Preface

Welcome to the first comprehensive guide on RISE with SAP towards a Sustainable Enterprise! Since the launch of RISE with SAP as an offering in January 2021, clients and consultants alike have been trying to figure out what needs to be considered and the benefits the program can provide to help revolutionize their journey toward the cloud and toward being a sustainable enterprise. This book provides a practical perspective on the journey to the cloud and beyond, with RISE with SAP enabling your transformation into a value-driven intelligent, sustainable, and resilient enterprise. For the successful adoption of S/4HANA and RISE with SAP, three key components need to be considered:

• Identifying the problem statement and use cases that are value-adding for the business
• Building a strong business case by being aware of all the possible levers, such as process discovery, process mining, the adoption of best practices, the automation of testing, and data migration, along with sustainability-driven, intelligent, enterprise-based use cases
• Knowing more about what RISE with SAP provides, gaining insight into the roles and responsibilities involved, and ensuring you avoid any surprise costs as you proceed with and sustain the implementation

There are many different blogs and independent points of view (POVs) published by members of the SAP community. The focus of this book is to provide a journey map to you as a client or consultant, not just detailing what RISE with SAP is but also walking you through each of our three aforementioned key components and enabling you to handle each of them without any ambiguity. We will provide relevant information not just about the offering but also about relevant use cases for it and the options available on the market that apply to these use cases. We will also outline the lessons learned in different sections to ensure you can plan appropriately for your adoption of various technologies and RISE with SAP as an offering.