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1. Discover – Achieve architecture transparency
Explanation & Reference:
During the Discover phase, the focus is on gaining transparency over the current IT and business
landscape to understand where you are starting from.
“The first step in any transformation is achieving full transparency of your current architecture
landscape… [LeanIX helps] to provide an accurate inventory before moving to business case
definition.”
— SAP LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management Whitepaper
2. Prepare – Support business case creation
Explanation & Reference:
In Prepare, you justify the initiative by building a business case based on the insights and
transparency gained in Discover.
“With transparency in place, organizations can develop and support business case
creation…identifying value drivers and quick wins.”
— SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer
3. Explore – Define target architecture
Explanation & Reference:
Explore is where you design your future state (target) architecture.
“During Explore, define the target architecture and design the solution according to business
priorities.”
— SAP LeanIX Transformation Platform Guide
4. Realize – Define transformation roadmap
Explanation & Reference:
In Realize, you lay out the step-by-step plan (roadmap) for moving from current to target
architecture.
“With the target architecture defined, the Realize phase creates a transformation roadmap, breaking
down changes into actionable steps.”
— SAP Activate Methodology: Transition to SAP S/4HANA
5. Deploy – Track architecture transformation
Explanation & Reference:
Deploy is about monitoring the actual change and transformation during implementation.
“Deploy involves tracking architecture transformation to ensure that the solution is delivered as
designed and that issues are resolved.”
— LeanIX Deployment Best Practices
6. Run – Improve architecture continuously
Explanation & Reference:
Run is the operations and continuous improvement phase.
“Continuous improvement is essential in the Run phase. Organizations should improve architecture
continuously, using feedback and real-world operations data.”
— SAP Enterprise Architecture and LeanIX Continuous Improvement
