Authoring the SAP Test Strategy and Test Plan

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SAP test strategy checklist

• Right level: policy (why), practices (how we usually test), strategy (this program), plans (this cycle).
• Scope from Fit-to-Standard: processes, requirements, interfaces, outputs, data, roles, plus an out-of-scope list.
• Levels defined with owners: unit/string, role, data migration, SIT, performance, UAT, OAT, cutover checks, regression.
• Deployment option noted: Public Edition schedule, RISE split, or on-premise ownership.
• Each level mapped to a landscape tier; refresh only between cycles; masking rules for production data.
• Checkable entry and exit criteria per level, linked to quality gates and agreed before each cycle.
• Small metric set from Cloud ALM analytics; reporting cadence per audience.
• RACI with one accountable role per activity; customer owns acceptance; RISE split written down.
• Version, change log, review at every gate; test impact assessment on every change request.
• At go-live, convert to a regression strategy for upgrades and changes.