What’s in store with SAP Cloud ALM? 100% project visibility with little-to-zero delays

Implementation and deployment delays are commonplace for enterprise solutions. They shouldn’t be. SAP Cloud Application Lifecycle Management (SAP Cloud ALM) is a one-place solution-set that helps set the guidelines and execution pathways for applications and services – from planning and design, testing and deployment, health monitoring and anomaly detection, collaboration for innovation and services (assigning and tracking tasks), etc.?

SAP Cloud ALM helps companies collaborate across departments, using pre-configured processes and workshops (based on SAP Activate methodologies and best practices) for intricate and precise requirement gathering with business users – resulting in clear task definitions and timeline settings (based on the protocols for each task).?

It’s a complete and friendly tool that helps companies introduce applications, services, and innovations seamlessly into the SAP system with full control and visibility.?

Crave CALM Intelligent Insights & Automation Suite on SAP BTP which showcase the comprehensive capabilities of the SAP Cloud ALM extension application

• Developed using SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Build, and SAP Integration
• Provides a holistic and intelligent approach to application lifecycle management
• Offers a complete and all-encompassing solution for ALM
• Covers the entire 360-degree view of the application lifecycle
• Provides end-to-end insights and automation capabilities
• Integration with Microsoft Teams, Email, and Excel for seamless collaboration
• Cutting-edge and comprehensive nature of the extension

Anomaly detection and incident management | SAP Cloud ALM for operations?

Delays and lack of visibility across projects involving integrations, extensions, and innovations (updates) have a high cost in resources, extended project timelines, and overall project budgets. This can happen due to a change in the project scope of work or due to improper resource management within the project. There could also be technical difficulties wherein some tasks or testing encounter unforeseen hurdles.?

SAP Cloud ALM helps keep tight control over all these (possible) anomalies right from the start. Users can view a clear and concise dashboard of all active and pending tasks (of themselves and the team). They can also see the status of different testing scenarios to get a clear idea of how the project is going ahead.?

Crave InfoTech showcased a solution at the SAP Cloud ALM Summit APJ 2023 that ended up winning the 2nd runner-up place in their Hack2Build event. This solution further refined SAP Cloud ALM’s operational interface to add improved UI and UX incorporating multiple modules in a single interface.?

The ‘SAP Cloud ALM Intelligent Insights & Automation Suite’ (title of Crave InfoTech’s award-winning solution ) utilized SAP Build Work Zone to create tasks and relevant KPIs (leveraging SAP Activate Methodologies of SAP Cloud ALM). It also tapped into SAP Analytics Cloud (with a planned enhancement with SAP Datasphere) to further structure the analytics and turn them into insights.?

All this was displayed in a simple and direct dashboard showcasing all active and pending tasks with details along with a live project timeline that helped visualize the tasks flow. The exceptions and anomalies were routed through an automated notification system.?

These automated notifications leveraged ChatGPT to write complete emails or messages to be sent to the respective stakeholders across mediums like Microsoft Teams, Outlook, etc. It could also be filed or uploaded to Excel.?

This is a complete operational tool for SAP Cloud ALM that further streamlines its ‘Detect, Analyze, Correct, and Automate’ functionalities.?

Project Management with SAP Cloud ALM is a breeze | No delays | No budget overrun?

SAP Cloud ALM for implementation and services packs a punch that helps plan and introduce new functionalities and innovation within the system as smooth as, well, as smooth as butter from a purely technical standpoint.?

This is a cut above SAP Solutions Manager and SAP Focused Run simply because SAP Cloud ALM is handled directly by SAP. All management and standardizations are handled centrally by SAP. The user company doesn’t have to bear the cost of resources for management and developing the solution.?

Moreover, SAP Cloud ALM offers a consolidated and collaborative platform for all departments and teams to work together. This helps:??

• cut down on scope confusion and extensions;?
• eases requirement gathering;?
• ensures teams have visibility of project timelines to structure their work accordingly;?
• gives managers the ability to assign and track tasks in a consolidated dashboard; and much more.?

?The entire phase of planning, assigning, execution, testing, tracking, and validations is handled within SAP Cloud ALM. It has all the preconfigured resources and content libraries for streamlined integrations, extensions, implementations, deployments, etc.?

All deployments are tracked and managed with proper incident and change management within SAP Cloud ALM. The bugs or defects can be assigned and processed directly in the versatile solution.?

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SAP has a maintenance roadmap for SAP Solutions Manager 7.2 until the end of 2027 and SAP Focused Run until the end of 2030 . It’s still some ways down the road, but it’s a clear shift in global scenarios towards a more innovative SAP Cloud ALM (and cloud-native application lifecycle management).?

It’s time companies look at SAP Cloud ALM and its related benefits with a look at expanding the same in the near future. Quick adoption and settling would help you gain the edge over companies continuing with non-cloud ALMs. This is the time to act and prosper.?