Key Stages of SAP Implementation by Chris Salis
                     Key Stages of SAP 
Implementation by 
Chris Salis
Overview
With more than two decades of experience in the corporate world, 
Chris Salis is a prominent name in the tech industry. His experience in 
SAP has helped him commercialize the digital department of the 
business. As a result, Chris has grown massively and has contributed 
immensely to the tech industry as an SAP expert.
SAP applications are the backbone of every business. Executives put 
in all their efforts to make SAP implementation successful. However, 
various SAP implementations fail despite making all the efforts or 
struggles. It is essential to consider, plan, and follow the process in its 
main stages for a successful SAP implementation.
There are prime stages in the process of SAP implementation. There 
are seven key stages in the SAP implementation process as such that 
includes:
Project Planning:
It involves the planning of the project after 
taking into account all the details and the 
factors which can be challenging due to broad-
spectrum. Thus, to create an effective SAP 
roadmap, there is a need to select the best 
implementation partners.
Blueprint:
Before SAP implementation, it is 
important to understand the business 
process thoroughly. You will always 
find gaps between the current 
process of your business and the 
future. Therefore, you must develop 
a business blueprint document and 
ascertain a smooth SAP 
implementation process to mitigate 
such gaps.
Realization:
Your SAP implementation partner can configure the baseline 
system after analyzing the gap after the baseline 
configuration. The team syncs the system to fulfill your 
requirements for the process and businesses as well. Also, it 
helps to eliminate the gaps and differences found in the 
business blueprint. Adjusting and converting non-productive 
systems to blend the current business infrastructure with 
SAP begins at this very stage.
Integration Test:
Begin testing simultaneously during implementation. 
The team begins to conduct tests to determine the 
proceeding of the implementation process and 
ensure that the SAP system gives results.
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Final Preparation:
The ultimate preparation phase involves activities 
that require preparing your system and your 
employees before going live. Your SAP partner can 
alter based on the test stage outcome if required.
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Launch:
Shift from the pre-production condition to an acting atmosphere 
and transfer all the data to the SAP production system. Once all 
the data is transferred to the new system, the older ones are not 
used. Besides, the project managers also make sure to run tests 
frequently to observe everything is going on as planned.
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Support:
The work from the 
implementation team is 
transferred to the dedicated 
support team in this stage. 
The support team keeps an 
eye on and remediates all 
the concerns that may 
appear and constantly work 
on them.
As an SAP specialist, 
Chris Salis has 
Chris Salis - SAP s simplified the 
pecialist implementation 
strategy by sharing 
his views on the main 
stages. By following 
these stages, you can 
fulfill your business 
goals with better 
management and 
governance.