SAP CoE Framework


CoE means Center of Excellence.

It is a centralized team of skilled knowledge workers whose mission is to provide the organization with best practices around a certain area of interest. The CoE helps to accomplish and sustain world-class performance and value.

The SAP COE Framework is the strategy and the roadmap contributing to sustain the overall success of an SAP project.

CoE means Center of Excellence.

It is a centralized team of skilled knowledge workers whose mission is to provide the organization with best practices around a certain area of interest. The CoE helps to accomplish and sustain world-class performance and value.

The SAP COE Framework is the strategy and the roadmap contributing to sustain the overall success of an SAP project.

CoE members help to share knowledge, documentation, processes, and procedures, data, resources, experience, and best practices to get the best results from an SAP investment. One of the best ways for companies to rise above the rest and survive accumulating disruptions is to ensure alignment around a common purpose. With a CoE in place, it drives efficiency and excellence.

Some benefits include:

  • Efficient use of resources
  • Ensures quality of products and services to customers
  • Reduces operational costs by eliminating inefficient processes
  • Drives consistency across the organization

Key Considerations for SAPinsiders are:

  • Four Steps to Create an Effective COE. In this article David Jantzen and Dan Hayes of Deloitte discuss how to build a COE to support your SAP projects long after a go live. COE’s can vary from company to company, but setting up organizational structure to maintain, care for, and improve the lifecycle of your SAP will help you to get the most value from your investment.
  • The Rise of Integration as a Strategic Imperative. Read the article by Craig Stasila at SAP to learn about the increased focus on integration. SAP is seeing a significant split between organizations that are understanding the strategic value of integration vs those who do not. Discover guiding principles to improve business outcomes through strategic integration to support agility and change in your organization.
  • Application Lifecycle Management: Virtual on-demand track. Listen to this recorded event presentationthat talks about how SAP Solution Manager, SAP Cloud ALM, and SAP Focused Run serve as the integration engine to orchestrate customers business transformation from a software solution perspective. It can provide you all you need to know about ALM’s strategy as an enabler of holistic business transformation.

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    The Case for a Center of Expertise

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    The Rise of Integration as a Strategic Imperative

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