SAP's clean core strategy for SAP S/4HANA is designed to keep the digital core of the system free from modifications, promoting agility and simplifying upgrades. To achieve this, SAP defines four key guiding principles. The selected answers represent the most strategic pillars of this approach: establishing the foundational governance and technical framework (D), integrating clean core practices directly into the business value chain (C), and implementing robust release management to control the system lifecycle and stay current (A). These principles collectively ensure that the clean core approach is embedded organizationally, functionally, and operationally for long-term success.

B. Establish regular housekeeping tasks and procedures.

This is also a correct guiding principle outlined in official SAP documentation. However, the question limits the choice to three, and options A, C, and D represent more foundational strategic pillars.

E. Define roles and responsibilities as part of a process transformation office.

This is a specific task, not a guiding principle. It is an action that falls under the broader, official principle of establishing an organizational structure and governance framework (Option D).

1. SAP White Paper. (April 2024). Clean Core: The Strategy for Your SAP S/4HANA System

Version 2.0. Page 10

Section "Guiding Principles for Clean Core". This document explicitly lists the four principles that correspond to options A

B

C

and D.

2. SAP Learning Hub. (2023). S4C01 - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Onboarding Fundamentals. Unit 5: Extensibility

Lesson 2: Describing the Clean Core Approach. The course material reiterates the four guiding principles from the official white paper

confirming A

B

C

and D as correct.