ALM204
Change Impact Analysis with Business Process Change Analyzer
Rajeev Gollapudi, SAP Labs India
September, 2011
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Agenda
Changing SAP Solutions – Customer Pain Points
Business Process Change Analyzer (BPCA) – Overview
BPCA Use Cases
Preparation
Demo
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Orchestrate Your Solution with SAP Solution Manager
Run SAP
like a
Factory
Single
Source
of Truth
Application
Lifecycle
Management
Integration
Validation
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E2E Integration Testing of SAP Solutions
Test Process embedded in the SAP Application Lifecycle
Test Process
Type of Change
New SAP
Solution
Test Scope Identification
Business Blueprint
Test Planning
Test System Setup
SAP Solution
Update
2
Tests in heterogeneous system
landscapes
SAP Solution updates affecting missioncritical business processes
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Test system setup and test data
management
4
Effort for creation and maintenance of
automated tests
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PRD Change
Deployment
Change Impact
Analysis
Customer Pain Points
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Test Execution
SAP Strategy for E2E Integration Testing*
 SAP Solution Manager acts as central hub
to manage SAP change events and E2E
Integration Testing
 Superior functionality from risk-based test
planning, functional and regression testing
to integration validation
 Interfaces to Partner Test Suites
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E2E Test Management
Options for SAP Customers based on SAP Solution Manager 7.1
Business Blueprint
Test Planning
Test System Setup
Change
Deployment
Test Execution
Change Impact Analysis
Test Option 1
Business Blueprint
SAP Solution Manager
Test Workbench
Work Center TM
SAP Solution Manager
Test Automation Framework
integrated ISV test automation tools
Test Option 2
BPCA
SAP Quality Center by HP
SAP TAO
Test Option 3
Quality Manager, ReqPro, RFT, ...
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Business Process Change Analyzer
Approach
SAP Solution updates occur frequently
 SAP triggered: Support Packages, Enhancement Packages
 Customer triggered: Customizing changes, Custom code development
Customer Pain Point
Which business processes are affected by planned changes?
Approach
SAP
Solution
Update
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Change Impact Analysis
Test Planning
 Identification of business
processes affected by
change
 Test Case review
and creation of
missing test cases
 Risk-based Test
Recommendation
 Test Plan
generation
Test Execution
 Regression Tests
 Manual Tests
 Automated Tests
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Business Process Change Analyzer
Preparation
Order to Cash
Sales Order
Delivery
Goods Issue
Billing
Change Impact Analysis
“Which critical Business Processes
will be affected by planned changes?”
Execution of mission-critical
business processes by Business User
 Code: Function modules, …
 UI: Dynpro 1000, …
 Tables: Customizing, Master Data
Business Process Change Analyzer
Planned Changes
 Customizing changes
 Custom code
 Business Function activation
 SP and EhP deployment
Risk-based Test Scope
“Can I get a recommendation for
regression tests?”
Trace Result:
Technical Bill of Material (TBOM)
Order to Cash
Sales Order  code change
Delivery
Goods Issue  UI change
Billing
Procure to Pay
Create PO  customizing change
Business Process Change Analyzer
 Identification of business processes impacted by software
changes
 Support decision making whether planned change shall be
executed
 Automatic test plan generation
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Use Cases
Business Process Change Analyzer
SAP Solution Manager 7.0 SP18*
BPCA Use Case 1: Customizing Changes
Example: „Create Sales Order“ – input field „Purchase Order: optional  mandatory
Customizing Changes
DEV
Transport
Change Impact Analysis
Identification of impacted
business processes
Test Recommendation
Generation of Test Plan
TST
PRD
* Note: BPCA of SAP SolMan 7.1 SP01: additional precision through tracing of key fields of SAP customizing tables
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Business Process Change Analyzer
SAP Solution Manager 7.0 SP18
BPCA Use Case 2: Custom Code Developments
Example: Extention of existing SAP screen with custom required field
Custom Code Developments
DEV
