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Academy · Release & Change · 100 Foundations

Change and Release Management Fundamentals for SAP

Introduces change and release management in SAP landscapes: why uncontrolled change causes outages and audit findings, standard, normal and emergency changes, release calendars and freeze periods (including SAP-driven update windows), the evidence chain from request through transports and tests to production, and the roles that make approval meaningful. Built for change and release managers, test leads and PMO leads.

  • 40 minutes
  • 5 lessons + quiz
  • Release / Change Manager, Test Lead / Test Manager, Program / PMO Lead
Start the course
  1. 01Why change management matters in SAP8 min
  2. 02Standard, normal and emergency changes8 min
  3. 03Release calendars and freeze periods8 min
  4. 04The evidence chain from request to production8 min
  5. 05Roles in change approval8 min
  6. QZCourse quiz12 questions

What you’ll be able to do

  • Distinguish standard, normal and emergency changes
  • Describe a release calendar and freeze periods
  • Explain the evidence chain from request to deployment
  • Identify typical change failure causes in SAP
  • Describe roles in change approval

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