Once the sign-off to the project charter is completed, the project kickoff is conducted with all the project stakeholders including the customer project sponsors, customer project team, and SAP Ariba team.Ī typical deployment kickoff includes, but isn’t limited to, the following information that will be presented to all resources involved with the project: The project plan, project governance framework, issues and risk plan, and project roles and responsibilities matrix are defined and finalized with the customer. In this phase, the project team is identified. The purpose of this prepare phase is to confirm value drivers, goals and objectives, project scope, and success metrics for a successful implementation. The initial project scope, timeline, and budget are agreed upon during the discover phase. Just like preparing for an SAP S/4HANA migration, the Prepare phase is the first implementation phase for SAP Ariba Sourcing, usually after a discover phase that is completed by you and the SAP Ariba sales organization. Let’s review the four phases in the SAP Ariba Sourcing deployment process that you must consider. The following resources will be required on the customer side: To implement the SAP Ariba Sourcing solution, the following roles are required on SAP Ariba side: The SAP Activate methodology consists of four phases: prepare, explore, realize, and deploy. This blog post will provide an overview of the implementation methodology, calling out the different roles played by the SAP Ariba team and the customer team throughout the process. Implementing SAP Ariba Sourcing follows the SAP Ariba on-demand deployment methodology, a methodology based on the SAP Activate methodology. The SAP Ariba Sourcing team must be engaged to implement this solution.

The key to a successful implementation of SAP Ariba Sourcing is planning and stakeholder ownership.

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