High-Level Timeline

Dates TBD - Plan, create/update test scripts in ALM. (SAP Business Areas)

End of day production snapshot from 9/20/2021 to be used to refresh SF3 and SH1 environments

End of day production snapshot from 10/18/2021 to be used to refresh SH2 environments

2021 SAP Support Pack Upgrade - Calendar View

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Oct 19- Oct 21 - Validate automated test cases -

Oct 19 18 - take snapshot for SH2 refresh -

Oct 14 - Last transport meeting for production support & enhancement changes until support pack work is complete -

Oct 8 - Oct 14 - SAP release of year end base level support pack (SAP) -

Oct 21 5PM - SF2 restricted development mode starts - 

Oct 22 - Nov 6: Automated Testing SF3 -

Oct 22 - Oct 23 - Unit test  SF3 - IS&T and EpiUse Support Teams (Facilities, Finance, HR, R3, Release Engineering, SAP ABAP) - 

Oct 26 - Nov 4 - Unit test  SF2 - IS&T and EpiUse Support Teams (Facilities, Finance, HR, R3, Release Engineering, SAP ABAP) -

Nov 5-Nov 6 -  Controlled Payroll Run Test  - (IS&T HR and EpiUse Support Team) -

Nov 6-Nov 25 - System Integration Test  (Central Office Business Teams) -

Nov 6 - VPF test to compare year-to-date tax information with production -

Nov 6-Nov 25 - Bug fixes and regression testing (Central Office Business Teams, IS&T and EpiUse) -

Nov 30-Dec 4 - Uptime Production Cut-over Activities -

Dec 4-Dec 6 - Go-live weekend! (start Friday at 5pm)

Dec 7 - Upgraded  PS1 is ready for use

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SAP Scheduled Upgrades - Ancillary Systems

ERP Target

ERP:

GRC:

NetWeaver/ADS:

SAP Mobile: