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introducing
SOFTXSYSTEMS Inc.
....leveraging technology solutions
Change Manager
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SAP change control is an essential component of compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404.
Under this legislation, SAP managers of public companies are responsible for establishing internal controls to ensure the integrity of their SAP systems.
In establishing your commitment to compliance, does your business:
Have documented interaction with business stakeholders on SAP change?
Have an SAP change audit trail that is clear, concise, reportable and accessible?
Have an SAP change audit trail that is secure and unchangeable?
If your business relies on spreadsheets, e-mails, Notes, or Word documents this maybe sending the wrong message to your auditors.
Change Manager enables control and accountability in an SAP change Management process to give you the confidence and tools to stand to meet today’s compliance needs.
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
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Components of GRC
GRC Demand trend
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SAP Strategy & Direction
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Saves up to 70% of time for
transport administration in SAP
Transfer ownership of Change to business
No release of SAP transport requests
needed anymore
Manage & Control Multiple Transport paths
Protection of objects until final release
Security against SAP upgrades
Change Manager : Benefits
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Change Manager Enforces Development
Best Practices
• Enforce sign-off pre-requisites prior to Transport – for Testing, Documentation, Other Procedures
• Cross-change dependencies eliminated as all are resolved within a work-package
• The importance of the sequence of transports is minimized – as work-packages are self contained
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SAP
CHANGE MANAGERApprovals
CHANGEMANAGER
Tracking
CHANGEMANAGERReporting
Compliance
RiskGovernance
CHANGE MANAGERGRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance)
for SAP Products
•Enforce Development Discipline
•Improve Visibility
•Audit Trail and Reporting
•Alignment with Business & IT
•Manage & Control Multiple Paths to Production
•Provide accountability for Changes & Approvals
• Tracks and Identifies Status of ALL Changes
•Has the SAP Look & Feel •100% written in ABAP
• Compatible with all SAP Products
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Sign -offs
Customising master
Abap development
Unit testing
Ready for unit test
Transport complete
Transport complete
Q/A testing
Data -load testing
Ready for Q/A
Production
User Acceptance Test
Q/A testing okay
UAT okay
Transport for UAT done
Blocked against reset
Implemented in Prod.
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Softxsystems Inc. Advanced Synchronization System in Multi Stream Environment
DV1 QA1 PD1
DV2 QA2
Transport Plan (Production Support)
Transport Plan (Projects)
WP1
WP2
Execute Cross-Instance Object Conflict
Utility
Determine Collisions
CONFLICT RESOLUTION STEPA SYNCHRONIZED
LANDSCAPE
SEM
APO
CRM
ECC
BI 7.0
SRM
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The Changing SAP Landscape
DEV QA PRD
ECC
APOSEMCRM
SAP BW
Projects
Support
Sand-box
Training
BUSINESS
•Cost, •Turnaround
TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES
DEVELOPMENT
•Resource
•Integration
•Maintenance
SUPPORT•Resource
•Performance
•Integration
•Maintenance
BASIS•Resource
•Performance
•Integration
•Maintenance
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The Workpackage Concept
SALES
FINANCE
LOGISTICS
SUPPORTPROD. SUPPORT
ENHANCEMENTS
PROJECTS
SINGLE BUSINESS UNITS OF WORK (BUW)
TRANSLATES TO ONE OR MANY CHANGE REQUESTSTRANSLATES TO ONE OR MANY CHANGE REQUESTS
TRANSLATES TO A SINGLE WORKPACKAGE
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Corporate Policy Setup Implement Change Control ProceduresPromote a disciplined approach to developmentIntegrate business for accountability and ownership
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Exit points and sample exit programs Transport monitor Extensive authority checking Post DB-copy adjustments CSV validated by Novartis Consumer Health and Abbott
SOX-404 compliant
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Future Direction
• Enhance non-SAP Change Management
• Integrate into Testing Tools, Quality Center from HP
• Integrate into Ticketing Applications e.g. Remedy
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Customer References
• Phillips Electronics was the pioneer test bed for Change Manager.
• Abbott Laboratories uses Change Manager to support their Pan-European SAP implementation.
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals uses Change Manager across all their system landscapes, which includes a worldwide SAP implementation