(PT-BR version below). Closing the Southern Hemisphere Summer, SAP Brazil Enterprise Architects team delivered the first "Customer Advisory Architecture Summit" in Brazil. The event aimed at strengthening the architect’s community across the SAP ecosystem through knowledge and experience exchange. The event was hosted in SAP Office in São Paulo. A one day -on-site gathering event involving various architecture related roles from SAP and Key customers. Participants had the chance to share experiences, concerns, challenges, success cases and get an understanding of what is going on in SAP Architecture and in the market. About 50 people from selected customers joined the event representing 28 of the largest companies in Brazil. Many of them being in advanced stages of stablishing their journey to the Intelligent Enterprise while others in more earlier stages of their roadmaps found themselves in the perfect environment to exchange experiences and hear lessons learned from their peers.  The day's agenda was supported by global architectural practice leaders (Gianluca Battaglini and Satish Iyer) for the keynote. Lots were shared and the community could get a clear picture of how SAP is architecturally evolving its strategy and practice and why Business and Enterprise Architects play a key role in today’s organizations strategic transformation programs. It got clear how more and more architects move from traditional “IT guardians” to C-Levels trusted advisors in major corporate initiatives. Gianluca Battaglini (on top) and Satish Iyer keynote Chris Mahoney also presented Signavio Process Explorer (SPX) showing the latest and greatest around reference architectures and how customers can start benefiting now of the newly released features delivered last January (more details on SPX GA can be found here). Chris Mahoney presenting Signavio Process Explorer Not only SAP presented the content, also attendees could hear from other customers (Dexco and Votorantim) about their journey to S/4HANA Cloud and how their Architecture teams have supported on accelerating and adapting complex global business operations to make to most out of this new paradigm and really transform the Business and IT of their organizations. Dexco and Votorantim Architects sharing their learning in a panel discussion. The rest of the agenda also counted with many architects, experts and local leaders who delivered content on RISE with SAP (Valdecir Rodrigues), Data Strategy (Marcos Rocha), Integration Strategy (Edson Thomaz), tools for the S/4HANA journey (Lucciano Guazzelli), License Management STAR/ DAES (Valsoir Tronchin) and Signavio (Rodrigo Carvalho). Finally, important feedbacks were captured from participants, having the architecture community in synch, connected and collaborating is key as 80% of the people who answered the survey confirmed their teams have a least one key initiative where architecture plays a fundamental and strategic role for their organizations. The Solution Advisory Architecture team wants to thank all the customers, speakers and sponsors who made the event come to life and we are looking forward to other similar upcoming events. In case you have participated in the event, share here your thoughts, suggestions or expectations for the coming ones. We are looking forward to connecting with you again in a near future. #Enterprise Arcihtecture #Business Architecture #Signavio ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Portugues version) Fechando o verão do hemisfério sul, a equipe de Enterprise Architects da SAP Brasil apresentou o  primeiro " Customer Advisory Architecture Summit " no Brasil. O evento teve como objetivo fortalecer a comunidade de arquitetos em todo o ecossistema da SAP por meio da troca de conhecimento e experiências. O evento foi realizado no escritório da SAP em São Paulo. Um evento presencial de um dia envolvendo vários profissionais de arquitetura e funções relacionadas de empresas líderes nos seus setores. Os participantes tiveram a chance de compartilhar experiências, preocupações, desafios, casos de sucesso e compreender o que está acontecendo na arquitetura da SAP e no mercado como um todo. Cerca de 50 pessoas de clientes selecionados aderiram ao evento representando 28 das maiores empresas do Brasil. Muitos deles em estágios avançados na sua jornada para a Empresa Inteligente, enquanto outros em estágios mais iniciais de seus Roadmaps se viram no ambiente perfeito para trocar experiências e ouvir lições aprendidas com colegas de outras organizações.  A agenda do dia foi suportada por líderes globais da prática de arquitetura (Gianluca Battaglini e Satish Iyer) para o Keynote do evento. Muito foi compartilhado e a comunidade pode ter uma visão clara de como a SAP está evoluindo arquitetonicamente sua estratégia e prática e por que os arquitetos de negócio e empresariais desempenham um papel fundamental nos programas de transformação estratégica das organizações atuais. Ficou claro como cada vez mais arquitetos migram de funções tradicionalmente reconhecidas como de "guardiões de TI" para conselheiros de confiança de C-Levels nas principais iniciativas corporativas de suas organizações. Keynote com Gianluca Battaglini (no topo) e Satish Iyer.   