SAP assessments that scope the transformation and map Business AI readiness
SAP is shipping Business AI and Joule features that require clean-core architecture, Horizon deployment, and BTP configuration. Most readiness assessments miss these prerequisites entirely. BCS assessments quantify migration scope, technical risk, and Business AI readiness in one 4-week engagement, before programme budgets are set and partner RFPs are issued.
Time from engagement start to a complete SAP landscape assessment with prioritised transformation roadmap
Average proportion of legacy custom code identified as retirable in BCS custom code assessments
Average payback period identified in BCS transformation business case assessments across comparable engagement profiles
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Three assessment needs. One framework that covers all three.
Organisations come to BCS with one of three needs: a transformation decision that requires quantifying, a live landscape that has accumulated debt and needs diagnosing, or an S/4HANA environment that is live but where Business AI features remain locked. BCS addresses all three.
SAP Business AI activation requires clean-core compliance, Horizon deployment, and correctly provisioned BTP tenants. Standard S/4HANA readiness assessments do not cover these prerequisites. BCS includes a Business AI readiness module in every assessment, so organisations know what stands between them and activated Joule before the programme starts.
The assessment gaps that cause downstream programme failures
Most SAP programme failures trace back to inadequate assessment at the start, not poor execution in the middle. Scope is wrong, data quality is assumed, integration complexity is uncharted, and Business AI prerequisites are never checked. BCS assessments eliminate the most common sources of downstream programme risk.
What a BCS SAP assessment gives the board
A BCS SAP assessment is the foundation of an informed board decision on SAP investment. Without it, programme scope, budget, and risk are estimated rather than known. With it, every major decision in the programme has a quantified basis rather than a consultant assumption.
A board-ready business case
The assessment output includes a transformation business case with quantified ROI, payback modelling, and risk-adjusted timeline, built from the client's own process performance data and SAP landscape facts.
Accurate programme scope before commitment
Custom code volume, data quality programme scope, integration complexity, and technical risk are quantified before the programme RFP or partner selection, ensuring proposals reflect the actual scope.
Risk-adjusted programme timeline
Known risks, data quality, custom code volume, integration complexity, are quantified and reflected in the programme timeline. Surprises in Realize are a failure of assessment, not implementation.
SAP licence position clarified
The assessment establishes an accurate licence baseline, current consumption, user classification accuracy, and indirect access exposure. The organisation enters any programme or audit cycle with a clear position.
Improvement roadmap prioritised by value
For health check assessments: a prioritised improvement roadmap with effort/value scoring for each initiative, so the organisation addresses the highest-value improvements first, not the ones that surface in support tickets.
Independent view before partner selection
A BCS assessment provides an objective SAP landscape view before partner or technology selection decisions are made, ensuring those decisions are based on accurate information, not vendor-led proposals.
How BCS delivers SAP assessments
BCS assessment programmes follow a four-week structured methodology, delivering quantified outputs at each milestone, not a final report at week four. Every finding is validated with the client team before it becomes a recommendation so the output reflects reality, not what the model predicted.
Kickoff & Data Collection
Stakeholder interviews, system access provisioning, landscape documentation review, and automated tooling deployment. Data collection starts in week one, the assessment is not desk research.
Technical Analysis
Custom code assessment using SAP tooling and BCS analysis framework. Data quality profiling against target data models. Integration landscape mapping. Basis and performance analysis. SAP licence consumption review.
Business Process Review
Process performance measurement for key in-scope processes. Improvement opportunity identification and effort/value scoring. User adoption analysis and Fiori/UX maturity assessment.
Business Case & Roadmap
Transformation business case construction with ROI modelling from client data. Risk-adjusted programme timeline. Improvement roadmap prioritised by value. SAP licence optimisation recommendations.
Readout & Decision Support
Executive readout with board-ready business case, programme scope, risk summary, and recommended next steps. BCS architects available for follow-up questions during the decision period.
Assessment depth across every SAP dimension
BCS assessment practice covers every technical and business dimension of the SAP landscape, from custom code volume and data quality to licence compliance, process performance, and integration complexity. Every assessment dimension is scored, prioritised, and linked to the programme risk register it feeds.
S/4HANA Migration Readiness Assessment
Comprehensive migration readiness assessment covering: custom code impact analysis, data quality profiling, integration landscape mapping, technical architecture review, and transformation business case. The complete picture before a migration programme is scoped.
Custom Code Assessment
Automated custom code analysis using SAP's Custom Code Migration app and BCS tooling. Every Z-program, enhancement, and modification classified, retire, refactor as BTP extension, or carry forward under clean-core rules. Volume and effort estimated.
Data Quality Assessment
Legacy data profiling against target S/4HANA data models, completeness, accuracy, duplication, and consistency. Data migration complexity scored and the data quality programme scoped before the migration starts.
