Can CoreALM replace SAP ChaRM for change management?

Yes. CoreALM enables you to manage SAP transport management directly from your enterprise platform without any dependency on SAP Solution Manager ChaRM. By embedding transport controls natively into ServiceNow, Jira, or Azure DevOps, you eliminate the need for fragmented, legacy change processes.

How can I manage SAP transports directly in ServiceNow with CoreALM?

Our solution embeds custom action buttons (e.g., 'Create TR', 'Import TR') directly into your ServiceNow change workflow states. This allows authorized users to trigger SAP transport actions without ever leaving the ServiceNow interface.

Does the CoreALM Azure DevOps Integration support SAP transport management?

Yes. It enables SAP developers to create transport requests and attach them directly to Azure DevOps work items. This brings SAP development into the same agile flow as the rest of your enterprise.

Can I link Jira user stories to SAP transports using CoreALM?

Yes. The Jira Integration for SAP Transport Management allows developers to trigger transport creation and status updates directly from within a Jira issue, ensuring full traceability.

Does SAP Cloud ALM replace the need for CoreALM Transport Management?

Not entirely. SAP Cloud ALM has limitations regarding deep transport integration. It lacks advanced governance functions like sequencing, critical object checks, and automated retrofit. CoreALM covers those gaps with integrations into Jira, Azure DevOps, and SAP.

How does CoreALM help enforce SAP Clean Core governance?

CoreALM enforces clean core principles by unifying S/4HANA and SAP BTP delivery into a single governed process. It links SAP Signavio to Jira or Azure DevOps so that every customization is traceable and aligned with business value.

What is SAP Focused Build and how to get started?

SAP introduced SAP Focused Build on top of SAP Solution Manager with pre-configured turnkey solutions, with a small implementation investment customer can take advantage of the preconfigured solution and start planning their project rollout. Focused build is based on Agile methodology making it more flexible how requirements-to-deploy turn into operations.

With Focused Build implementation your innovation project is estimated to start rather quickly than with traditional SAP Solution Manager, in reflection all phases of ALM are ready to be used; starting with timelines for the project and deliverables, business process modeling, through requirements documentation, building, testing, releasing and handing over your applications for operations to the business.

Further, all phases are integrated and displayed in automated Readiness Dashboard. This brings great values for the entire organizations to understand the status of the project, statuses consist of: view overall project status, what tests and defects are pending, development status and much more without configuring any additional analytics.

If any of these statements are true you should consider Focused Build:

Customers with a significant amount of development
Customers implementing SAP S/4HANA and digital solutions
Customers with digital transformation
Customers requesting agile methodologies and tooling (with optional JIRA integration)

CoreALM is proud to be amongst the first SAP inner circle companies investing and supporting Focused Solutions. We can help with Focused Solutions by providing you with the right skills and support. Reach out to us today for a no obligation demo.