Rise With SAP Methodology has a significant impetus on Standardization and Clean Core enabling the solution to be more future-proof, optimize business processing, enable for quicker implementation and be overall financially responsible. The focus on clean core has been central to the SAP’s roadmap for future and the overarching goal of achieving high operational efficiency.
 
It is important to understand that a clean core doesn’t mean a lack of customization. It means a cleaner approach to customization from an application and governance perspective which ensures that the solution built is not impacted by future upgrades and overall technical debt is limited. It involves following standard guidelines focusing on extensibility, integration and data. It is also important to understand that while most organizations, despite their sincerest efforts, would never achieve the North Star, any deviation to the Clean Core should be catalogued in an organized manner to ensure adjustments post upgrades. Last point – Clean Core is not a milestone, it is an ongoing pursuit. Organizations should strive to get clean and stay clean. This is where Quality Gates becomes a primary aide.
 
At the end of every phase, the project team is expected to run through a questionnaire or checklist baselined with the customer and developed with the Clean Core philosophy in mind. The responses are shared with SAP experts who review and share their feedback. This is a defining milestone in the clean core pursuit within the project journey. It helps the project team to get a view of their adherence to clean core and amend in case of unacceptable deviations. Quality Gates are managed by the Cloud ALM platform.
 
Quality Gates helps the team to ensure that clean core adherence remains an ongoing activity through different phases – from Discover to Run – and engages SAP for an unbiased perspective. Adherence to Clean Core eventually enables Rise with SAP methodology goal of Standardization and Clean Core and the larger goal of cost-effective, adaptable and accelerated ERP Transformation.

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