Controlling Change in An Agile SAP Development Environment FNL

Controlling change in an agile SAP development environment
Introductions
Host:
Stef Pinto
Speakers:
Rick Porter (VP Business Development)
Copyright Revelation Software Concepts All Rights Reserved
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Overview and introductions Seminar
What is agile and where is it used?
(5 min) (40 min)
Agile and change control

Controlling agile change with Rev-Trac
Q&A
(10 min)
Please feel quite free to enter questions into Q&A area at any time during the seminar
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Revelation Software Concepts
We specialize in Simplifying SAP Change Control In doing so reduce the risks and lower the costs associated with delivering support and project changes to SAP systems. Developers of:
Market leading SAP change control technology
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Overview and introductions What is agile and where is it used? Agile and change control Controlling agile change with Rev-Trac Q&A
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Agile development is about working software made available quicker
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In May this year SAP reported that it had succeeded in reducing its innovation cycles from 15 months to between six and nine months using agile development methods
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Requirements Design Build Test
Waterfall method
Classic linear approach
One phase follows another with no going back

Relies on documentation and rigid specifications Structured > easily measured > easily managed
Deploy
Maintain
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Requirements Design Build Test
Advantages of the waterfall method

Design errors are captured before any software is written
Excellent technical documentation is part of the deliverables Very structured and it is easier to measure progress The total cost of the project can be accurately estimated Testing is easier
Deploy
Maintain
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Manifesto for agile development Agile

Responding to change Individuals and interaction Working software Customer collaboration
Waterfall
Following a plan Processes and tools Comprehensive documentation Contract negotiation
Less reliance upon predefined documentation and more reliance on iteration and collaboration
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Agile model
Smaller units of work over relative short time periods Iterative and collaborative Requirements can change as needs become clearer
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Agile development methods
Extreme Programming (XP) Test Driven Development (TDD) Scrum Lean Development Crystal Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
Feature Driven Development (FDD)

Agile Modelling Adaptive Software Development (ASD)
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Agile development methods: Scrum
Features / requirements in priority order Delivered in short bursts or 30 day iterations called sprints
Sprint contains features deliverable within the time frame
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Scrum process
Release/Phase
Sprints
Build / Test / Deploy
Deliver
Requirement 1
Requirement 2
Sprint 1
DEV
QAS
PRD
Requirement 2
Requirement n
Sprint n
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Overview and introductions What is agile and where is it used? Agile and change control Controlling Agile change with Rev-Trac Q&A
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Change control
Change request Notification workflow Approval workflow Process selection Record keeping / audit trail Help / Service Desk referencing Transport deployment Transport sequencing Target system selection Object collision protection Retrofit processing Transport dependency management
Process enforcement (ITIL or Other)
Failure alerting
Process Control
Technical Control
Costs and Risks = Volume x Complexity x Control

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Status steps / approval process

What status steps will each requirement / feature of each Sprint go through?
Development / testing / impact analysis
Management
Who will sign off each step? Will this be the same for each requirement?
Who will be sent what workflow messages when?
Iteration
How will requirement changes be recorded? How will the iterations be handled?
Documentation
What documentation is required?
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Process control requirements

Phase Planning Phase Sprint Phase Element Requirements planning Development Status / Approval Steps Requirements approved Approved for development Development reviewed Development complete Development tested Development testing approved Development finalised Development documented Approved for integration testing Integration testing completed Integration testing approved Development approved for implementation Development implemented Development complete
Post Sprint Phase
Testing
Implementation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
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Standard SAP change control challenges

Managing parallel development Managing overtaking and / or overwriting
Managing dependencies within and across solutions

Managing transport sequencing Managing iterations
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Agile development and change control
Single DEV system / single SAP solution

Parallel development risks Overtaking and / or overwriting risks
Transport sequencing
Maintenance
DEV
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3
QAS
Sprint 1 Sprint 2
PRD
Sprint 1
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Single DEV system / multiple SAP solutions

Parallel development risks Overtaking and / or overwriting risks
Controlling dependencies across landscapes and technologies

Maintenance
DEV
QAS QBW QAP
PRD PBW PRP
DBW DEP
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Parallel DEV system

Retrofitting maintenance changes into DV1 Back-flushing Sprint changes into DEV and QAS
Maintenance
DEV DV1
QAS QA1
Sprint 1 Sprint 2
PRD
Sprint 1
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Overview and introductions What is agile and where is it used? Agile and change control Controlling agile change with Rev-Trac Q&A
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Achieving full control through repeatable processes
Process control
Technical control
TMS / CTS (transports, objects, tables)
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Change control automation benefits:

Process enforcement Accurate transport sequencing
Overtake and overwrite prevention

Transport dependency management Cross team communication Flexible process configuration (traditional plus agile process)
Audit ready information

Removal of manual tasks Reduction of human error
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Rev-Trac overview
Leading SAP change control technology

Powerful, highly configurable, change control solution for SAP change request and transport management Mechanizes or Industrializes SAP change control through automation Manages single ABAP or dual ABAP/Java stack SAP solutions. (CTS, CTS+) Enforce any combination of change request, approval, and migration processes SAP certified ABAP add-on for SAP Basis 4.6, 640 and now NetWeaver 7.0
Rev-Trac lowers the costs and reduces the risks of managing agile developed SAP changes
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Agile change and Rev-Trac
Organizing the work: Process control

