The SAP Activate methodology's Realize phase is dedicated to building and testing the integrated business and system environment. During this phase, consultants use the configuration backlog and requirements, which were gathered and documented during the Fit-to-Standard workshops in the preceding Explore phase, to configure the system. Key activities include iterative configuration sprints, building extensions, and conducting various testing cycles (unit, string, integration) to ensure the solution meets the specified business needs before deployment.

A. Prepare: This initial phase focuses on project planning, team mobilization, governance establishment, and system provisioning. No business process configuration occurs here.

B. Explore: This phase is for conducting Fit-to-Standard workshops to analyze standard processes, identify gaps, and create the requirements backlog. The configuration is planned here, not executed.

D. Deploy: This final phase focuses on transitioning to the live production environment. It includes final cutover activities, user training, and go-live support, assuming all configuration is complete.

1. SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer: In the "SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4HANA Cloud

public edition" roadmap

the Realize phase is explicitly defined: "The purpose of the Realize phase is to build and test a complete business and system environment based on the business scenarios and process requirements identified in the Explore phase." Key deliverables include "Configuration in the quality system".

Source: SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer

Phase: Realize

Purpose description.

2. SAP Help Portal - SAP Activate Methodology: The documentation outlines the sequence of activities. The Explore phase deliverable is the "Backlog list with delta requirements

" which serves as the primary input for the Realize phase

where the "Configure and Build" workstream is executed.

Source: SAP Help Portal

SAP Activate Methodology Content

Section: Phases in SAP Activate.

3. SAP Press - SAP Activate: Project Management for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/5HANA (3rd Edition): Chapter 4

"The SAP Activate Phases

" details the activities. It states

"In the Realize phase

you use a series of iterations to incrementally build and test the functionality defined in the Explore phase... This includes configuration

development

and data migration."

Source: Chapter 4

Section 4.4 "Realize Phase".