SAP Implementation Governance and Risk Management

Course Category : Data Management

An advanced programme for governing SAP implementations, strengthening decision rights, accountability, risk oversight, compliance, and value realisation throughout complex enterprise transformation programmes.
Duration: 5 Days | Level: Advanced

Introduction

SAP implementations require coordinated governance across strategy, business processes, data, technology, change management, and programme delivery. Weak governance can create scope expansion, delayed decisions, unclear accountability, control deficiencies, and accumulated risks affecting cost, schedule, quality, and expected business outcomes.
This course examines governance and risk management throughout the SAP implementation lifecycle. It addresses decision structures, accountability, scope control, risk and control oversight, implementation partner governance, readiness assessment, and value realisation. Participants develop the governance perspective required to strengthen programme control, executive oversight, and sustainable post-go-live performance..

Targeted Audience

SAP Programme and Project Managers
CIOs, IT Managers, and Digital Transformation Leaders
PMO and Programme Management Professionals
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Professionals
Business Process Owners and Functional Leaders
Internal Audit and Control Professionals
SAP Steering Committee Members
Vendor and Implementation Partner Managers

Targeted Skills

SAP Implementation Governance Design
Decision Rights and Escalation Management
Implementation and Transformation Risk Assessment
Integrated Risk and Control Management
Scope, Change, and Critical Decision Governance
Vendor and SAP Implementation Partner Governance
Go-Live Readiness and Transition Risk Assessment
Post-Go-Live Risk and Value Oversight

Expected Outcomes

Analyse governance requirements across the SAP implementation lifecycle.
Design clear committee structures, accountability, and decision rights.
Identify and prioritise SAP risks according to likelihood and impact.
Link identified risks with controls, mitigation actions, and ownership.
Assess scope, data, integration, testing, and change-management risks.
Establish effective governance for implementation partners and vendors.
Evaluate go-live readiness and transition decision criteria.
Establish post-go-live oversight for risk, stability, and value realisation.

Training Topics Index

Relationship between SAP governance, corporate governance, and IT governance
Governance models across the implementation programme lifecycle
Steering committees, programme management offices, and process owners
Decision rights, accountability, and escalation pathways
Separation of oversight, execution, and independent assurance

Strategic, operational, technical, and regulatory risk categories
Risk identification, likelihood, impact, and interdependency analysis
Risk registers and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)
Risk appetite, tolerance thresholds, and escalation criteria
Risk response, mitigation, and continuous monitoring

Project scope control and change-request governance
Process design, customisation, and technical-complexity risks
Data migration, quality, ownership, and governance
Integration, interface, and dependent-system risks
Testing governance, organisational change, and user adoption

Governance of implementation partners and vendors
Responsibilities, performance indicators, and contractual obligations
Issue, decision, and critical deviation management
Internal controls, compliance, and Segregation of Duties
Audit, quality assurance, and independent programme reviews

Go/No-Go criteria and go-live decision governance
Cutover, business continuity, and operational-readiness risks
Risk management during the hypercare and stabilisation period
Post-go-live change and support governance
Value realisation, lessons learned, and continuous improvement

Course Features

Updated and Interactive Content
Hypothetical Examples and Case Studies
Pre- and Post-assessments to Measure Impact
Verified Certificate with a QR Verification Code

SAP Implementation Governance and Risk Management