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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Digital transformation is a driving force behind new models and approaches today. Enterprises need to adapt quickly and creatively to reap the benefits of the digital economy. One key aspect of this transformation involves cloud-based SAP testing, essential in building a reliable SAP production and release environment.<\/p>\n

This insightful blog explores the strengths and capabilities of Cigniti, SAP, and Tricentis, which are vital to ensuring successful large-scale SAP transformations. Organizations can reduce costs and accelerate the time to value by utilizing proven approaches and various tools.<\/p>\n

Testing SAP Requires Tackling Three Key Challenges Head-On<\/h2>\n

Organizations are embracing cloud-based SAP transformations to enhance their scalability, improve uptime, increase availability, and accelerate implementation while optimizing costs.<\/p>\n

Agile and SAP DevOps delivery models are becoming essential for successful digital transformations<\/a>, and several fundamental trends are driving their adoption:<\/p>\n

1. Faster time to value<\/h3>\n

Organizations are increasingly transitioning from the waterfall method to the Agile and DevOps<\/a> way to achieve quicker delivery, improved quality, predictable outcomes, and a better overall user experience, and it is essential to implement Agile and DevOps methodologies for SAP.<\/p>\n

This requires specialized automation tools<\/a> for both technical and functional aspects to support efficient delivery and continuous change management.<\/p>\n

Additionally, it is critical to establish a strong development and testing process that allows for constant feedback from business teams regarding the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) delivered by the scrum teams.<\/p>\n

2. Outstanding business proficiency<\/h3>\n

The SAP cloud platform empowers organizations to leverage open APIs and use side-by-side extensibility to integrate external content deployed in the SAP Cloud Platform (SCP) with their SAP S\/4 HANA cloud system.<\/p>\n

3. Adapting quickly to business changes<\/h3>\n

Many organizations are switching from customized SAP ECC setups to a more standardized and simplified SAP S\/4HANA system. SAP automation tools, pre-made content, and regular updates make this transition possible, enabling improved flexibility.<\/p>\n

This change requires implementing SAP S\/4HANA Cloud MTE (Multi-Tenant Edition), STE (Single Tenant Edition), or SAP S\/4HANA on-premise version or streamlining existing systems. SAP DevOps and agile delivery models can handle these large-scale transformations and upgrades.<\/p>\n

Organizations must have a strong SAP testing capability with a clear strategy<\/a>, proven approaches, established processes, and advanced toolsets to successfully implement the SAP DevOps delivery model. This allows organizations to identify early development defects, analyze SAP custom code, and conduct impact-based regression testing<\/a>, optimizing testing while reducing effort and cost.<\/p>\n

Effective test management<\/a> is essential for Agile project delivery, continuous testing, and test automation, resulting in rapid agile-based SAP development and deployment for a unified user experience. Many organizations use a CI\/CD approach for their SAP development projects through SAP ChaRM to fit their unique SAP landscape and release management needs.<\/p>\n

To implement Agile or DevOps methodologies in SAP development and establish a CI\/CD pipeline<\/a> without requiring substantial investments, prioritizing defect-free releases, minimizing testing cycle duration, and cutting down on quality-related expenses is crucial.<\/p>\n

To achieve this, traditional approaches such as manual functional testing, script-based test automation, and testing every test case must be more agile and cost-effective.<\/p>\n

Embrace ‘Shift Left’ Strategy: Proactively Prepare for Optimal Testing and Test Automation<\/h3>\n

Are you aware that Cigniti, SAP, and Tricentis have come together to offer a comprehensive solution to SAP testing challenges?<\/p>\n

Their integrated approach includes several in-house SAP accelerators and tools, such as Cigniti’s genie, utilizing pre-built test scenarios and cases from a dedicated repository to ensure a seamless SAP S\/4HANA transformation. Cigniti’s SAP business process recorder can also convert existing SAP processes into detailed documentation, reducing the need for extensive test design.<\/p>\n

In addition, the SAP test data miner assists in identifying and extracting SAP test data, while modern business process capture tools like Celonis can capture and analyze existing SAP processes. With this range of tools and support, tackling SAP testing challenges<\/a> has never been more efficient and effective.<\/p>\n