SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint

Starting Point for Testing of SAP-centric Solutions

SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint

Application Lifecycle Management Active Global Support (AGS) SAP AG

Test Management
Test Process embedded in Application Life-cycle Management
Type of Change New SAP Solution
Implementation of new SAP Solution

Test Scope Identification

Business Blueprint
Business Blueprint Design Solution Configuration

Test Planning System Setup

Test Execution

Deploy Changes to Production

SAP Solution Update

Change Impact Analysis

SAP Support Packages SAP Legal Change Packages SAP Enhancement Packages Customizing changes Custom Code Interface changes

Business Blueprint Update Identification of Business Processes affected by SAP Solution Updates Recommendation of business processes for regression tests

Development of Test Cases Test Plan setup Compilation of Test Packages Assigment of Testers Setup of Test System Creation of Test Data

Manual tests Automated tests Integration Validation Incident Management Performance tests Test status and progress reporting Test sign-off

Deployment of changes through transports from Test to Production system SAP Support packages, Legal Change Packages, Enhancement Packages

Note: Test Project Preparation as first step including: test strategy review, definition of test objectives, test tools, test budget, timeline, roles & responsibilities

E2E Integration Testing of SAP Solutions

Options for SAP Customers
Type of Change Test Scope Identification

New SAP Solution

Business Blueprint Test Planning Test System Setup Test Execution Apply Changes to Production

SAP Solution Update

Change Impact Analysis

Option 1
Solution Manager Business Blueprint Setup of business process catalog Business requirements Solution Manager Test Workbench Manual testing Solution Manager Test Workbench Test planning

Automated Tests

Solution Manager Business Process Change Analyzer * Identification of processes affected by code / customizing changes

SAP TDMS Setup of lean test systems

Solution Manager eCATT Admin of automated tests

UI based Tests
QTP Test Partner QTP

Application-logic Tests
eCATT

LoadRunner Performance Tests

* Availability with SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EhP1

Typical Test Process in SAP Solution Manager

Business Blueprint

Business Process Expert Quality Expert

Design, change Business Blueprint Perform Technical and Business Configuration Develop/maintain manual Test Cases Develop/maintain automated Test Cases Assign Attributes and create T-BOMs Check Availability of T-BOMs and Test Cases Run Analysis for intended Change Evaluate Result Create Test Plan

Change Impact Analysis

Quality Manager Test Coordinator

Test Planning

Test Coordinator

Create/Update Test Plans / Test Packages Assign Tester Setup Test Sequences Release Test Plan Sign Off

Test Execution

Tester

Get E-Mail Notification Access Tester Worklist Perform manual Test Perform automated Test Document Result Perform Test Status Overview and Analysis Check Message Overview Check Test Progress Test Sign Off

Test Reporting

Test Coordinator Quality Manager Project Manager

Business Blueprint and Configuration

Facilitates the co-operation between Business and IT
Project Manager Business Process Expert Solution Consultant Business Process Expert Quality Expert

Project Preparation
Business Requirements Responsibility Timelines Resources

Business Blueprint
Design your Processes based on Business Requirements using Blueprint capability Classify your processes

Solution Configuration
Execute technical and business configuration through SAP Solution Manager Perform custom development

Test Preparation
Define Test Scope Develop manual Test Cases Develop automated Test Cases Classify Test Cases

Transparent Processes, Centralized Information and Communication to Ensure Reasonable TCO

Most up-coming phases in Application Lifecycle benefit from

Business Blueprint and Configuration

Facilitates the preparation for your test activities Features for Test Preparation:
Create, upload and maintain Test Cases Manual Test Cases Automated Tests
eCATT 3rd party (e.g. HP Quick Test Professional, Compuware Test Partner, ..)

Assign/Upload Test Cases to Business Processes

Business Process attributes and Test Case attributes to allow systematic Test Planning and Reporting Priority Status Keywords / Customer attributes
e.g. relevance for legal requirements, Test Phases,

Test Case Description based on customer specific template:

Responsible Person Links

e.g. Connect Test Case to business process description / requirement to allow traceability

Benefits:
Improved transparency as all project documents are managed in the same context including Test Cases Same handling for Manual Test Cases and Automated Test Cases for Test Planning, Execution and Reporting Reduced effort for upcoming Test activities (e.g. Test Case selection via Attributes)

Colgate Palmolive
Mission accomplished: A single source of truth is established
End state objectives: Same Systems Same Performance

Same Information Same Processes Everywhere

Warren Kaufmann, Associate Director, Colgate-Pamolive

All systems All training information

Requirements

All business processes The entire documentation

All maintenance activities All service planning, deliver ad follow-up information All change information

Optimize Application Lifecycle Management

Design

All test information All customer developments and functional enhancements All incident and problem information All monitoring data

Operate Deploy

Build & Test

All service level information

Hameln Pharmaceuticals

SAP Solution Manager provides one working environment for all project phases, and the platform includes a seamlessly integrated test environment, which considerably simplifies both the management and performance of test. In this way, hameln pharmaceuticals was able to upgrade its release within a few weeks, exactly in accordance with its original project plan.

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Test Management
SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint / Configuration Goal
Documentation of Business Processes and assignment of manual and automated test cases

Scope

Business Blueprint: hierarchical definition of business processes Single source of thruth 1 repository for business process information from various perspectives: assigned systems by role (DEV, TST, PRD), interfaces, integrated partner / non-SAP products, transaction codes, training material, business process details, business requirements

Assignment of manual and automated tests to business processes

Benefits
Central business processes repository from a business -, system landscape - and technical perspective Business Blueprint as central location for test cases