1. Speaker’s Name, SAP Month 00, 2017
Quality Built In into Projects SAP Activate Methodology Template Quality Gate Checklist Introduction
Speaker’s Name, SAP
Month 00, 2017
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2. Agenda Q-Gate Schedule Q-Gate Description Q-Gate Instructions
Set up & Sample
Key Deliverables, Templates & Questions
Set Deliverable Status
Set overall Q-Gate Status
Deliverable Overview

3. Four Mandatory Project Quality Gates Along SAP Activate Project Phases
Prepare
Explore
Realize
Deploy
Realization Q-Gate
Explore Q-Gate
Preparation Q-Gate
Final Prep. Q-Gate
preview
review
Mandatory
Optional / NEW
Recommended / NEW
Run Go Live Support
Discover
A minimum of four Quality Gates will be mandated to perform for SAP implementation projects
Within complex projects or projects with open risks that are critical, additional Q-Gates may be executed
Within agile projects G-Gate reviews for each release / sprint may be sufficient
Preview at the beginning of Prepare phase is recommended
Quality Gates carried out at an early time can influence the phase and project results positive
Coach and advise PM on upcoming project phase (PM standards, deliverables, customer duties, etc.)
Review
Check that necessary standards and project approach have been established
Review of Phase can be combined with preview of upcoming phase
No additional effort expected – time split between preview and review

4. SAP Activate Implementation Quality Gate Descriptions
Q-Gate Prepare (e.g.  Handover Sales/Bid, Project professional planned & prepared/scope - deliverables contractual proofed and defined, project approach defined / Project Management Plan …)
Q-Gate Explore* (e.g.  project on track according initial planning /scope design completed/ …)
Q-Gate Realize* (e.g. all configuration and developments are completed/ test planned, performed and signed off/ cut over planning initiated…)
Q-Gate Deploy (e.g. business, data and system readiness, checked and released…)
A minimum of four Quality Gates will be mandated to perform for SAP implementation projects
within complex/larger projects or projects with open risks that are critical, additional Q-Gates may be executed/ or repeated.
within agile projects Q-Gate reviews after each release (sprint) may be sufficient to run and will be assigned by Project Manager (PM) and Quality Manager (QM) or (Delivery Manager (DM) on demand.
Note*

5. SAP Activate – Quality Gate Checklist Workstreams/Topics/Questions
Deliverable 1
Question 1
Question 2
Question n
Deliverable 2
Deliverable 3
Supporting Questions covering individual project types
Setup
Workstream as individual knowledge area
Topics as checklist. On this level status to be assigned.
Project Management
Roles and responsibilities
Steering Committee
Customer duties to collaborate
Are all roles in the project defined?
Is a description of participated Roles and their Responsibilities available (RACI)?
Has the process workshop been prepared by the product owner and the team?
….. ……
……..
Sample

6. Key deliverable applicable for this Q-Gate task
Quality Gate Checklist Instructions Key Deliverables, Questions, Templates, and Workstreams
Questions related to column “D” Key deliverable Items. Some key deliverables can have several questions; the overall key delivery status can be summarized as “overall topic status"
Key deliverable applicable for this Q-Gate task
Indication whether the key deliverable is a mandatory, optional, or a question. 1
Document templates
Workstream
Workstream descriptions

7. Quality Gate Checklist Instructions Set Deliverable Status
Column F “Set Status”
All questions have the starting point Not Checked
After validation you can give the values:
1 - Green (accepted)
2 - Yellow (cond. accepted)
3 - Red (not available or not accepted)
4 - Not relevant (for project).
Column G: Action log.
For deliverables that are not acceptable note your comments and describe the action plan to fix the deliverable so it can be accepted.
This includes the action owner & action due date. Column H and I

8. Quality Gate Checklist Instructions Set Overall Q-Gate Status & Include Management Summary
Column G: Add your overall management summary.
Column E “Set Q-Gate Status”
starting point Not Checked
After validation you can give the values:
1 - Green (accepted)
2 - Yellow (cond. accepted)
3 - Red (not available or not accepted)

9. Quality Gate Checklist Instructions Deliverables Overview - Select Filter Option
Quick views to check completeness can easily be created by filtering column E
Mandatory Deliverables
Optional Deliverables
Questions

10. Quality Gate Checklist Instructions Free Line for Extra Project Deliverables
At the end of each phase, add new topics, deliverables, and/or workstreams for the various implementation scenarios/deployment types…

11. Thank you.
Contact information:
F name L name
Title
Address
Phone number
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