Archive for June 2008

In order to handle the various problems resulting from changes to a SAP landscape, it is common use to spend of lot of money on experts rushing to fix them. But there is a better alternative: Focussing on a tool-supported, automated SAP change and transport management environment, including measures to ensure consistency, can eliminate the [...]

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Nothing is more constant than change – this is also true for SAP systems. At least once a week, numerous changes of support or project organizations are moved into system landscapes and more or less automatically transported to production servers. And the more complex the solution landscape is, the higher the risk that something goes [...]

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The new SAP Change Control Miniguide below has just been posted on our beteo website. Additions and feedback are welcome!
SAP Change and Transport Management Tools

Product
Vendor
Modules

Conigma Suite
Galileo Group
Change and Transport Management

Newmerix Automate!
newmerix
Change and Transport Management

PPM
HP
Change and Transport Management

Rev-Trac
Revelation
Change and Transport Management

SAP Solution Manager
SAP
Change and Transport Management

TransportManager
REALTECH
Change and Transport Management

Additional ALM information

SAP Transport Management Discipline
Protecting [...]

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In most management models today, there is a “box” for culture. Management is (also) cultural work. This seems self-evident. Probably too obvious to make a difference in practice. So what are the specific challenges?
1. Alignment, the fit of strategy and culture
The implementation of strategies comes to a halt or fails, if the cultural patterns and [...]

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