Academy · Testing & Quality · 300 Professional
Change Impact Analysis: From Transport and Release Note to Test Scope
Teaches how to determine what to test for a given SAP change by analyzing transports, SAP release information, simplification items and usage data. Learners build a repeatable impact-to-scope method that shrinks regression without guessing, and learn where automated analysis stops and expert judgment has to take over.
- 59 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Test Lead / Test Manager, Release / Change Manager, Test Automation Engineer
What you’ll be able to do
- List the sources of change in an SAP landscape (SAP releases, notes, configuration, custom code, integrations)
- Trace changed objects to affected business processes using usage information
- Read SAP release information to identify behavior changes relevant to tested processes
- Produce a scoped regression list with rationale for inclusion and exclusion
- Explain the limits of automated impact analysis and where SME judgment is required
Sources and further reading
- SAP Solution Manager 7.2 (maintenance and Cloud ALM transition) · SAP Support
- Simplification Item Catalog, Simplification Item Check and SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA · SAP Community (SAP blog)
- Upgrade Guide 2025 (UPGR_PE2025) · SAP Help Portal
- SAP Road Map Explorer · SAP
- Aggregate usage data in your production system with SUSG transaction · SAP Community (SAP blog)
- The SAP S/4HANA Cloud What's New Viewer: a tool to help you run simple · SAP Community (SAP blog)