That’s a wrap on our October 2023 Australia tour as I had the opportunity to moderate three Enterprise Architect SAP Community Meetings in Sydney on October 24th, Melbourne on October 26th and Brisbane on October 31st.
Appreciate everyone that came out and looking forward to seeing more engagement with Enterprise Architects in the SAP Ecosystem in Australia in 2024.
Special thanks to all of our speakers for sharing their insights and to LeanIX for their participation on all three Australia city stops.
I have included in this post presentations that were delivered in all three cities as well as some bonus features that were mentioned during the sessions.
Loved the engagement of attendees as well as the desire to reconnect for future Enterprise Architect SAP Community Meetings in Australia in 2024.
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Checkout Session Abstracts and Presentations as well as some bonus features.
Reachout to me at Paul@Kurchina.com if you have any qustions and follow me on LinkedIn for Enterprise Architect SAP Community Updates.
** Access the Presentations as well as the Bonus Features that I have included in this post.
Introduction to Enterprise Architect SAP Community and 2024 Focus Topics
Speaker: Paul Kurchina
SAP Cloud Strategy
Now is the time to move to the cloud, and new offerings from SAP maximize the benefits of doing so. This session is intended to inform about what SAP is doing to address and meet the business demands of technology, sustainability, and AI in cloud deployments.
You will hear about the Key attributes of our cloud strategy and understand how SAP is supporting our customers to define and realise their strategic goals.
Speakers:
Sydney: Chris Jones, SAP
Melbourne: Kevin Richardson, SAP
Brisbane: Alan Beven, SAP
An Enterprise Architect’s Guide to SAP Business Technology Platform
The shift to the cloud and pace of technological change is forcing us all to rethink how we approach software development and delivery. Couple that with the technical debt “sins of the past” and we need to find a better way to embrace change, operate at pace, yet still protect the integrity and stability of our core systems. With SAP’s clean-core strategy, SAP BTP’s side-by-side development architecture, and our Future Ready Engagement model, we can help you understand how to make your business Future Ready with SAP BTP.
Here are a few key takeaways from SAP’s Jason Bell
“The move to BTP should not be an afterthought – embrace BTP now so you drive your Future Ready Enterprise with BTP rather than becoming a “reactive” enterprise.”
“Our “Future Ready” engagement model has BTP maturity at its core so you can understand your current and future state BTP maturity, and most importantly build a roadmap to reach that target state.”
Speakers:
Sydney: Murali Shanmugham, SAP
Melbourne: Jason Bell, SAP
Brisbane: Ian Cook, SAP
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Navigate your transformation with confidence using LeanIX Enterprise Architecture
Explore the synergies of Enterprise Architecture Management, Business Process Management, and Application Lifecycle Management for effective transformations.
In this session, understand how LeanIX enhances value in the transformation suite strategy and ensures successful business process transformation for both business and IT participants.
Key takeaway from LeanIX’s Josh Beatty “Invest in transformation with LeanIX: Bridging business and IT is the key to continued success in an evolving organisation.
Speaker:
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane: Josh Beatty, LeanIX
** Bonus Features - Abstracts and Presentations
The AI-powered Enterprise Architecture: Redefining the Discipline's Future
Abstract:
Generative pre-trained transformers like ChatGPT and other AI bots have the potential to revolutionize industries and deliver unprecedented value to businesses. Enterprise Architecture (EA), despite being rooted in human interaction and intricate models, is no exception.
Join experts from LeanIX and BCG for an interactive discussion on how AI can empower enterprise architects already today and in the future. We’ll discuss critical topics at the intersection of AI and EA, and demonstrate the first available AI Assistant from an EA vendor.
This session will explore:
- AI and EA: What can already be leveraged today
- How the role of the Enterprise Architect will be AI-augmented in the future
- What to look for in upcoming AI legislation acts
- Exclusive LeanIX AI Assistant demo
Speaker: William El Kaim, IT Architecture Director, Boston Consulting Group
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AI: The Hype, The Reality & SAP’s Strategy
Abstract:
- Part 1: AI | A Vision of What SAP is Building
- Part 2: De-Mystifying AI
- Part 3: SAP’s Strategy in AI
Speaker: Jared Coyle SAP
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The Evolution of SAP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) - Strategy, Current Offerings & Roadmap
Abstract
The ALM offerings (SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Focused Run) has steadfastly served as the reliable platforms for managing your solution, bringing powerful, proven capabilities that support both your current and future solutions. Through the ALM lens, we have the unique vantage point of managing it all. The implementation, operations and service activities.
Join SAP ALM product management to understand how you, including Center of Expertise (COE) and SAP Enterpruse Architect (EA) perspectives, can elevate and shape your ALM strategy to best manage on-premise, cloud, or hybrid landscapes and get the most value from your SAP solutions.
Key Outcomes:
- Understand the evolving ALM strategy to support small, medium and large customers
- Choose and establish the right ALM tools you need to succeed for digital transformation and operations
- Experience the unique benefits of SAP Cloud ALM for operations, implementation and service
- Elevate how your implementation and operations activities can be done for the better
- Obtain critical updates about the exciting integration of SAP Signavio, SAP Business Transformation Center and Tricentis with SAP Cloud ALM
- Understand the mainstream maintenance strategy for SAP Solution Manager
- Discover the transition roadmap from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM
- Learn about the current and planned SAP Cloud ALM roadmap
Speaker: Evan Stoddard, SAP
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