SAP S/4HANA Planning, Strategy, and Cloud Readiness
Successful SAP S/4HANA transformation begins with early, well-informed decisions. This track is designed to help organizations assess their current landscape, align stakeholders, and build a roadmap rooted in clean core principles, cloud readiness, and long-term value. Explore the tools, methodologies, infrastructure considerations, and deployment strategies that define your journey.

What you’ll learn: 

• Build a value-driven business case by aligning transformation goals with executive priorities and measurable outcomes
• Compare transition models—greenfield, brownfield, and selective data migration—to determine the best fit for your organization’s needs
• Plan for a clean core by assessing existing custom code and technical debt, and ensuring your system is prepared for extensibility, upgrades, and long-term maintainability 
• Evaluate SAP’s Fit-to-Standard methodology and determine when to adopt standard processes versus when to extend
• Decide on the right deployment model by weighing the benefits of private cloud, public cloud, and on-premise options
• Design a user experience strategy that includes Fiori adoption, role mapping, and UI consistency
• Plan infrastructure and system sizing using architecture tools like LeanIX to shape your roadmap, assess hyperscaler options, and define a scalable, integration-ready system landscape
• Evaluate opportunities to optimize or pivot existing cloud strategies as SAP’s licensing and deployment options evolve

Navigating the Transition 
Execution is where strategy becomes reality. This track focuses on the delivery phase of your SAP S/4HANA transformation—bringing together system conversion, data transition, testing, security, change management, and go-live planning. Learn how to manage complexity, maintain business continuity, and deliver a clean, stable SAP S/4HANA environment.

What you’ll learn: 

• Align teams, governance, and stakeholder engagement through coordinated project execution, targeted change management, and role-based training—leveraging tools like WalkMe to accelerate end-user adoption and support onboarding at scale
• Deliver a smooth system conversion from ECC to SAP S/4HANA using tools and proven methods to minimize disruption
• Ensure secure, compliant data transition by embedding access controls, risk management, and governance throughout migration
• Remediate custom code and implement extensibility using in-app and side-by-side options via SAP BTP to maintain a clean core
• Modernize testing and change control by leveraging next-generation tools for streamlined validation and deployment
• Implement dual maintenance strategies to support parallel updates across legacy and SAP S/4HANA systems during phased rollouts
• Plan and execute cutover with confidence, coordinating go-live activities to ensure business continuity and stable hypercare support

Optimization, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement
You’ve gone live—now maximize your ROI by optimizing performance, automating processes, and extending your SAP S/4HANA landscape. This track shows how to turn your system into a platform for innovation through a simplified user experience, scalable integrations, and a continuous delivery mindset. Learn how leading organizations use SAP BTP, AI, and cloud services to drive ongoing improvement, maintain a clean core, and evolve with SAP’s roadmap for long-term value.  

What you’ll learn: 

• Optimize system performance and efficiency through configuration tuning, workflow automation, and usage analysis
• Sustain a clean core with disciplined extensibility, proactive lifecycle management, and upgrade-friendly architecture
• Streamline and personalize user experience by enhancing Fiori apps, simplifying roles, and embedding guided navigation
• Use embedded analytics and AI to automate decisions, surface real-time insights, and improve business responsiveness
• Accelerate innovation with SAP BTP by building side-by-side extensions, custom applications, and reusable business services
• Future-proof your integration landscape by leveraging APIs, event-driven architecture, and integration accelerators to enable real-time data flow and connectivity across complex, hybrid environment
• Strengthen post-go-live security, compliance, and data governance to support audit readiness and regulatory requirements
• Drive continuous process improvement by monitoring KPIs, gathering user feedback, and adapting quickly to changing needs
• Prepare for what’s next by exploring SAP’s evolving roadmap—including innovations in BTP, AI, automation, analytics, and integration—to support long-term agility and growth

Finance at the Core of Transformation 
SAP S/4HANA is reshaping how finance leaders drive strategy, manage risk, and deliver real-time insights. This track empowers finance teams to lead transformation by enabling real-time insights and modernizing core processes like planning, compliance, treasury, and audit. Explore how SAP S/4HANA supports a scalable, agile, and resilient finance function focused on control and data-driven decision-making. Gain strategies to ensure global compliance, secure cloud financial data, and embed trusted controls. Plus, organizations still on ECC will discover how to optimize current operations while preparing for the future. 

What you’ll learn: 

• Leverage the Universal Journal to unify financial data for real-time reporting, transparency, and compliance
• Automate financial close and consolidation to accelerate period-end cycles and improve accuracy in group reporting
• Modernize FP&A processes by integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Analytics Cloud for streamlined planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis
• Connect enterprise performance management by aligning strategic, financial, and operational planning for better decision-making and accountability
• Embed tax automation and compliance to simplify indirect tax determination and reporting across global operations
• Secure financial data in the cloud through governance frameworks, robust access controls, and compliance safeguards
• Identify and implement automation and AI use cases to create a roadmap for high-impact finance transformation