Advisory Service
SAP Upgrade & S/4HANA Migration Advisory
You don't need another SAP sales pitch. You need someone who's actually done it.
VPMA's SAP Advisory practice covers the full SAP RISE and S/4HANA journey, from business case and vendor selection through SOW development to go-live. We're independent of SAP and the major systems integrators, so our advice serves you, not a license quota.
The Gap We Fill
The gap we fill
Most organizations moving to SAP RISE or S/4HANA get advice from two places: SAP itself, and the systems integrator competing to win the implementation. Both have an obvious stake in the outcome. VPMA isn't here to replace either of them. We sit alongside your team as an independent, practitioner-led advisor: filling the gaps that major SIs and SAP don't cover, and giving you a second, unconflicted opinion at the moments that matter most: scoping, vendor selection, contracting, and delivery governance.
What We Do
Advisory across the full S/4HANA journey
RISE with SAP & S/4HANA Migration Advisory
Roadmap, business case, and migration approach (brownfield, greenfield, or selective) built around your business goals, not a pre-packaged SI proposal.
Vendor & SI Selection
Sourcing strategy, RFP development, evaluation criteria, and negotiation support, so you know what a credible SI proposal looks like and what to challenge in one that isn't.
SOW Development & Contracting
Practical, defensible statements of work, not a template. We help you scope what's actually being delivered before you sign.
Program & Delivery Oversight
Client-side governance through the program: tracking scope, risk, and vendor performance from kickoff to go-live and into hypercare.
SAP Upgrade Advisory
Support for organizations upgrading within their current SAP landscape (ECC enhancement packs, technical and functional upgrades) ahead of the 2027/2030 ECC support deadlines.
Extended Specialist Network
Where an engagement needs deep expertise outside our core team, functional, technical, or industry-specific, we connect you with the right specialists rather than stretching generalists across a problem they're not suited to.
Why VPMA
Why VPMA
Practitioner-led, not theoretical. Our SAP advisors bring hands-on delivery experience across procurement, vendor selection, SOW development, and delivery, not just advice from the sidelines.
Independent by design. We don't resell or implement SAP licenses, so there's no incentive to steer you toward a bigger deal than you need.
We fill gaps, not replace your SI. VPMA is positioned to support the client, not compete with the major SI or SAP for the prime contract.
BMC Elite Partner heritage. 20+ years and 500+ migrations in enterprise workload automation gives us a deep, practical understanding of how SAP landscapes actually run in production, a perspective most pure-play SAP advisors don't have.
Connected network. Access to specialists across functional, technical, and industry domains when your program needs them.
How We Engage
How we engage
Assess
Current-state review, business case, and migration approach.
Select
SI/vendor sourcing, RFP, evaluation, and contract negotiation support.
Scope
SOW development so what's being delivered (and what isn't) is unambiguous before signing.
Deliver
Client-side program oversight through build, test, and go-live.
Stabilise
Hypercare and value-realisation support post go-live.
Planning a SAP RISE migration or upgrade?
Whether you're scoping Phase Zero or already mid-program and need an independent check on vendor performance, VPMA's SAP Advisory team can help.