an end-to-end approach that facilitates digital transformation from SAP ERP to SAP Business Suite. RISE with SAP empowers you to accelerate modernization, simplify operations, and cut costs—delivering transformation with confidence and speed.
What is RISE with SAP Methodology?
RISE with SAP Methodology is a unique combination of a standardized framework, an integrated toolchain, and expert guidance. It’s designed for the transformation journey to SAP Business Suite, enhanced with AI capabilities through Joule.
How do customers benefit from RISE with SAP Methodology?
With RISE with SAP Methodology, you get a set of components to support your transformation initiatives.
Instead of working with separate guidelines and tools, SAP provides an approach that includes expert guidance informed by years of experience, helping you manage change effectively. This support is further strengthened by Joule and AI capabilities, which draw on SAP’s knowledge base and established best practices.
As a result, you can transition more smoothly and handle complex transformation processes with greater clarity, improving operational efficiency and achieving your business goals. You also gain the flexibility to adapt and innovate continuously, in line with SAP’s clean core principles.
How does RISE with SAP Methodology work?
The methodology offers a comprehensive framework to project teams throughout each phase of the transformation journey. It serves as a detailed step-by-step road map, enriched with tools, expert insights, and recommendations using Joule and AI technologies.
Components of RISE with SAP Methodology:
1. Standardized framework
Provides step-by-step guidance, defined milestones, and quality gates for a successful, tailored transformation
2. Integrated toolchain
Enables seamless collaboration between business and IT, eliminating silos and accelerating project execution
3. SAP expert guidance
Delivers recommendations and continuous innovation from discovery and onboarding through project setup, supported by qualified SAP partners
A critical component of this methodology is the concept of a clean core. A clean core refers to a set of guiding principles designed to support ongoing business transformation by creating agile, innovative, and efficient ERP systems. Particularly for existing SAP customers aiming to modernize their ERP landscape, RISE with SAP Methodology includes a success plan and quality gates within the transformation road map. This ensures adherence to clean core principles throughout each step of the journey, facilitates the agile adoption of new functionalities, and fosters continuous innovation.
Standardized framework
The framework is structured according to SAP Activate road maps. It’s organized into six distinct phases with a focus on continuous innovation.
The six phases are:
1. Discover
In this initial phase, the groundwork is laid by identifying business objectives and potential transformation opportunities. This involves assessing the current landscape and exploring solutions that align with strategic goals. The outcome is a well-defined value proposition and business case, providing a compelling justification for the investment.
2. Prepare
This phase focuses on project preparation, setting the stage for a successful transformation. Teams get onboarded, develop the project plan, establish the governance model, and equip stakeholders with the necessary tools and resources.
3. Explore
During the exploration phase, users engage deeply with the solution's capabilities and refine their requirements. Workshops and demonstrations help validate assumptions and drive informed decision-making.
4. Realize
In the realization phase, the actual configuration and development take place. Teams work on customizing processes and functionalities, ensuring alignment with the defined business needs and objectives.
5. Deploy
This critical phase involves transitioning from the previous setup to the new environment. It covers final testing, user training, and the actual deployment of the solution to the live environment to prepare for a smooth launch.
6. Run
Once deployed, the focus shifts to optimizing operations and managing ongoing support. Continuous monitoring is performed to assure peak performance and address any emerging issues.
Lastly, the framework is designed to embrace continual advancements and innovations. It encourages teams to stay agile and open to new approaches, so the solution evolves in line with the latest technological trends and business demands.
Integrated toolchain
The integrated toolchain part of RISE with SAP Methodology helps transform ERP landscapes by orchestrating change holistically across people, processes, applications, and data.
The recommended tools build the integrated toolchain and are designed to streamline the entire SAP Business Suite lifecycle—from the discover to run phases and through continuous innovation. It uses solutions from SAP and our partners to improve efficiency, collaboration, and ultimately, business outcomes. This integrated approach helps you accelerate your ERP transformation journey.
SAP expert guidance
Achieve your goals through seamless collaboration among your project team, SAP, and partners at every stage. As part of the cloud subscription, SAP provides specialized services to help you experience a swift and successful time to value.
SAP expert guidance
Your cloud subscription includes services and expert guidance for SAP Cloud ERP Private and SAP Business Suite applications at no extra cost. SAP supports your transition to SAP Cloud ERP Private with comprehensive guidance—from onboarding and transformation preparation to the quality gate process. Throughout the project, SAP specialists provide targeted insights and recommendations, reinforced by the quality gate report and the RISE with SAP Methodology dashboard, which give you clear visibility into project status, prioritized tasks, and an executive summary.
In addition, project team members can access further guidance and in-depth knowledge through Joule and AI:
Joule for SAP Activate
Joule scenarios for RISE with SAP Methodology
SAP Joule for Consultants and SAP Joule for Developers
AI-enabled integrated toolchain
SAP service and support
Additional SAP service and support offerings help ensure your success with tailored offerings at any scale and speed.
SAP partners
Many existing SAP customers choose to use their established relationships with qualified RISE with SAP partners. Others prefer to use the SAP Partner Finder to identify the most suitable partner for their projects.
Explore RISE with SAP Methodology for your organization
Maximize business value while saving time and effort. Utilize the comprehensive benefits of the thoughtfully designed components within the RISE with SAP Methodology.
This holistic approach delivers outcomes that surpass what individual components can achieve on their own. Customer outcomes include:
Up to 30% reduction in transformation costs
Up to 35% faster realization of benefits
Up to 70% increase in business agility
Up to 40% acceleration in innovation cycles
SAP’s approach helps you ensure long-term success, providing a future-ready solution that supports the business as it adapts and grows, extending benefits far beyond the initial go-live phase.
Get your organization ready to modernize, reduce costs, and innovate faster with RISE with SAP.
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