DevOps and ALM
A foundational-to-intermediate exploration of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and DevOps practices for SAP landscapes spanning ECC, S/4HANA (on-premise, private cloud, public cloud) and BTP. Covers why traditional change management alone is insufficient in hybrid clean-core landscapes, the building blocks of an SAP ALM strategy (transport management, quality gates, pipelines, testing, release governance), and how these evolve as organizations adopt continuous integration/continuous delivery patterns across ABAP, extensions, and cloud services.
Overview
A foundational-to-intermediate exploration of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and DevOps practices for SAP landscapes spanning ECC, S/4HANA (on-premise, private cloud, public cloud) and BTP. Covers why traditional change management alone is insufficient in hybrid clean-core landscapes, the building blocks of an SAP ALM strategy (transport management, quality gates, pipelines, testing, release governance), and how these evolve as organizations adopt continuous integration/continuous delivery patterns across ABAP, extensions, and cloud services.
Lessons in this topic
- Why DevOps and ALM Matter in SAP LandscapesIntroduces the business and technical reasons SAP landscapes need formal Application Lifecycle Management and DevOps practices, contrasting traditional change management with modern continuous delivery expectations.
- Core Building Blocks of an SAP ALM and DevOps StrategyExplains the essential components of an SAP ALM/DevOps strategy, including transport-based and Git-based development flows, quality gates, testing layers, and how pipelines differ across ABAP, BTP, and integration artifacts.
- Automated Testing and Quality Gates in SAP ALM PipelinesExplains how to design and integrate automated testing and quality gates into SAP DevOps pipelines to reduce regression risk across ABAP, Fiori, and integration layers.