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Migration Specialist Program for SAP S/4HANA® Software

Plan and execute an evidence-based S/4HANA transformation across readiness, data, custom code, clean-core integration, testing, cutover and operations.

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Licensing and authorization notice

This is an independently developed UPNEXA program for SAP S/4HANA® software. Delivery requires appropriately licensed systems. UPNEXA does not claim SAP authorization, official SAP courseware or SAP certification unless separately confirmed in writing.

Recommended background

Who should take this course

  • Three or more years in SAP functional, ABAP, Basis, data, integration, testing or delivery roles
  • Working knowledge of at least one end-to-end enterprise business process
  • Access to an appropriately licensed practice environment supplied by UPNEXA, SAP or the sponsoring employer
  • Current SAP certification is recommended for certification-aligned or authorized delivery
Capability outcomes

What you should be able to do

  • Assess an ECC landscape and produce a defensible transformation scope
  • Choose between system conversion, selective transition and new implementation
  • Design data migration, reconciliation and retention controls
  • Classify custom code and integrations against clean-core principles
  • Plan testing, cutover, rollback and operational acceptance
  • Use SAP Cloud ALM evidence to track delivery and operational readiness
Detailed curriculum

Six guided modules from fundamentals to applied work.

Every module combines instructor explanation, guided implementation and a practical milestone. Tools may be adapted to the sponsoring organization’s approved stack.

6Learning modules
3Guided projects
P1

Readiness and transformation strategy

Establish the business, technical and licensing facts before selecting a migration path.

Topics covered

  • ECC landscape and dependency discovery
  • SAP readiness and simplification inputs
  • Brownfield, greenfield and selective-transition decisions
  • Value case, risk register and program governance

Practical milestone

Produce a transformation option paper with scope, constraints, assumptions and decision criteria.

Tools and platforms

SAP Readiness Check concepts · SAP Activate · Architecture repository

P2

Process, architecture and clean-core design

Turn business requirements into a target process and extension architecture that remains upgrade-ready.

Topics covered

  • Fit-to-standard and process ownership
  • Clean-core levels and extension governance
  • ABAP Cloud and side-by-side extensibility
  • SAP BTP, APIs, events and integration patterns

Practical milestone

Classify a custom development and integration inventory, then propose remediation patterns.

Tools and platforms

SAP Signavio concepts · SAP BTP · ABAP Cloud · Integration Suite concepts

P3

Data migration and reconciliation

Design a controlled migration factory that proves completeness, correctness and traceability.

Topics covered

  • Data profiling and migration-object scope
  • Mapping, cleansing and ownership
  • Mock loads and defect management
  • Financial and operational reconciliation

Practical milestone

Run a synthetic migration cycle and publish a signed reconciliation pack.

Tools and platforms

SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit concepts · SQL · Data-quality tooling

P4

Custom code, security and integration remediation

Reduce technical debt without breaking critical business operations or controls.

Topics covered

  • Usage analysis and custom-code disposition
  • Released APIs and upgrade-stable extensions
  • Role redesign and segregation-of-duties considerations
  • Interface modernization and error handling

Practical milestone

Create a remediation backlog with risk, effort, owner and clean-core classification.

Tools and platforms

ABAP Test Cockpit concepts · SAP BTP · API Management · Identity services

P5

Testing, cutover and release control

Build the evidence required to move from successful configuration to an authorized production decision.

Topics covered

  • Process-based test strategy
  • Regression automation and defect thresholds
  • Cutover rehearsal, freeze and rollback
  • Business readiness and go-live governance

Practical milestone

Conduct a tabletop cutover rehearsal and present the go/no-go evidence.

Tools and platforms

SAP Cloud ALM · Test automation concepts · Cutover runbook

P6

Operate, measure and improve

Move from project completion to stable operations, measurable adoption and continuous clean-core control.

Topics covered

  • Integration and exception monitoring
  • Job, health and business-process monitoring
  • Adoption, performance and value indicators
  • Clean-core governance and quarterly improvement cadence

Practical milestone

Build an operational acceptance dashboard and a 90-day stabilization plan.

Tools and platforms

SAP Cloud ALM · Observability dashboards · Service-management workflow

Applied learning

Turn each module into practical project work.

PROJECT 01

ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation assessment and decision pack

PROJECT 02

Synthetic data-migration factory with reconciliation evidence

PROJECT 03

Clean-core remediation, cutover and operational-readiness capstone

Course completion

Projects, feedback and final review

Architecture review 15% · Migration evidence 25% · Clean-core remediation 20% · Cutover simulation 20% · Executive defense 20%

Completion depends on working project evidence and a clear explanation of the learner’s decisions. Detailed rubrics, lab access and vendor prerequisites are confirmed before enrolment.

Corporate or individual training

Confirm fit, prerequisites and the next cohort.