Transport
Change Impact Analysis
Identification of impacted
business processes
Test Recommendation
Generation of Test Plan
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TST
PRD
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Business Process Change Analyzer
SAP Solution Manager 7.0 SP23
BPCA Use Case 3: Planned activation of inactive Business Functions
Example: inactive Enterprise Business Function „Advanced Order Processing and Billing“
DEV
planned Bus.Function
activation
Change Impact Analysis
Identification of impacted
business processes before
BF activation
Test Recommendation
Generation of Test Plan
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TST
PRD
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Business Process Change Analyzer
SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP01
BPCA Use Case 4: SP / EhP Deployment and Test Scope Optimization
Example: Deployment of EhP 4 for SAP ERP
SAP Support Package / Enhancement Package Deployment
DEV
Change Impact Analysis
Test Recommendation
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SP / EhP
TST
PRD
Identification of impacted
business processes
Generation of Test Plan with risk-based test scope
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Business Process Change Analyzer
Test Scope Optimization – Example
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Preparation
BPCA – Preparation – 1
Business Process Documentation
Lean Process Documentation: BPCA requires only a process hierarchy with
executables and system information to be documented in a project or a solution.
System information
Transactions
Process hierarchy
 Business scenario
 Business processes
 Business steps
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BPCA – Preparation – 2
TBOM generation
Business Scenario
Quotation
“Order to Cash”
Sales Order
Delivery
Billing
Process Step „Sales Order“ – VA01
Business Blueprint
execute
Customer SAP Landscape (SAP ERP, …)
User selects process step
in SAP Solution Manager
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User executes the process step while BPCA
traces all SAP objects used by process step
Generated TBOM contains
Code Objects, User Interfaces
and Tables used
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BPCA Technical Bill of Material (TBOM)
Example for Business Transaction: Create Sales Order (VA01)
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SAP Solution Manager 7.0 / 7.1
BPCA – TBOM generation Approaches
TBOM creation
SAP SolMan 7.0
SAP SolMan 7.1
1) Manual TBOM
recording by User
Standard functionality
Standard functionality
2) ToDo Lists for
Business User
QM creates list of missing TBOMs and send workflow
item to business user who creates TBOM during
normal business operations
3) Manual TBOM
recording by Tester
Tester execution of manual test case gets option to
create TBOM on the fly
4) Automated Tests –
Test Option 1
Workaround via eCATT or 3rd party
test tools like HP QTP
Test Automation Framework eCATT and 3rd party test
tools (eCATT, HP QTP, Worksoft, IBM RFT – more to
come)
5) Automated Tests –
Test Option 2
SAP TAO 2.0 SP04 (Nov 2010)
SAP TAO 2.0 SP04 (Nov 2010)
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Manual TBOM creation in SAP Solution Manager 7.1
ToDo Lists for Business User
Goal: Collaboration work flow between quality teams and business process teams to
create TBOM
Quality Expert
Business Process Expert
Create and Manage Work list
Process work Items
Review work list
Identify missing TBOMs
Notification
Process Work item
Create work list & assign
BPX
Run Business Transaction
Review completed
work items
TBOM is created in
background
Notification
TBOMs created
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Close work item
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BPCA
TBOM generation using test automation tools
Business Scenario
Quotation
“Order to Cash”
Sales Order
Delivery
Process Step „Sales Order“
automated
Test Case
Billing
Business Blueprint
execute
Customer SAP Landscape (SAP ERP, …)
assign TBOM to Process Step
create TBOM during test case execution
Test Option
Test Management
Test Automation Tools
1
SAP Solution Manager – Test Automation Framework
HP QTP, SAP eCATT, WS Certify, …
2
SAP Quality Center
SAP TAO
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Customer Cases
SOKA-BAU & SOKA – IT Gains Significant Time and Test Effort
Reduction with SAP® Solution Manager
Challenges and Opportunities
QUICK FACTS

