When approaching your transition from on-prem SAP ECC to SAP ERP Cloud (S/4), there are generally four discrete “rocks” to move to improve your odds of long-term success:

• Confirming your transition path (Public or Private cloud)
• Defining and Executing a set of “pre-project” activities • Managing through the transition on accelerated timeline
• Establishing policies and structure to sustain adoption Customers must first understand lingo and then fit for Public/Private cloud and the allowable “color”-field options.

Experience has shown that pre-transition efforts smooth actual transition; and good change management with updated structures and ways of working in cloud applications improves long-term adoption and utilization of subscribed licenses.

Break open each of these “rocks” and understand key actions, along with impact on overall transition experience.