The SAP Activate Methodology is structured into distinct phases. The Deploy phase is specifically designed for the final preparation and execution of the system's transition to a live, productive environment. A critical activity within this phase is the cutover, which involves migrating the fully tested and approved configurations, along with necessary data, from the Quality Assurance (QAS) system to the Production (PRD) system. This ensures that the production environment is ready for business operations upon go-live.

A. Migrate: "Migrate" describes an action (data migration, configuration migration) that occurs within the Deploy phase, but it is not the name of the phase itself.

B. Move: This is a generic verb and does not represent an official phase name within the structured SAP Activate Methodology.

D. Push: Similar to "Move," this is a common IT term for deploying changes but is not the formal name of an SAP Activate phase.

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1. SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer. (2023). SAP Activate Methodology for RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud

private edition. SAP SE.

Reference: In the "Deploy" phase

the deliverable "Production System Go-Live" contains the task "Execute Cutover and Go-Live." The purpose of this task is explicitly stated as: "This task covers the execution of the cutover plan to move the business processes and data to the production environment." This includes transporting the final configuration.

2. SAP Help Portal. (2023). Phases in SAP Activate Methodology. SAP SE.

Reference: The documentation for the "Deploy" phase outlines its purpose as setting up the production system

executing the cutover

and transitioning all operations to the new environment. This inherently includes the final migration of configuration.

3. SAP Learning. (2023). SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud

public edition - Project Management. SAP SE.

Reference: In the learning journey

the "Deploy and Run" unit details the activities of the Deploy phase. It describes the cutover process where the solution

including all configurations built and tested in the Realize phase

is moved to the production system to prepare for go-live.