1. Building an ALM Roadmap
Using the Business Process Repository (BPR)
Tony de Thomasis

2. Roadmap for SAP Solution Manager Adoption
Incident ,
Problem
Problem &
Request
Request
Portfolio &
Portfolio &
Management
Management Project Management
Project Management
Business
Business SolDoc &
Process
Process Implementation
Operations
Operations Single
Single
Source
Source
of Truth
of Truth
Test
Management
Application Change
Operation
Application & Release
Management
Operation Integratio
Integration
n
Validation
Validation
Maintenance
Maintenance
Optimization
Optimization
Installation, Basic Setup, Landscape Connectivity
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3. Solution Documentation & Implementation
ALM Adoption Path
Template
Management
Central
SolDoc/Implementation
(end user
training, tests, IMG,...)
Central Business
Process Hierarchy
Ext. Reverse
including
Modeling Process Doc.
Verification
Solution Documentation & Implementation
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4. Test Management
ALM Adoption Path
Automated
Regression
Testing
Change Test
Impact Test Data
Analysis AutomationManagement
Central Test Organization
(unit, acceptance and integration testing)
Test Management
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5. Change and Release Management
ALM Adoption Path
Change
Request
Management
Quality Gate Transport
Management Management.
Change and Transport Transport Analytics /
system (SAP/ Non Configuration
SAP) Validation
Change and Release Management
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6. Incident, Problem and Change Management (ITSM)
ALM Adoption Path
Service Level
Management
Service Change
Request Request
Incident Problem Configuration
Management Management Management
Incident, Problem, Request Management (ITSM)
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7. Live Demonstration
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8. Selecting the ALM Roadmap
Solution Manager BPR
In your SAP Solution Manager system go to transaction
SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN
 Create a new (implementation) project
Go to transaction SOLAR01
 Mark ‚Business Scenarios‘
 Go to tab ‚Structure‘
 Choose ‚Value help‘
opening the BPR
Go to Solutions/Applications
 Go to SAP Solution Manager
 Select the scenario of your interest
 Choose the current product context, e.g.
SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EHP1
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9. Design - Business Blueprint
Core Process Documentation
The Business Blueprint offers central, focused, up-to-date, and easy-to-
understand core process documentation. The primary focus is to document
the process steps, code, systems and interfaces.
System Documents, link Transactions, custom
information s development
3 level hierarchy
Business scenario
Business processes
Business steps
Interfaces
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10. ALM BPR - Scenario Level
ALM Processes
ALM processes are mapped to scenarios in BPR, allowing more granular processes and
process steps
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11. ALM BPR - Scenario Level
Linked documentation
On scenario level you typically find the following documentation linked:
Support standards
Best practice process document
Training material
Application help
One exception is
Business Process
Operations where
you find those
documents on
process level
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12. ALM BPR - Process Level
Process Description
On process level on tab. ‘Graphic’ you find the
graphical display of the process structure
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13. ALM BPR - Process Step Level
Detailed Application Help
On process step level on tab ‘Gen. Documentation’ you find detailed application help links
 The links are listed in the order of the typical workflow
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14. ALM BPR - Process Step Level
Transactions
On process step level on tab ‘Transactions’ you find the technical objects supporting the
process step:
 Transactions
 Work Centers
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15. ALM BPR - Process Step Level
Configuration Information
On process step level on tab ‘Configuration’ you find the configuration objects supporting
the process step:
 Configuration documentation
 IMG objects
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16. Test Management
Component View
ALM Process Test Management
Process Test Scope Identification
Documentation content for Process Test Scope Identification
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17. Questions?
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