ASUG SAP Adoption Influence Council The focus is on how to increase awareness, adoption and implementation of SAP enhancements that are delivered as part of enhancement packs and support packs. Software that customers have already paid for and is delivered as part of their maintenance agreement.

1.Awareness and communication of enhancement packs 2.Create disposable system for discovery – switch framework, validate impact and functionality 3.Communication to partners – third party software availability of compatible software 4.Planning for installation – estimates a.Resource requirements for installation, configuration, remediation, testing b.Potential impact on existing projects c.Impact on operations 5.Define business case and get approvals 6.Installation of enhancement pack 7.Remediation of customizations and modifications (SPAU, SPDD and SPAU_ENH) – request feedback 8.Testing 9.Create reference system for use during system outage by end users and post go-live support investigations 10.Implementation Evaluation and Implementation Process Defined

Requirements defined to date (January 2015) Customers require improved access to enhancement pack technical documentation prior to implementation in a sandbox – Provide source and target version and receive: All components are in the stack and the highest SP available Notes included Side effect notes with link to causing note Details in attached document – Additional documentation to be generated New security objects and new values on existing security objects New transaction codes Update all OSS notes to be compatible with planned release, eliminate the need for us to notify SAP and request for them to be updated