Technologies & Products
The ultimate insurance policy - BackOut SAP transports in minutes
I was watching my son play on his XBox at the weekend - some particularly violent shooting game. Every time he was ‘killed’ he simply ...
Technologies & Products
Announcing ActiveControl 8.0: SAP Certified on S/4HANA
People often say that the opening line is the most important part of any story, so in this one I’m going with the following: “[We] ...
Agile & DevOps
4 things SAP users are talking about right now
As we look at all the emerging trends within the digital business world, there is one which has stood out as a common requirement amongst ...
Events
UKISUG Connect 2017: Robotic Test Automation, DevOps and men in kilts
Returning to UKISUG Connect this year, I was wondering what the conference would bring this time around, and if any of the topics had ...
Agile & DevOps
How technology can help drive change to a DevOps culture
As part of an organization that evangelizes Agile & DevOps for SAP, it is hard to ignore the power of practicing what you preach. ...
Agile & DevOps
The Agile Product Development Rock Band
Throughout my teenage years I played the guitar and sang in a few different bands, and I even tried my hand at being a singer/songwriter. ...
Agile & DevOps
How does DevOps affect me as a Product Manager and UX Designer?
As a Product Manager who also wears the UX Designer hat within my organization, it is my responsibility to ensure that we provide value ...
SAP S/4HANA
4 steps to a clear S/4 HANA migration strategy
If you attended UKISUG Connect this year at the ICC in Birmingham, one thing is for sure. If you're not thinking about S/4HANA already, ...
Events
UKISUG 2016: The Power of the Freebie
UKISUG Connect is over for another year - another well-organised event with lots of interesting topics discussed concerning the world of ...
Technologies & Products
Analysis, Metrics and Gold Medal Success
What struck me most about watching the BBC’s Olympic coverage on the middle Sunday evening was not just the plethora of Gold medals that ...
News
Basis/Forrester Q&A: The vital role of SAP systems in digital transformation
As the ever-expanding digital economy drives decision makers to demand more from their IT infrastructure, we teamed up with market leading ...
Agile & DevOps
Continuous Integration for SAP
Continuous Integration has been the norm for many software companies for over 10 years now. The debate about whether the approach is sound ...
Agile & DevOps
8 reasons Why Agile Transitions Fail - Part 2
In Part One we looked at how Agile can affect your development and support teams in ways that you might not have thought about. With ...
Agile & DevOps
8 Reasons Why Agile Transitions Fail
Far too many Agile development practices fail. You’ll hear excuses like, they took far too long to build or the quality just wasn’t ...
Agile & DevOps
4 Key Benefits for Agile Development for SAP - Part 3
Agile Development for SAP Benefit #4 Business Value The remaining major benefit of the Agile approach is reduced time to business ...
Agile & DevOps
Key Benefits of Agile Development for SAP - Part 2
Agile Development for SAP Benefit #2 Visibility The second classic benefit is full visibility and it’s closely related to the first ...
Agile & DevOps
Agile Hacks for SAP
I have a confession.... I found the transition to Agile hard. Phew.... I'm out! It actually feels good saying it! Over the ...
Technologies & Products
SAP Data Visualizations - My First step to enlightenment
Sun shining, birds twittering, colleagues talking about heading out for lunch. Sun shining, birds twittering, colleagues talking about ...
Events
3 Reasons we can't wait for CS Week conference
We can’t wait to get to Charlotte, North Carolina, for CS Week, a 4-day conference dedicated to customer service for utility ...
Agile & DevOps
4 Key Benefits of Agile Development for SAP - Part 1
Recently I’ve visited three software companies that are all "Agile"…. or at least they thought they were Agile. I know a lot has been ...
Agile & DevOps
5 of the best articles on Enterprise DevOps
According to a recent Gartner research note, by 2016, DevOps will blossom into a mainstream strategy employed by 25 percent of Global 2000 ...
Technologies & Products
The Bonus Calculator Nosebleed
In a previous life, I inherited a product that had a bad quality problem. This was pre-Agile Development days when we were just getting ...
Agile & DevOps
Yoda's guide to faster SAP delivery
Frank Oz was the voice of Yoda in the Star Wars movies. I'm sure you've heard that inverted sentence structure he used. When nine ...
Agile & DevOps
HASSELL - Why we need it in DevOps for SAP
Forget Bernoulli's Theorem it’s not physics that makes planes fly…. It’s money. Everything about aviation is expensive, and when ...
SAP Automation
There are 2 types of SAP career - which do you have?
One of my favorite books is ‘The Meaning of Everything’ by Simon Winchester. It’s the story of the creation of the world’s ...
Agile & DevOps
Zombie Ostriches vs. DevOps
Early in my career, I thought that best practices and standards were a good thing to understand and align with. I stumbled on a few of ...
Customers & Partners
The most difficult questions to ask your SAP systems integrator
For years, I specialized in building, running and selling outsourced SAP delivery capabilities. Mainly SAP application management services ...
Agile & DevOps
Agile waterfalls and lagoons
Recently, I went on a short walk in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales in the North of England. Ingleton Falls is an 8km trek through Glens and ...
Agile & DevOps
RevUp for DevOps
Competitive companies need to be able to change IT quickly to stay ahead of the game. They can’t wait six months for new business ...
Technologies & Products
Are your SAP transports out of order?
Can you guarantee the order that your SAP transports are moved to Production is identical to the order they were moved into Testing? If ...
Technologies & Products
The easy way to run your SAP project cutover
When one of my friends announced that he was giving up smoking as his New Year’s resolution I was dubious. He has tried to quit ...
Technologies & Products
Reducing Impact - SAP Transport Back Out
I have seen it many times - despite best efforts to correctly manage changes into SAP systems, there will always be the situation where a ...
Technologies & Products
The Jedi tricks that every SAP consultant should know
In a London bar last week with a group of SAP consultants from my distant past, I overheard two ex-colleagues voicing concerns about ...
Technologies & Products
What can a 5 year old teach you about managing SAP change?
My daughter had a breakthrough this morning. She managed to tie her shoelaces herself for the first time. After months of patiently ...
