SAP Savvy
This three-letter acronym stands for Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing.
What is SAP?
This is PwC's global, standardized delivery methodology that carries projects through Align, Innovate, Release, and Evolve.
What is PDM (PwC Delivery Methodology)?
This is a "clean slate" approach — installing a brand-new SAP system from scratch, with no legacy code, data, or configurations carried over, so teams can adopt best practices and reengineer workflows.
What is Greenfield?
This data prep platform blends, cleans, and models data without requiring users to code.
What is Alteryx?
This is the 5th SAP new hire class that these three SAPers have been leading training for.
Who are Sarah, Cale, and Ashley?
This six-part acronym — Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, Workflow — covers SAP's custom development components.
What is a RICEFW?
This formal checkpoint assesses deliverable quality and readiness before a project can move to its next phase.
What is a Quality Gate Review?
This is a technical system conversion that upgrades an existing SAP ECC system to S/4HANA, retaining historical data, configurations, and custom code — faster and less disruptive than starting fresh.
What is Brownfield?
This Agile project management tool tracks sprints, backlogs, and issues, and is the enterprise standard for planning delivery.
What is Jira?
This Director based in Dallas has been at PwC since 2012 and leads in Source to Pay.
Who is Jason Shirazi?
This is SAP's next-generation ERP suite and the successor to ECC, optimized for the in-memory HANA database.
What is S/4HANA?
This formal, legal document defines scope, deliverables, timelines, fees, and roles between PwC and a client.
What is a Statement of Work (SOW)?
This approach is "Brownfield plus" — an upgrade to S/4HANA combined with new process improvements.
What is Hybrid?
This web-based budgeting and estimate-to-complete tool keeps engagement budgets and forecasts aligned.
What is FlexForecast?
These two Associates were in the August 2025 New Hire cohort and are excited to be paying it forward to improve future trainings.
Who are Josh and Saniya?
This SAP interface is the intuitive, mobile-friendly UX layer built around apps and personalized dashboards.
What is SAP Fiori?
This foundational blueprint document captures the step-by-step state of the business process, outlining roles, responsibilities, and guidelines before it's configured in the SAP system.
What is a Process Design Document (PDD)?
This 12–24 week prep period puts teams, scope, and governance in place before an SAP implementation kicks off.
What is Phase 0?
This Microsoft tool builds Gantt charts and timelines, and is often where many PMs start before work moves into Jira.
What is MS Project?
This Partner on the SAP Leadership team focuses on Learning & Development.
Who is Kathrin Schmalzing?
This is SAP's integrated generative AI copilot, letting users skip dense menus and transaction codes and simply converse in plain language to pull data and execute business tasks.
What is SAP Joule?
This document bridges business needs and technical execution. It's prepared by a functional consultant and it translates business requirements into exactly what the system should do, guiding developers as they build the solution.
What is a Functional Specification Document (FSD)?
This subscription-based "business transformation-as-a-service" package bundles S/4HANA Cloud, hyperscaler infrastructure, managed services, and licenses into one contract to help companies move to the cloud.
What is RISE with SAP?
This SAP platform hosts custom extensions and integrations, keeping the core system "clean" during a conversion.
What is SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)?