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SAP S/4HANA Migration Negotiation. A buyer side white paper.

SAP S/4HANA migration negotiation at the broader SAP ECC end of life cycle. The brownfield, greenfield, and bluefield migration frameworks, the SAP S/4HANA on premises vs SAP RISE framework, the migration credit framework, and the eleven move buyer side framework.

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SAP S/4HANA migration is the load bearing SAP commercial conversation across the broader SAP ECC end of life cycle. SAP retired SAP ECC in 2027 (with extended maintenance through 2030 at premium pricing), with the cumulative effect that customers running SAP ECC must migrate to either SAP S/4HANA on premises or SAP RISE at the broader SAP ECC end of life cycle. SAP segments the broader S/4HANA migration framework across the brownfield migration framework (in place upgrade), the greenfield migration framework (new implementation), the bluefield migration framework (selective data migration), and the broader S/4HANA migration framework. This paper sets out the buyer side framework for SAP S/4HANA migration negotiation, the migration credit framework, the migration scope framework, and the buyer side moves at the broader SAP S/4HANA migration cycle. Read the related SAP services practice, the SAP knowledge hub, and the SAP ECC to S/4HANA migration playbook.

What you will learn

  • How the SAP ECC end of life cycle (2027 mainstream, 2030 extended at premium) drives the broader SAP S/4HANA migration framework
  • How the brownfield migration framework (in place upgrade) anchors against existing SAP ECC framework
  • How the greenfield migration framework (new implementation) anchors against new SAP S/4HANA framework
  • How the bluefield migration framework (selective data migration) anchors against hybrid migration
  • How the SAP S/4HANA on premises vs SAP RISE migration framework differs
  • How the SAP migration credit framework reduces the broader migration cost framework
  • The eleven move buyer side framework for SAP S/4HANA migration
  • How to anchor the broader SAP S/4HANA migration framework against the customer actual SAP ECC deployment framework

Table of contents

SAP S/4HANA Migration Negotiation

  • 1. Executive summary
  • 2. The SAP ECC end of life framework
  • 3. The brownfield migration framework
  • 4. The greenfield migration framework
  • 5. The bluefield migration framework
  • 6. The SAP S/4HANA on premises vs SAP RISE framework
  • 7. The migration credit framework
  • 8. The renewal framework
  • 9. The eleven move buyer side framework
  • 10. How we engage

Who this is for

Chief Information Officers, Vice Presidents of IT Procurement, SAP Center of Excellence leaders, SAP Program Directors, and procurement leaders running SAP ECC at scale and facing the broader SAP S/4HANA migration cycle. The paper is written for SAP customers planning the SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA or SAP RISE migration.

White Paper · SAP S/4HANA Migration

SAP S/4HANA Migration: Negotiate the framework on your terms.

A buyer side framework for SAP S/4HANA migration negotiation. The brownfield, greenfield, and bluefield migration frameworks, the migration credit framework, the migration scope framework, and the buyer side moves at the broader SAP S/4HANA migration cycle.

Used across more than five hundred enterprise software engagements. Independent. Buyer side. Built for SAP customers running SAP ECC and facing the broader SAP S/4HANA migration cycle.

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