Managing the Convergence of IT and Business Change: A Case Study of IBM's Deployment of IntelliCorp

Given the critical importance of your SAP environment - and the extraordinary investment it represents - you need to take every possible precaution to reduce the inherent risks when making changes. Whether it's an upgrade, consolidation, support pack deployment, or other lifecycle event, it's essential to have a complete and accurate picture of the "as-is" and "to-be" environments.

This paper will examine 5 key business and IT stress points that can be predicted and prevented with the right use of software and tools when planning your next SAP lifecycle event.

• Accelerate project planning by determining the complexity and amount of change for the proposed    upgrade
• Determine precisely how your unique SAP environment will be impacted
• Automate the discovery and analysis process, reducing the time from weeks to a few hours 
• Reduce the time, cost, complexity and risk associated with upgrades
• Eliminate the guesswork and understand the impact before you deploy an upgrade