SAP S/4HANA Migration · Choosing Your Migration Path

Leadership frames the S/4HANA move as 'just a big upgrade of our ERP.' Why is that framing a strategic mistake, and what does it miss?

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A project manager scopes an S/4HANA migration as a single technical workstream. What second, largely non-technical part are they forgetting, and why does missing it derail the project?

Why is the 'process-oriented implementation' of a migration mostly a change-management effort rather than system work?

Why does SAP deliberately split migration into three phases instead of doing everything in one technical cutover?

SAP says a prerequisite for planning is 'knowing the desired target state.' Why do migration projects that skip this fail?

Beyond the source system's technical state, what organizational planning inputs does SAP say you must nail down early?

The target system will only ever be a proof of concept. According to SAP's 'type of usage' criterion, which migration approach fits — and it may surprise you?

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