Managing the People Side of SAP Cloud Projects is a comprehensive professional training program designed for SAP Project Managers, Organizational Change Managers, SAP Consultants, Business Transformation Leaders, HR Professionals, Learning & Development Specialists, SAP Activate Consultants, PMO Teams, Business Analysts, and SAP certification candidates.
This course provides a complete understanding of Organizational Change Management (OCM) for SAP Cloud implementations. Learners will explore people-related challenges, stakeholder engagement, communication strategies, change impact assessments, learning and enablement, SAP Activate phases, business readiness, organizational transition, and sustainable user adoption for successful SAP cloud transformations.
Successful SAP Cloud implementations depend not only on technology but also on people. Organizational Change Management (OCM) ensures employees understand, embrace, and adopt new business processes while minimizing resistance and maximizing business value.
In this course, learners progress from understanding change management fundamentals to executing enterprise-wide OCM strategies across every phase of the SAP Activate methodology. Through practical scenarios, learners will develop skills in stakeholder management, communication planning, change impact assessment, learning and enablement, organizational readiness, and user adoption.
By the end of this course, learners will be equipped to lead the people side of SAP cloud transformation projects and support sustainable organizational change.
This course aligns with the SAP Learning Journey Managing the People Side of SAP Cloud Projects and prepares learners to plan and implement Organizational Change Management throughout SAP Activate phases, engage stakeholders, execute communication strategies, establish learning and enablement programs, and drive sustainable SAP solution adoption.
This module introduces Organizational Change Management (OCM) within SAP Cloud projects. Learners will understand why managing the people side of change is essential for successful SAP implementations, identify organizational change challenges, assess organizational capabilities, and apply SAP's Organizational Change Management approach during cloud transformation projects.
This unit explains why Organizational Change Management is a critical success factor in SAP cloud implementations. Learners will understand how employee adoption, leadership engagement, communication, and organizational readiness influence project success and long-term business value.
This unit introduces assessment techniques that help organizations evaluate their current change management maturity, identify strengths and weaknesses, understand organizational capabilities, and determine readiness for SAP cloud transformation initiatives.
This unit introduces SAP's Organizational Change Management methodology and explains how change management activities are integrated throughout SAP cloud implementation projects to improve adoption and business outcomes.
This module provides an in-depth understanding of SAP's Organizational Change Management methodology through a practical case study. Learners follow the implementation journey of BriscoBikes, executing change management activities throughout the SAP Activate lifecycle while addressing people-related challenges, supporting business readiness, and ensuring sustainable user adoption.
This unit introduces the fictional company BriscoBikes, which serves as the case study throughout the course. Learners become familiar with the business environment, project objectives, implementation challenges, and organizational transformation goals.
This unit focuses on the Discover phase of SAP Activate, establishing the foundation for Organizational Change Management by identifying stakeholders, defining change objectives, and aligning business expectations.
This unit explains how to initiate change management activities during the Prepare phase by creating communication plans, engaging leadership, assigning responsibilities, and preparing project teams for transformation.
This unit demonstrates how change management activities become more focused during the Explore phase by assessing business impacts, engaging stakeholders, refining communication, and mobilizing business teams.
This unit explains how Organizational Change Management activities are executed during the Realize phase of SAP Activate. Learners will understand how to conduct change impact assessments, deliver communication campaigns, prepare learning materials, support business testing, and increase user readiness before deployment.
This unit focuses on the Deploy phase, where organizations prepare for production go-live by validating business readiness, supporting end users, coordinating deployment activities, and ensuring a smooth organizational transition.
This unit explains how Organizational Change Management continues after implementation by reinforcing new business processes, measuring user adoption, collecting feedback, supporting continuous improvement, and embedding change into daily operations.
This module introduces Learning and Enablement as a key component of successful SAP cloud implementations. Learners will understand how to build enablement strategies, establish enablement teams, design learning programs, integrate learning into SAP projects, and support sustainable business adoption.
This unit introduces Learning and Enablement concepts, explaining why structured learning programs are essential for successful SAP cloud implementations and long-term user adoption.
This unit explains how to establish an effective enablement team by defining roles, responsibilities, governance, and collaboration models that support enterprise-wide SAP learning initiatives.
This unit focuses on developing learning strategies aligned with project objectives, stakeholder needs, organizational capabilities, and business transformation goals to maximize user readiness and adoption.
This unit demonstrates how Learning and Enablement activities are integrated into SAP implementation projects by aligning training delivery with SAP Activate phases, project milestones, and organizational readiness objectives.
This unit explains how organizations deliver learning programs, reinforce user knowledge after go-live, measure training effectiveness, and promote continuous learning to ensure long-term adoption of SAP cloud solutions.
Throughout this course, learners will complete practical exercises that simulate real-world SAP Organizational Change Management (OCM) activities during SAP Cloud implementations. These exercises focus on stakeholder engagement, communication, business readiness, learning enablement, and user adoption across the SAP Activate lifecycle.
Participants will perform the following exercises:
In this capstone project, learners will act as Organizational Change Managers for a fictional global enterprise implementing SAP Cloud solutions. Using the BriscoBikes case study, learners will plan, execute, and sustain Organizational Change Management activities throughout the SAP Activate lifecycle.
The project emphasizes stakeholder engagement, communication, learning and enablement, business readiness, and long-term user adoption.
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Upon successful completion of this project, learners will be able to: