Migrating to SAP S/4HANA is not a one-time IT project.
It is a transformation program that requires architectural, process, and organizational decisions—before a timeline can be established.
That is why the preparation phase is crucial:
➡️ selecting a migration scenario (brownfield / bluefield / greenfield)
➡️ target architecture (cloud, on-premises, hybrid)
➡️ actual scope of process and organizational changes
➡️ impact on integrations, custom code, and data
➡️ governance, roles, and collaboration model
➡️ roadmap, budget, and success criteria after go-live
At akquinet consulting, we address these areas as part of hypER-Discovery—a structured preparation phase for S/4HANA transformation based on the SAP Activate methodology.
In practice, hypER-Discovery includes:
➡️ analysis of the current system and data landscape
➡️ architectural and conversion workshops (including ECC–S/4 delta)
➡️ recommendations for the target architecture and migration scenario
➡️ identification of process changes and licensing implications
➡️ assessment of custom code and integrations
➡️ technical preparation strategy (upgrades, archiving, data governance)
➡️ a transformation roadmap with estimates for time, budget, and team involvement
Our goal is not to rush the migration.
Our goal is to prepare the organization so that the transformation is controlled, predictable, and based on business decisions—not on deadline pressure.
Because in 2026, the winners won’t be the organizations that move the fastest, but those that best understand the scale of the change before they begin.