Rev-Trac request system Rev-Trac project and work type concept
Rev-Trac master / child request process

Rev-Trac enforcement
Controlling the developments: Technical control

Transport deployment automation Overtake and Overwrite Protection System (OOPS) Multiple source transport management ALM integration
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Agile change and Rev-Trac
The process
A Project or release is created The requirements to be delivered are listed
Requirements are collected into deliverable units of work

Sprints are created for each unit of work Rev-Trac Master Requests are created for each Sprint OR
A single Rev-Trac request is created for each requirement within the Sprint
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Rev-Trac change request
Screen shot of a Rev-Trac request

Requirements descriptor Sprint delivery date
Project assignment Sprint assignment
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Process control: Master / child request system

Create one request per Sprint requirement OR Create a master request per Sprint and child requests for each requirement
Rev-Trac Master Request (Sprint 1)
Rev-Trac Child (Requirement 1) TX1 TX2 TX3 Rev-Trac Child (Requirement n) TX1 TX2
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Rev-Trac change detection
Every transport must be related (attached) to a Rev-Trac Change Request

No Rev-Trac request ? Then no change is allowed.
Rev-Trac Request
DEV
QAS
PRD
Transport creation
Rev-Trac captures every change every time providing total change control
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Rev-Trac process enforcement
Once request is completed Rev-Trac enforces a predetermined approval process and workflow...
Not complying with the process...?
Then the change will not progress!
Rev-Trac Request
DEV
QAS
PRD
Transport creation
Transport Directory
The correct disciplines are assured for every sprint

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Rev-Trac process enforcement
Each request is assigned to a Project and Work type This combination will evoke a predetermined change control process enforcing both the approvals and rules associated
Status / Approval Steps 1. Requirements approved 2. Approved for development 3. Development reviewed 4. Development complete 5. Development tested 6. Development testing approved 7. Development finalised 8. Development documented 9. Approved for integration testing 10. Integration testing completed 11. Integration testing approved 12. Development approved for implementation 13. Development implemented 14. Development complete
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Rev-Trac documentation enforcement
All and any change control documentation is attached to the Rev-Trac request
Additional forms and form fields are customisable Completion rules can apply documents / fields
Required documentation not in place...? Then the change will not progress!
Rev-Trac Request
DEV
QAS
PRD
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Rev-Trac automated workflow
Keep the work flowing with highly configurable automated workflow...

You determine who needs to know what and when Team leader and then Rev-Trac keeps them informed User Project manager
Basis team
IS manager
Rev-Trac Request
DEV
QAS
PRD
Everyone is kept in the loop the work continuously flows

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Rev-Trac transport deployment automation
Safely auto-migrate transports from any system to any system/client upon electronic approval...
Rev-Trac Request
DEV
QAS
PRD
A conflict, overtake or overwrite?
Transport creation
Transport Directory
Transport is not migrated!
Massive opportunity for human error is totally eliminated

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Rev-Trac safety
Eliminate production incidents due to sequencing errors or overtake and/or overwrite errors...
DEV
Level 1 Locking Level 2 Overtaking OOPS Level 3 Overwriting
Version 1.1 Version 1.2 Version 1.1 Version 1.2 Version 1.1
QAS
1.1
PRD
1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
Version 1.2
Preventing parallel development and overtaking and overwriting accidents

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Rev-Trac automated quality assurance
Automatic propagation of groups of transports to ensure synchronicity - from any group of source systems to any group of target systems/clients
Rev-Trac Request
QAS
ECC TX1 [ABAP]
BI TX2 [Java] TX3 [ABAP] Portal (EP) TX4 [Java]
PRD
TX1 [ABAP] ECC TX1 [ABAP]
BI TX2 [Java] TX3 [ABAP] Portal (EP) TX4 [Java]
TX2 [ABAP] TX3 [Java]
TX4 [Java]
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Complex SAP Landscape Support
Automated retrofit and N and N+1 transport management

Rev-Trac Request
Request Clone
DEV
QAS
PRD
OOPS Extended Locking Rev-Trac Request
OOPS
Transport Directory
Auto retrofit
DV1
QA1
Significant human effort and error potential is eliminated

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SAP Third Party ALM Integration
Change Request
Approved
Updated
Updated
Reviewed
Closed
Requirements and/or Testing Impact Analysis
Rev-Trac Request
Rev-Trac Request
DEV
Build
QAS
Test Deploy
PRD
A single line from requirement to SAP code via Rev-Trac

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Agile development and Rev-Trac
Agile software development stresses

rapid iterations, small and frequent releases, and
evolving requirements facilitated by direct user involvement in the development process.
Rev-Trac provides a framework to automate and control mundane and repetitive development tasks, and enforce process. Rev-Trac is methodology neutral and can be applied equally well to agile as well as more traditional SAP development processes
Rev-Trac: an ideal solution for managing agile changes

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Q&A
Q&A
Please put questions into Q&A area they will be answered as fully as time allows. www.xrsc.com
Reference: AGILE: IMPLEMENTING SAP STEP BY STEP

http://www.sap.com/netherlands/services/consulting/pdf/Whitepaper_Agile_ENG.pdf
Reducing the risks and lowering the costs of delivering agile SAP solution changes
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