SAP ACTIVATE – What does AGILE SCRUM mean to SAP consultants?

We all have seen project delivery methodologies are rapidly evolving. Even in SAP space, we see shift from traditional waterfall to SAP ACTIVATE methodology.

SAP Activate is AGILE way of delivering projects/product features.

So basically, we need not wait to complete the development activity to gather customer feedback/UAT, but instead taking iterative approach and with each iteration gathering customer feedback and incorporating it into solutions much earlier.

This blog is an attempt to:

Familiarize SAP consultants about AGILE / SCRUM
Drawing analogies/parallels between traditional SAP delivery Vs AGILE/ACTIVATE way
Understanding key terms and their meanings
Overview to ACTIVATE/AGILE delivery model

What does AGILE Methodology?

AGILE

TEAM: What are some key team players in AGILE / ACTIVATE / SCRUM project delivery?

Team

What are some Key Terms and their meanings?

Terms

Key Terms

Analogy: SAP Vs ACTIVATE / AGILE / SCRUM

Analogy

ACTIVATE / SCRUM project delivery:

Below are the building blocks that are key aspect of project delivery/execution.

Each sprint should be concluded with in-scope deliverables, customer demo and feedback.

Delovery

Delivery

I hope above content will mae each SAP consultant comfortable with new way of SAP ACTIVATE Project delivery and how it is based on AGILE/SCRUM.