Enterprise Architecture with SAP: Planning, Management, and Transformation

Calling all SAP enterprise architectsthe strategy guide you need is here! See how the SAP EA Framework and SAP LeanIX support your enterprise architecture with methodology, reference content, tools, and services. Explore examples of architecture design pattern implementation for real-world use cases, including business model transformation, TCO reduction, sustainability, and more. Follow SAP's blueprint to set up your own enterprise architecture practice. Get best practices, expert tips, full-color architecture diagrams, and more!

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. Fundamentals
Learn the basics of enterprise architecture within SAP landscapes. Walk through SAP EA Framework and understand its integration with ancillary business functions such as process, portfolio, and application management.

b. Use Cases
See enterprise architecture transformation at work! Practical use cases showcase how architecture patterns can be used to solve design problems in various business scenarios: cloud transformation, sustainability, automation, and more.

c. Implementation
Launch your own enterprise architecture transformation. Following guidance from the experts, create or improve your practice by setting up roles, processes, and deliverables. Use tools such as SAP LeanIX and SAP Signavio to support your transformation.

Highlights include:

1) SAP EA Framework
2) SAP EA Methodology
3) SAP EA Designer
4) SAP LeanIX
5) Business function integration
6) Reference content
7) Enterprise architecture practices
8) Cloud transformation
9) Business process transformation
10) Sustainability
11) Mergers, acquisitions, and divestures

Establish and manage an integrated and collaborative enterprise architecture practice

Auteur
Johannes Reichel is a principal enterprise architect for the SAP Transformation Hub EMEA, delivering enterprise architecture planning services to strategic SAP customers, and at the same time contributing to the development of SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework. Johannes holds a degree in computational linguistics and sustainable development cooperation from the University of Heidelberg and University of Kaiserslautern. Johannes has more than 10 years of professional experience in international digital transformation programs, sustainability, and enterprise architecture.