From SAP ECC to S/4HANA: A Practical Roadmap for Getting Started
The organizations that migrate calmly do not start with a platform decision. They start with an honest assessment of where they actually stand — and let that assessment set the sequence for everything that follows.
From SAP ECC to S/4HANA: A Practical Roadmap for Getting Started
The organizations that migrate calmly do not start with a platform decision. They start with an honest assessment of where they actually stand — and let that assessment set the sequence for everything that follows.
By the time most organizations seriously begin planning their move from SAP ECC to S/4HANA, they have usually spent a long time discussing it. Discussion is not the same as sequencing, and it is sequencing — knowing what to actually do first, this quarter, rather than “sometime before 2027” — that most separates the organizations that migrate calmly from the ones that eventually migrate under pressure. This roadmap sets out that sequence, not as a rigid template, but as a practical starting order that reflects how the work genuinely depends on itself.
Why sequence matters more than most organizations assume
ASUG’s research into S/4HANA adoption, sponsored by BearingPoint, reports an average total migration duration of 1.5 years across member organizations — and, more tellingly, a meaningful acceleration in how quickly organizations are realizing business value after go-live. Earlier-wave adopters took an average of 7.2 months post-go-live to realize business value; more recent adopters realized value in 4.4 months, nearly three months faster.
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