The challenge
A new consulting company needed adaptable business processes around its SAP S/4HANA implementation and found that standard portal capabilities did not fit all requirements.
OUTSYSTEMS IN ACTION / BUSINESS SERVICES
How a consulting firm extended SAP and adopted weekly application sprints
A standard core system does not answer every business-process question. This firm added a focused application experience around SAP. Explore the portal and the collaboration rhythm behind its evolving business workflows.
RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE
1 week
sprint cadence in the reported collaborative delivery approach
SAP S/4HANA
core system extended by the OutSystems application experience
Portal
business workflows included in the April 2021 initial delivery
THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.
The change
It used OutSystems for workflow extensions and its business portal, bringing developers, consultants and users into a collaborative delivery team.
The outcome
The source reports an initial core system and portal delivered by April 2021, with collaborative application work organized in one-week sprints.
Source: customer case study published by OutSystems. Brief prepared by Digital Alchimia.
DIGITAL ALCHIMIA’S DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE
What could this approach unlock for your business?
The useful next step is to connect the story to your own operating reality. Here are the questions we would bring into that conversation.
01
Keep the extension boundary clear around the core system.
Identify which record belongs in SAP and which experience or workflow the new application should provide. Agree how information and exceptions move across that boundary. This gives the delivery team a focused way to meet business needs without obscuring the responsibilities of the existing core.
02
Use short iterations to resolve a real user question.
A weekly sprint becomes useful when users can review a working task and decide what needs to change. Keep that feedback connected to acceptance and the next backlog item. OutSystems professionals can reinforce implementation while the organization builds a shared understanding of its evolving business processes.
START WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
You bring the business challenge. We help shape the delivery team.
Digital Alchimia provides OutSystems professionals and delivery expertise for application development, modernization and evolution. Whether you need to reinforce an existing team or explore a new initiative, we can discuss the capabilities, responsibilities and next steps that fit your context.
A useful starting brief
✓ The process or customer journey you want to improve
✓ Where work waits, repeats or depends on disconnected systems
✓ The expertise already available in your team
✓ The outcome you want to measure and the timeframe to explore
Turn a promising idea into a useful conversation.
Tell us where your business needs to move faster and where your team needs additional expertise. Let’s explore an OutSystems approach shaped around your requirements.