Podcast: Using SAP change control to perform concurrent upgrades

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Podcast: Using SAP change control to perform concurrent upgrades

SAP user CHEP, a provider of pallet and container pooling services, upgraded its SAP R/3 product while also upgrading various legacy systems. This transition posed a tremendous IT and business challenge,

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since any one of the changes could have caused downtime and transaction failures in CHEP's entire system infrastructure. CHEP decided to automate the SAP change control process to protect its IT stack from cascading changes, and to ensure a smooth upgrade path for their new products. CHEP explains how to automate change management.

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  Program highlights 

  • (1:16) Managing change: a technical challenge driven by business.

  • (3:23) What SAP is doing to automate change management.

  • (4:29) Challenges involved in changing a stable SAP system.

  • (6:14) Summary of SOA drivers.

  • (10:50) The optimal approach to change management

      Program Links: 

  • SAP Change Control Podcast, Part I: In the first part of this podcast, consultant Paul Hayes explains the business case for automating SAP change control.