RISE with SAP Methodology

Transform and modernise your ERP landscape to SAP Autonomous Suite with confidence—unlocking agentic AI and enabling continuous innovation.
RISE with SAP Methodology

Confidently transform your business to be AI-ready with a proven methodology

The RISE with SAP Methodology—enabled by AI—helps you transform your business and drive continuous innovation by realising the full potential of SAP Autonomous Suite.

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Standardised framework 

Adopt SAP Autonomous Suite offerings faster and design your own transformation road map based on best practice templates.

Expert guidance  

Get tailored recommendations, continuous support, and expert guidance from SAP and validated partners throughout your journey, from discovery to innovation.

Agent-led toolchain  

Orchestrate end-to-end business transformation and accelerate migration and modernisation with AI assistants—driving continuous innovation and delivering measurable value while reducing costs and complexity.

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Agent-led transformation

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Standardised framework

We distill thousands of past implementations to develop a tailored project plan for your use cases. Recommendations, guidelines, and checkpoints empower you to build a tailored road map grounded in proven best practices.

STEP 1

Discover

Analyse as-is situation, define project scope, plan project, and request project approval.

STEP 2

Prepare

Initiate project preparation and team onboarding by establishing a customised roadmap, including AI activation and a clear success plan.

STEP 3

Explore

Explore capabilities and AI scenarios, run fit-to-standard analysis, and define required extensions.

STEP 4

Realise

Realise value through solution adoption according to your project scope, while managing change and ensuring user adoption.

STEP 5

Deploy

Deploy the configured productive system and ensure quality by conducting final testing.

STEP 6

Run

Run with operational excellence and detect opportunities for continuous innovation.

Accelerate your journey to SAP Autonomous Suite with an agent-led toolchain

Position your enterprise to continuously innovate and capitalise on future developments with an agent-led toolchain that accelerates your transition to SAP Autonomous Suite, modernises your business, and drives continuous improvement. AI assistants take over resource-intensive tasks, reducing time and effort during migration and modernisation.

Our agent-led toolchain helps you transform across all dimensions:

People

  • Guide your organisation through technological change, drive effective adoption, and train employees using innovative e-learning content with WalkMe.

Processes

  • Analyse, manage, and optimise your business processes with SAP Signavio solutions to achieve agility that drives successful change and value generation.

Data

Applications

  • Orchestrate your transformation project with SAP Cloud ALM using SAP Activate project road maps with quality gates and checkpoints for each phase of your journey.
  • Analyse, align, design, and reduce the complexity of your IT architecture to meet your transformation goals using SAP LeanIX solutions.
  • Extend, adapt, and automate SAP Cloud ERP to meet your unique needs with Joule Studio, following clean core principles for continuous innovation.
  • Seamlessly connect and automate your entire business ecosystem using SAP Integration Suite, a secure, AI-enhanced platform designed to simplify connections, automate processes, and drive digital innovation.
  • Accelerate innovation and minimise risk with SAP enterprise application quality assurance solutions by Tricentis, an end-to-end testing solution that automates and optimises testing processes, ensuring fast and reliable software delivery.

New migration and modernisation accelerators

Get support for your most complex, time-intensive transformation activities with AI assistants, including:

  • System Analysis: Builds a trusted, customer‑specific system baseline for a clear starting point.
  • Custom Code: Modernises custom code to reduce technical debt and enable clean core.
  • Data Management: Prepares and migrates data into a governed cockpit to improve speed.
  • Configuration: Optimises system configurations based on best practices and customer needs.
  • Test Management: Automates test scope, data, and execution for testing.
  • Rollout: Manages global rollouts with template comparison and automated localisation.
  • Project Management: Delivers end‑to‑end guidance, decision support, and training.

Featured resources

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RISE with SAP Methodology deep dive

Learn how the methodology is designed to help organisations successfully transform their businesses while meeting project and financial goals.

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Kickstart your transformation

Learn how the transformation preparation service—part of the SAP Cloud ERP Private package—can help you design a personalised journey.

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Digital discovery assessment toolkit

Explore how this tool in the discovery phase of RISE with SAP Methodology enhances decision-making processes to achieve your business goals.

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SAP Cloud ERP Private package

Discover the new SAP CLoud ERP Private pakage for existing SAP on-premises customer that accelerates your cloud ERP transformation.

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Our global network of partners

Help ensure a smooth and successful transformation journey with new enhanced competencies and tailored solutions from a rich community of SAP partners.

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Explore the RISE with SAP Methodology blog series

Discover the new five-part blog series and learn how the RISE with SAP Methodology delivers structure, clarity, and support for business transformation.

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SAP Preferred Success

Explore a service for enhanced support through a proactive partnership, insight-driven recommendations, release guidance, targeted learning programmes, and service-level agreements (SLAs).

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SAP MaxAttention

Discover a premium-level engagement and tailored service plan with a single point of contact and clear, streamlined responsibilities.

Frequently asked questions

The key components of the RISE with SAP Methodology better address the needs of existing on-premises SAP ERP customers. These enhancements include a richer onboarding experience, including enablement on Business Transformation Management tools, SAP BTP, SAP Build, a clean core-focused success plan, and the transformation preparation service for SAP Autonomous Suite.

The transformation preparation service is available to all customers who purchase the Cloud ERP Private package as one of the entitlements.

Quality gates are checkpoints at the end of each phase of RISE with SAP Methodology where you complete a questionnaire. Based on your input, SAP experts respond with feedback and recommendations for next steps and actions to guide your transformation journey.

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