Introduction
It’s great to have a successful go-live, but are you leaving behind a sustainable delivery model?
SAP implementations are high-stakes. But in a cloud-first, agile world, project success means more than a technical go-live. It means delivering a scalable, repeatable delivery model that supports continuous improvement. Too often, teams invest heavily in building custom workflows for the implementation phase—only to abandon them post-launch. With SAP Cloud ALM bundled in every RISE with SAP contract, there’s an opportunity to lay down an integrated foundation from day one. One that doesn’t just help the project succeed—but enables the business to thrive long after. It’s a model built not just for SAP project success, but also for unified SAP change management at scale.
It’s great to have a successful go-live, but are you leaving behind a sustainable delivery model?
A Unified Delivery Model
Break down silos by connecting teams and tools early. Agile delivery only works when everyone shares the same context.
Today’s SAP projects rarely live in isolation. Modern enterprise transformations include SAP backend configuration, side-by-side extensions in SAP BTP, API integrations, mobile apps, and digital front ends—all developed by cross-functional teams working in agile tools like Jira. If SAP uses Cloud ALM and everything else lives in Jira, you end up with parallel backlogs, fragmented traceability, and mounting coordination overhead. By integrating SAP Cloud ALM with Jira from the start, organizations create a shared delivery rhythm and a common source of truth across both SAP and non-SAP teams. This SAP Jira integration helps ensure your agile SAP delivery process is inclusive of all workstreams from day one.
Break down silos by connecting teams and tools early. Agile delivery only works when everyone shares the same context.
Maximizing Returns on your Project Investments
When your delivery process is unified, the work from your project keeps delivering long after go-live.
The CoreALM Jira Connector for SAP Cloud ALM brings your delivery layers together. Requirements, tasks, user stories, test cases, and change requests sync bi-directionally between Cloud ALM and Jira. Each team can continue working in their preferred environment—Jira or Cloud ALM—while still benefiting from a unified process and full traceability.
epending on your needs, either system can serve as the primary tool. Many teams lead with Jira but rely on Cloud ALM for features like transport management, process modeling, and test orchestration. As long as the systems stay in sync, no value is lost—only compounded.
Too often, valuable project assets—such as requirements, documentation, and test cases—get abandoned after go-live. But when Cloud ALM and Jira are integrated as part of the long-term delivery model, those assets stay active, accurate, and useful. The result: greater reuse, faster onboarding, and more sustainable change management.
When your delivery process is unified, the work from your project keeps delivering long after go-live.
The People Side of Change Management
Use the momentum of your project to transform your way of working.
Go-live isn’t just a system milestone—it’s your best chance to cement a new way of working. During the project, teams build habits around agile collaboration, backlog-driven planning, and shared accountability. By involving operational users early, they’re trained in this new model before go-live—making it easier to sustain after. When teams continue using the same tools and patterns, the shift doesn’t feel like change—it feels like continuity. In this way, the project isn’t just delivering a new business process, but a new way of delivering continuous improvements.
Use the momentum of your project to transform your way of working.
Scale Smart: Add Advanced Transport Management When You Need It
Control without compromise—for when governance requirements grow.
For many teams, the SAP Cloud ALM integration provides all the transport management capabilities needed. But as the complexity of your landscape grows—especially after your first major release—advanced needs like cross-system object checks and retrofit handling often emerge. That’s where CoreALM’s SAP Transport Management for Jira comes in. It allows organizations to manage SAP transports directly within Jira, offering the same advanced capabilities previously found in SAP ChaRM—capabilities that are not yet part of Cloud ALM. By embedding these capabilities directly in Jira, project teams get the benefit of advanced capabilities with a more consistent and intuitive user interface.
With SAP transport integration for Jira, teams can extend governance without sacrificing delivery speed. SAP transport management with Jira ensures that change approvals, sequencing, and dependency handling remain visible and efficient.
Control without compromise—for when governance requirements grow.
Consolidated Dashboards, Unified Decisions
See the full picture, not fragmented status updates.
When SAP Cloud ALM and Jira are integrated, teams no longer rely on fragmented reporting from separate systems. Instead, they gain access to consolidated dashboards that span both SAP and non-SAP workstreams. Whether tracking a business initiative, a cross-functional epic, or a release cycle, stakeholders can see a unified view of progress, risks, and blockers.
This consolidated reporting isn’t just about convenience—it’s about governance. It ensures that leadership has the context they need to prioritize effectively, resolve dependencies quickly, and hold teams accountable. For auditors, it means a single report can trace every change from requirement through deployment. For delivery teams, it means fewer meetings, better insights, and faster decision-making.
See the full picture, not fragmented status updates.
Ready for What’s Next
You don’t need a separate ALM to embrace the future of SAP change.
SAP landscapes are evolving quickly. From clean core SAP initiatives to AI-driven test optimization and the emergence of SAP DevOps automation, the future of SAP delivery will depend on connected, traceable, and flexible ALM foundations. Teams that integrate SAP Cloud ALM with Jira aren’t just aligning delivery—they’re establishing a single source of truth. That foundation is what enables scalable automation, AI insights, and DevOps responsiveness in the SAP landscape.
This cloud ALM integration for Jira ensures that today’s investments in visibility, traceability, and tooling maturity will continue to generate value as the SAP delivery model evolves.
You don’t need a separate ALM to embrace the future of SAP change.
Conclusion: Build the Process You Want to Keep
The most agile SAP teams didn’t pivot post-go-live—they planned for it.
SAP Cloud ALM and Jira, when connected, create a delivery backbone that spans project and product. It supports clean go-lives, faster changes, and aligned teams. More importantly, it creates a way of working that lasts. You don’t need a second transformation to run SAP the agile way post-launch. You just need to integrate smart from the start.
Learn more about the Jira Connector for SAP Cloud ALM or explore our advanced SAP Transport Management for Jira for teams ready to scale.
