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SAP Inside Track Event

Thrive After Go-Live Workshop

Sponsored by SAP and CGI

Join us for a full-day workshop that will put you fully on the path toward planning and building a viable Center of Excellence.

All attendees will receive a signed copy of The SAP Green Book, Thrive After Go-Live which provides deep background relative to workshop content.

Thrive After Go-Live Workshop Agenda

note that for each workshop, there will be different guest co-presenters

Introduction: SAP Marital Counseling
Revealing how the consequences of implementation mistakes continue to plague clients. Introducing a new business & IT dynamic.

Assessing Your SAP Maturity

Presentation of an SAP maturity model, including five levels of maturity across business & IT alignment, the state of enterprise applications, the state of the end users, and value management.

Drivers at Work: Supporting the End Users

An exploration of the damaging and costly effects of end user neglect followed by best practices for end user support and evolution.

Break

Introduction to the Center of Excellence

Definition and justification for a center of excellence, a presentation of the four-domain structure, and presentations of roles and relationships and best practices.

Exercise: SAP Maturity Assessment Launch

Each attendee will receive a summary SAP Maturity Assessment form to be completed throughout the lunch break.

Lunch Break

Exercise: SAP Maturity Assessment Close

Results of maturity assessments will be provided.

Building a Sustainable Center of Excellence

A presentation of “The Bridge Method”, including the phases and steps required to establish a center of excellence that will drive continual and measurable business benefit with SAP as the key enabler. In this segment, we focus on the Enterprise and Enablement Domains.

Break

Enlightened Sourcing Strategies

The best practices for determining what roles should be accomplished in-house (virtual or direct) or outsourced and tips for rational sourcing and budgeting around resources.

We will close with a Open Discussion to field questions and address your particular issues.

Workshop Calendar:

October 4: Toronto
October 6: Calgary