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The Implementation Roadmap consists of the following five phases, as we have
previously seen within ASAP:


• Phase 1: Project Preparation. In this initial phase, you plan your implementation
project and make all the preparatory steps, including setting the objectives for the
project, determining the scope, defining the project plan, project team members
and establishing the activities and sequence for the implementation activities.

• Phase 2: Business Blueprint. The purpose of this phase is to determine the project
scope and create the Business Blueprint. The Business Blueprint documents
business process requirements and additional goals for your implementation.


• Phase 3: Realization. The purpose of this phase is to configure and test the
business processes defined in the Business Blueprint phase and create customerspecific
end-user documentation and training materials.

• Phase 4: Final Preparation. The purpose of this phase is to prepare and conduct
end-user training and perform a final test of the SAP system before going live.
You also prepare and execute data conversion from legacy systems to the
production system. You should also resolve all open issues.

• Phase 5: Go Live and Support. The purpose of this phase is to move the SAP
system to a live production environment, establish a help desk support
organization for end users, and optimize the system performance and technical
environment as far as possible. In this phase, you also plan follow-up training and
define an upgrade strategy to continually improve the SAP system.