SAP Business Value Realization in 5 Steps: Building Your Case for S/4 Hana

Doug Kreinheder, Client Partner at CoreALM interviewed CoreALM President, Steve Okun on SAP Business Transformations. Having led some of the biggest SAP Business Transformations in North America, Steve offered advice on how to avoid the most common problems.

Step 1: Establishing Business Leadership for the Project 

“You can design the perfect SAP solution but if your business-people don’t want it, it’s just not going to work.”

SAP implementation projects deal with a lot of complexity. There are challenges with data, integrations between applications, and complicated end-to-end business processes. But even if you get it right, the entire system can be rejected by your business users if they don’t buy-in. When asked how to solve this issue, Steve highlighted the importance of designating an Executive Business Sponsor.

SAP implementation projects deal with a lot of complexity. There are challenges with data, integrations between applications, and complicated end-to-end business processes. But even if you get it right, the entire system can be rejected by your business users if they don’t buy-in. When asked how to solve this issue, Steve highlighted the importance of designating an Executive Business Sponsor.