Integration Landscape Assessment
Full integration inventory, SAP-to-SAP, SAP-to-third-party, batch, real-time, and file-based. Each interface classified by migration complexity and risk. PI/PO migration scope and effort estimated.
SAP Licence Audit & Compliance
SAP licence consumption analysis, user classification review, engine usage assessment, and indirect access exposure identification. Accurate licence position established before programme commitment or audit.
SAP Health Check
Live landscape technical health assessment, architecture review, clean-core compliance scoring, performance analysis, technical debt quantification, and improvement opportunity identification with effort/value scoring.
Transformation Business Case
ROI modelling from client process performance data, payback period calculation, risk-adjusted timeline, and total cost of ownership projection. Board-ready business case built from facts, not benchmarks.
Process Performance Assessment
Current-state process performance measurement for key SAP-dependent processes, cycle times, error rates, manual effort, and automation opportunity. Baseline data for improvement roadmap and ROI calculation.
SAP BTP Maturity Assessment
BTP adoption assessment, current usage, clean-core compliance scoring, extension architecture review, integration pattern health, and BTP roadmap recommendations. For organisations considering BTP investment or already using BTP.
What other SAP assessment providers cannot offer
BCS assessments are informed by three proprietary platform perspectives that generic assessments miss entirely. Symphony scores automation potential. deKorvai benchmarks decision intelligence readiness. Anugal maps compliance exposure. The result is an assessment that scopes the full transformation, not just the technical migration.
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Symphony
An assessment without automation potential modelling leaves a significant business case gap. During the BCS assessment, Symphony process intelligence scores automation potential across in-scope workflows, models agentic ROI for the business case, and identifies quick-win automation candidates that can be activated before the main programme completes.
- Automation potential assessment for key in-scope processes
- Symphony deployment readiness scoring across process candidates
- Agentic automation ROI modelling as part of the business case
- Quick-win automation identification within the assessment scope
AI Decision Intelligence
deKorvai
An assessment that scopes the technical migration but skips intelligence readiness produces a roadmap where AI is always deferred to phase 2. deKorvai evaluates the data foundation quality, analytics capability maturity, and decision intelligence readiness of the current SAP landscape, so the transformation roadmap activates AI from go-live, not after.
- Decision intelligence maturity assessment across the SAP landscape
- Analytics and reporting capability gap analysis
- Predictive capability opportunity identification for the roadmap
- Data foundation quality scoring for AI and analytics readiness
Compliance & Controls Automation
Anugal
Compliance exposure and audit risk are consistent findings in SAP landscapes that have never had a structured assessment. Anugal maps the current access risk profile, SoD conflict exposure, and licence gap against contract entitlements, providing the compliance baseline the transformation programme needs before commercial models are finalised.
- SAP access risk and SoD conflict assessment
- Compliance control gap analysis against regulatory requirements
- Automated audit readiness scoring
- Licence compliance risk quantification and remediation roadmap
What makes BCS different for SAP assessments
12 years of SAP delivery and 40+ enterprise assessments have produced a methodology where findings are data-backed, business cases survive board scrutiny, and the scope reflects what programmes actually encounter. A weak assessment discovers its real risks during Realize, when changes are expensive.
Facts, not benchmarks
BCS assessment business cases are built from the client's own process performance data and SAP landscape analysis, not industry benchmarks. ROI projections survive board scrutiny because they are grounded in evidence.
Tooling, not interviews
BCS uses SAP's own assessment tooling, Custom Code Migration app, SAP Migration Assessment, SAP Licence Management, alongside BCS analytical frameworks. Assessment findings are data-backed, not consultant judgement.
4 weeks, not 4 months
BCS assessment programmes are scoped to deliver a complete, actionable output in 4 weeks. The board decision timeline is respected, not extended by an assessment that itself becomes a project.
Independent before partner selection
BCS assessments are conducted before the implementation or migration partner is selected, ensuring the RFP reflects the actual scope, not a vendor-shaped scope. Clients select partners based on the right information.
Automation potential assessed, not assumed
Every BCS assessment includes a process automation opportunity analysis, identifying Symphony deployment candidates, SAP Build process automation potential, and quick-win automation that can be delivered within the first 90 days of a programme.
Business AI readiness scored in every assessment
Every BCS assessment includes a Business AI readiness module covering clean-core compliance scoring, Horizon deployment status, BTP configuration requirements, and Joule activation prerequisites. Clients know the AI gap before the programme starts, not after go-live.
Start with the facts about your SAP landscape.
Whether preparing for an S/4HANA migration, evaluating managed services options, or needing an objective landscape health check, BCS delivers a complete SAP assessment in 4 weeks. The board decision comes after the evidence.