Systems, configurations, and IT infrastructures are subject to constant change. This, in return, can lead to problems in applications and business processes that can't always be anticipated. Consequently, release management is meant to minimize the risk of business process interruptions associated with configuration changes.

These interruptions have a variety of root causes. Most of the time, however, they are brought about by poorly planned or insufficiently tested system configurations.
This makes careful release planning imperative – in no small part because of cost considerations.

Full-fledged release management covers the following:

• determine the functional scope
• meticulously schedule the release approval process in agreement with change and/or product management processes
• implement quality assurance to monitor compliance with the criteria that were established for the creation of a release as part of the change and/or product management process
• document scope and changes
• manage version histories
  

Release management in SAP systems not only involves monitoring the high numbers of SAP transports but also observing the sequence of the different versions. A release consists of several changes that can in turn be assigned with multiple transport requests.

Companies have to define, plan, and test project requirements in SAP releases and ensure their trouble-free go-live. They need to prevent conflicts in the form of collisions, overlaps, or time discrepancies between releases. All the while, they have to deliver on these expectations with adherence to time and quality factors. Put together, this means that everyone involved in such a release process is assigned a considerable amount of responsibilities.

theGuard! ChangePilot covers the entire development process with releases, changes, and transports in SAP. Administrators can flexibly configure the software to meet their needs. A release calendar supports release planning activities. This allows release managers to identify possible technical conflicts and bottlenecks in their resource management ahead of time. As a result, they are much quicker to respond to process problems.

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Brochure theGuard! ChangePilot (pdf, 320 kB)