SOKA – BAU & SOKA – IT
 Headquarters: Wiesbaden, Germany
Implement extension of proven test
management capabilities of SAP Solution
Managers by using functional
enhancements of Enhancement
Package 1
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Industry: Insurance
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Revenue: € 4.8 billion
Objectives

Employees: 1,200
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
Web site: www.soka-bau.de
www.soka-it.de

“We can significantly reduce our test
efforts which affect our SAP solution
operations by using a risk – based test

Email notifications for all status changes
of test cases & central access and
administration for all test relevant
information

Set-up of new wizard for SAP Solution
Manager configuration within three hours
Why SAP Services

End-to-end functionality and excellent
integration into existing SAP solution
landscape
Possibility to leverage and re-use of
already achieved results

Improve test execution via deployment of
test sequence functionality

Increase user and process efficiency
though html-based work center for test
and incident management

Raise quality of SAP solution
documentation though deployment of
Solution Documentation Assistant
(SoDocA)
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Risk-based test scope identification
leading to considerable reduction of test
efforts
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Significant time savings within test
preparation
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Streamlined communication during test
execution

Role-based approach for all test activities
supported by new customer work-center
SAP® solution and services: SAP ERP, SAP
BW, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Consulting
Optimize test planning through Business
Process Change Analyzer (BPCA)
Implementation Highlights
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Key Benefits
scope identification provided by the
Business Process Change Analyzer of
SAP Solution Manager. ”
Roland Krüger
Manager SAP Customer CoE
SOKA-IT
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BPCA Proof of Concept at SAP Customer in EMEA (1)
Project steps and required effort
SAP Solution Manager
Upgrade
„Lean“ Solution
Documentation
BPCA setup
 Update SAP Solution Manager 7.0 SP19 to SP20
 5.5 hours
 SAP Solman agent update in managed system
 No additional effort
 Business process definition in MS Excel
 Already available
 Fitment for existing process structure to 3 level
hierarchy in SAP Solution Manager
 30 minutes
 Business process modeling of MM-Procurement
processes in ARIS and upload into SAP Solution
Manager( for 5 business processes incl.steps)
 2 hours for 5
business processes
 BPCA preparation: trace (TBOM) for each
business process via manual process execution
 BPCA analysis for 5 software changes including
customizing and program changes
 5h for 14 processes*
 15 min for each
analysis
* 14 variants of the procurement process
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BPCA Proof of Concept at SAP Customer in EMEA (2)
Findings
Change type
Change description
BPCA change impact analysis
Customizing change
Change invoice tolerances
Invoice Verification step in all the processes
was impacted
Customizing change
Changes to account group
Purchase Order, Goods Receipt Invoice
Receipt , RFQ, Adjudication, Contract were
impacted due to the common customizing
table
Customizing change
ALV output for purchasing list displays
Expidite process was impacted as expected
New org structure
Changes resulting out of a new Org Structure
for a new company acquired
Definition of plants was impacted as expected
SAP Support Package
Support package on ECC Enhancement
Package – SAPKA70103
Results as expected. Impact on custom code
was also identified.
Custom Code Change
Changes to SAPMZC35 after an SP Upgrade
for PO Creation
Results as expected. Impact on ZC35
transaction.
Summary: Correct change impact analysis for all changes evaluated
Exception: BPCA results are generic across tables and do not analyze the business logic derived from the table data
(Note: solved with SAP Solution Manager 7.1).
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Business Process Change Analyzer
Planned developments based on customer feedback
Integration
Test Scope
Optimization
TBOM Creation
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 Integration with 3rd party test management tools for test plan
generation
 Integration with Change Request Management (CHARM)
 Better management of test scope optmization criteria
 TBOMs for scheduled background jobs
 Simplified user interface for Business Process Experts
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Business Process Change Analyzer
Customer Benefits
Precise insight
 Identification of critical business processes affected by
planned change events
Improved handling of change events
 Support for customer’s change committee to decide on
SPs, EhPs or Custom triggered changes for SAP
production systems
Risk-based Test Planning
 Recommendation for subsequent regression tests
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Further Information
SAP Service Marketplace:
E2E Integration Testing: http://service.sap.com/testing
Best Practices for Test Management:
https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700000622542011E.PDF
Related SAP Education and Certification Opportunities
SAP Solution Manager e-learning material: http://service.sap.com/rkt-solman
Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2011
ALM203, SAP Test Management with SAP Solution Manager 7.1: Overview , Lecture
ALM206, Testing with SAP Quality Center and SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization , Lecture
ALM205, Extended Test Automation with SAP Solution Manager, Lecture
ALM260, Test automation framework, Hands-on Workshop
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