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ATUL PATANKAR [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000 LINDA WILSON [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999 JUERGEN LINDNER [ SAP POINT OF CONTACT MEMBER SINCE: 1998 [ ] Honey, I Shrunk the Support Package Project [ February 28, 2012
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. 2 Welcome Shelly Hendee Manager of SAP Support CVPS Jessica Malamud Marketing Communications Manager Panaya Your Moderator Today’s Panelists Tonia Erickson Software Developer CVPS Amit Bendov Chief Marketing Officer Panaya
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Housekeeping Questions for Speakers? Submit questions via the Questions Panel during the webinar (please note, your line is muted). We will address them at the end. If you like our content, feel free to tweet! Use #SPWebinar Following the webinar, we will send you the presentation. 3
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. About CVPS is Vermont’s largest electric utility and serves more than 160,000 customers in 163 communities. CVPS is a regulated utility that is engaged in production, transmission and distribution of electricity $342 million in revenues in 2010 J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing and surveying company that ranks everything from automakers to financial services, in 2011 ranked CVPS second among East Region utilities and sixth in the industry for customer service. 4
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Our SAP Environment SAP has powered our operations since January 2009 Version – ECC 6.0 SAP projects are subject to audit and compliance rules Modules implemented General Accounting (FI) Managerial Accounting (CO) Human Resources (HR) Business Warehouse (BW) Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) 5
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. The Challenge Go live is just the beginning with SAP Keeping up with SAP support and enhancement packages is not a trivial thing Requires a vast amount of testing by IT and the business 6
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. First Warning Sign 2009 SAP HCM upgrade For this upgrade we manually scour through reams of OSS notes It was the “Aha” moment that we needed a strategy There must be an easier way to stay current! The answer: PANAYA 7
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. The Solution Panaya Support Package Automation SaaS solution that automates SAP upgrades, support packages and testing Shows you what will break Tells you exactly what to test Provides comparison and recommendations for code corrections 8
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. The Solution (Continued) Trial analysis with Panaya was a real eye opener… In just 2 days, Panaya provided the analysis Ability to visualized the SPS 16 impacts before implementation Panaya identified that of 28,000 notes only 450 (16%) really impacted us 9
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Implementation First Support Package Project was SPS 16 (2010) Started in Feb 2010 Typically a project has With Panaya, we skipped the Pre-Testing 10 Pre-Testing Code Correction Testing Phase
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Support Package Project Timeline 11 Pre-Panaya JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug Preparatory Activities Development Phase User Acceptance Testing Phase Production Go-Live 15 1615 177 Jul 8 5.25 Months With Panaya JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug Preparatory Activities Development Phase User Acceptance Testing Phase Production Go-Live 2615 165 1718 Jun 19 3.75 Months Saving of 28%
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. The Results 100% saving on initial testing phase 50% savings on time and efforts of code correction 25% savings on project duration Significant risks reduced 12
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Our SAP System Today We have applied Three HCM year-end support packs (2009-2011) One SPS (16 in 2010) Starting using Panaya testing tool in 2011 In 2011, used Panaya to analyze risk of deferring SPS until 2012 due to business work load We are in the process of initiating a project to move to SPS 20 (2012) 13
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SAAS FOR SAP SUPPORT PACK AUTOMATION AND TESTING Amit Bendov CMO Twitter: @banditmove Amit.bendov@panayainc.com
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Panaya is Great for Upgrades Releases New Functionality Day-to-DayChanges Rollouts SupportPacks Regression Tests EnhancementPacks
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Becoming an Industry Standard 500+ customers 2500 projects SAP Certified Backed by Hasso Plattner Ventures
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. In All industries and Sizes
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. THE CHALLENGE
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. 19 11,674 Notes in Support Stack 20
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. A Needle in a Support Stack 20
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Key Questions PLAN FIX & TEST Whatwillbreak? What will break? Whattotest? What to test? How to fix? Createtestscripts Create test scripts Testanddocument Test and document Updatetestscripts Update test scripts Complicated Labor Intensive!
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. A Fully Automated Solution Run-Time Simulation Self-Adapting Test Scripts CloudBasedSuperComputer Cloud Based Super Computer PLAN FIX & TEST Showswhatwillbreak Shows what will break Prioritizestestplans Prioritizes test plans Suggests fixes Createstestscripts Creates test scripts Runstestsand logs Runs tests and logs Updatestestscripts Updates test scripts
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Go-Live Traditional Panaya Go-Live PrepareAdjustTest Prepare Adjust Test Faster, Cheaper, Safer
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. FIRST Impressions “It looks too good to be true – but it really is that good!” “When I first saw a demo it seemed too good to be true” “When we got Panaya, it was like all of a sudden we were given night vision goggles.” “How does anyone implement support packages without Panaya?!” Source: http://www.panayainc.com/customers/case-studies.htmlhttp://www.panayainc.com/customers/case-studies.html
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Experience “Panaya gave us a crystal clear idea of what we would have to change.” “We were not only on time, we slipped the upgrade in a year early.” “We have successfully completed our SPS18 and EP4 implementation this weekend in record time.” “This was one of the smoothest go-lives in my SAP career.” Source: http://www.panayainc.com/customers/case-studies.htmlhttp://www.panayainc.com/customers/case-studies.html
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Savings “No exaggerations, Panaya saved us 80 percent of our project time” “The money that we spent with Panaya was more than justified.” “This is a no-brainer, especially given the price.” “The earlier you engage Panaya, the more money and time you're going to save.” Source: http://www.panayainc.com/customers/case-studies.htmlhttp://www.panayainc.com/customers/case-studies.html
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Rave Reviews “Cool Vendor” “Excellent customer feedback” “A fundamental shift” “SAP Add-Ons That CIOs Will Love” Also featured in:
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. How it Works UPLOAD YOUR CUSTOM CODE AND USAGE DATA PANAYA ANALYZES IT IN 48 HOURS GET STARTED ! Done in 20 minutes No software Non invasive Done in 20 minutes No software Non invasive
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Upload
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Project Overview
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Know Exactly What Will Break
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Detailed Correction Tasks
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Automated Code Correction
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. What to Test
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Automated Testing for the Rest of Us
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Panaya Creates your Test Script Screensh ot capture
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Run Tests at a Fraction of the Time
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Your Scripts are Always Fresh
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. All Test Results are Logged
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[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. 40 ] Questions? Amit Bendov CMO Twitter: @banditmove Amit.bendov@panayainc.com
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