SAP Solution: ChaRM

SAP SolMan 7.2 provides further enhancements to the "transport-related checks" theme with SPS9. Fully integrated in SolMan WebClient UI of ChaRM, the theme is a powerful tool for transport quality.

How can financial service providers pragmatically deal with the stricter regulatory requirements for banking IT?

"Do it or don't do it. There is no try!", Yoda in the Star Wars movie "The Empire Strikes Back". When upgrading to SolMan 7.2, you also have exactly one try when activating content.

SolMan 7.2 provides a fully comprehensive tool for management and, above all, for the transition in the direction of S/4. However, the advantages of the tool only become apparent in combination.

As part of the maintenance strategy, I am repeatedly asked how companies should design and plan the changeover to Solution Manager 7.2.

In the past, many IT managers were concerned with managing their changes. The next stage is the topic of cost and activity allocation.

There are still many IT departments that manage their SAP transports manually. A ChaRM implementation makes more than sense here, but should also be planned and coordinated.

Colloquially, the Solution Manager is also known as the Swiss Army Knife. Even if there is much that can be argued about, it has long been clear to IT managers that the pocket knife is not a money-saving expense, but a really thick one. The sensible use of the disciplines should be well-considered.

I am often asked in consulting that Change Request Management in SolMan should initially be used as standard. When IT managers consider the consequences for their IT processes, a wish list of customer-specific enhancements quickly emerges.

At the end of 2013, standard maintenance for the previous version of SAP Solution Manager 7.1. expired. Those who do not switch will have to accept higher security risks and additional costs. But this is not the only reason why it is worth switching to the new release.