Chris Mahoney apresentou o Signavio Process Explorer (SPX) mostrando os mais recentes avanços no importante tema de arquiteturas de referência e como os clientes podem começar a se beneficiar dos recentes recursos lançados em janeiro passado nesta plataforma (mais detalhes sobre SPX GA podem ser encontrados aqui). Chris Mahoney apresentando o Signavio Process Explorer   Não só a SAP apresentou o conteúdo, os participantes também puderam ouvir de outros clientes (Dexco e Votorantim) em um painel sobre a jornada para o S/4HANA Cloud e como suas equipes de arquitetura têm apoiado a aceleração e a modernização dos negócios em operações globais altamente complexas, tirando máximo aproveito desse novo paradigma e realmente transformando o negócio e a TI de suas organizações. Dexco e Votorantim Arquitetos compartilhando seu aprendizado em um painel de discussão. A agenda do dia contou também com vários arquitetos, especialistas e líderes locais apresentando conteúdos como RISE with SAP (Valdecir Rodrigues), Estratégia de Dados (Marcos Rocha), Estratégia de Integração (Edson Thomaz), ferramentas para apoio na jornada ao S/4HANA (Lucciano Guazzelli), gerenciamento de licenças STAR/ DAES (Valsoir Tronchin) e Signavio (Rodrigo Carvalho). Por fim, feedbacks importantes foram capturados dos participantes, contribuindo com ideias, expectativas e sugestões para novos eventos e conteúdo que contribuam para preservar a sincronia, continuidade, conexão e acima de tudo, a colaboração dentro desta importante comunidade (80% das pessoas que responderam à pesquisa confirmaram ter pelo menos uma iniciativa chave onde a arquitetura desempenha um papel fundamental e estratégico para suas organizações). A equipe de Solution Advisory Architecture quer agradecer a todos os clientes, palestrantes e patrocinadores que fizeram com que o evento se tornasse realidade e aguardam ansiosos pelos próximos eventos neste ecossistema. Caso tenha participado do evento, compartilhe aqui suas percepções, sugestões ou expectativas para os próximos. Estamos ansiosos para nos conectar com você novamente em um futuro próximo. Até lá! #Enterprise Architecture #Business Architecture #Signavio ... View more

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I take the reference to this SCN Discussion about Improvement Finder.  Earlier, any member can access and download all Delivered Requests but now it seems, S-User ID is mandatory.  Can someone please confirm on this ?  With P-User ID also, if this can be accessed, please share the related link. I have one exhaustive list of all "Delivered Requests" in my personal laptop but unfortunately, I had to reformat, all my data has gone.  Would like to again download such of those requests related to Sales and Billing. Sorry if this is not the right place to post ... View more

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Are you familiar with the frequency illusion? This is when something you've just experienced or started focusing on crops up constantly. For example, a few years ago, after purchasing a silver Honda CRV everywhere I went, there were CRVs, many of which were silver! I had never noticed that there were so many on the road. They were always there, but I didn't see them. I've recently had this experience around the topic of Application Rationalization. I wrote an  article  about the value of performing an Application Rationalization process, and now it seems it is cropping up everywhere I go. As an Enterprise Architect for SAP, I work with various businesses daily. I've noticed that almost every conversation mentions the need to do some Application Rationalization. They aren't necessarily saying it that way, but that's how I hear it. Our c ustomers talk about the need to simplify their landscape, reduce complexity, and reduce how many times their data is replicated. Many of them mention how they got to where they are today. I can relate; after spending over 20 years in corporate IT, I know how application landscapes become complex. Reasons include mergers and acquisitions, decentralized IT decision-making, and speed-to-market considerations.  I compare decluttering your house and performing an application rationalization process in my article.  In the same way that it's always a good time to declutter your home, it's always a good time to focus on application rationalization. The specific inflection points that make rationalization a higher priority  include when a new CIO or enterprise architecture leader joins the team, financial considerations, organizational changes like mergers and acquisitions, and significant contract renewals. What has been your experience with Application Rationalization? Do you have any experience running this process, either good or bad, that you can share? Is it something your team is focused on now or plans to work on in the future? ... View more