Trust & Readiness for SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
Helping lean organizations without IT turn purchase into production confidence.
“We Bought SAP S/4 Private Cloud — Now What?”
Small holding companies and lean mid-market groups often purchase SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud without a staffed IT department. That’s okay — the risk is real, but manageable, with the right partner on your side.
- No internal IT: Who owns day-to-day SAP decisions and cross-team alignment?
- Systems Integrator is busy: Who checks deliverables and keeps scope/control tight?
- Go-live anxiety: Who supports users and operations on Day One (and Week Four)?
Our answer: Fractional IT leadership, PMP-governed delivery, and pragmatic cloud architecture — tailored for organizations without an IT staff.
Trust Roadmap — From Chaos to Control
1) Oversight & Risk Control (Pre-Go-Live)
We act as your hands-on IT leader: align SI scope, run stage-gates, rehearse cutover, and highlight decision risks. Output: a 90-day execution plan with RAID under control.
- SI deliverable reviews & governance rituals
- Cutover simulation & readiness scores
- Executive visibility (portfolio & KPIs)
2) Go-Live Support & Hypercare (0–90 Days)
Be the fractional IT team your business needs: triage, ticket flow, priority calls, and incident comms — while protecting operations.
- Hypercare command structure & escalation
- Stabilization KPIs (order accuracy, latency, throughput)
- User enablement & quick reference playbooks
3) Knowledge Transfer & Continuity (90+ Days)
We document, train, and transition: policies, access, monitoring, and a minimal internal capability to keep you self-sufficient.
- Run-books • SOPs • policy templates
- Shadow-to-ownership plan for named resources
- Quarterly value checkpoints & backlog shaping
Architecture & Security (Across Phases)
Design a right-sized, secure cloud footprint (SAP Private Cloud + Azure/Hybrid): identity, roles, logging, and integrations that your lean team can actually run.
- Landing zones • role-based access • audit trails
- Integration patterns (ERP ⇄ commerce ⇄ analytics)
- Cost guardrails & support model definition
Engagement Options — Built for Organizations Without IT
Fractional CIO / IT Director
Part-time ownership of decisions, SI management, and executive visibility.
- 8–20 hrs/week or sprint-based
- Steering committee & vendor governance
- Policy, access, and continuity planning
PMO Oversight & RAID Control
PMP-grade cadence, stage-gates, and value checkpoints every quarter.
- Milestones, dependencies, acceptance criteria
- Cutover rehearsal & hypercare plan
- Dashboards for sponsors & finance
Cloud IT Design (SAP + Azure/Hybrid)
Security-by-design, monitoring, and integration patterns that scale.
- Identity & roles • audit & logging
- ERP ⇄ eCommerce ⇄ Analytics (BITS)
- Cost guardrails & support handover
Selected Wins
Multi-Entity Holding Co.
Fractional IT leadership through S/4 go-live with no internal IT; stabilized operations and transitioned to managed model in 4 months.
Manufacturing (S/4 Private Cloud)
Cutover rehearsal, hypercare command center, and KPI dashboard for order accuracy and cycle time.
ERP ⇄ eCommerce Integration
ERP-true pricing/inventory with analytics lineage; fewer apps, faster iteration, clearer ownership.
De-Risk Your Next Step
Are you independent of the Systems Integrator?
Yes. We sit on your side of the table and govern scope, quality, and risk with vendor-agnostic discipline.
Can you support part-time or full-time?
Both. Start with fractional leadership and ramp to full-time augmentation during cutover and hypercare as needed.
What happens when we’re stable?
We hand over run-books, access policies, and KPI dashboards — and can stay on as an executive advisor if desired.