Phase-0 Diagnostic · SME SAP Transformation

Know exactly where you stand — before you transform.

Download the Phase-0 SAP Migration Playbook — a 6–8 week diagnostic framework that surfaces the real cost, risk, and timeline of your S/4HANA program before you commit a single dollar. Built for SMEs up to $1B in revenue. No Big-4 overhead.

6–8 week structured diagnostic
Independent advisory — we don't deliver
Board-ready cost + risk readout

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What's inside the playbook

The 6 domains a defensible Phase-0 covers.

Every S/4HANA program lives or dies on how well these six areas are diagnosed before mobilization. The playbook walks through each — with checklists, questions, and red flags.

SAP landscape diagnostic

Current-state map: custom code, integration sprawl, master data reality, technical debt. Before the SI tells you what's there — know it yourself.

SAP licensing optimization

Rebase entitlements against actual usage. Renewal-window leverage. 15–25% licensing savings is a credible opportunity range (sourced to our Net-Zero OPEX page).

Data archiving & low-storage strategy

Shrink SAP database footprint. 30–50% storage cost reduction range. Faster migrations, lower run cost.

SAP Signavio process insights

Show where SAP cost actually lives — process by process. Reveal what to fix before you migrate, not after.

Boomi integration assessment

Which SAP-to-non-SAP integrations should modernize to Boomi. Lower run cost, less SAP lock-in.

AI strategy & OCM readiness

AI-ready data foundation + adoption diagnostic across plants, finance, supply chain. Because AI on a broken process is a broken AI.
30–50%
SAP storage cost reduction via archiving
20–35%
Infrastructure savings via right-sizing
15–25%
SAP licensing optimization
40%+
Custom code reduction via clean core

Executive podcast series

Watch the Phase-0 conversation before you commit.

Hosted by Sanketh Kandlikar. Subscribe: @SankethKandlikar

Series 01 — Phase 0, AMS & Net-Zero OPEX

Series 02 — Phase 0 to AMS Evolution

Series 03 — AMS & Cost Optimization

Voices from the advisor bench

The regional Phase-0 leads, in their own words.

Judith O'Callaghan (ANZ) and Sana Asher (NAM) run Phase-0 diagnostics across mid-market SAP customers — from business alignment to board-ready readouts. Posts collapsed by default — click see more to expand.

Judith O'Callaghan
ANZ Regional Lead · Northpoint Integrity
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Sana Asher
NAM Regional Lead · Author, The S/4HANA Playbook
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FAQ

Questions we get about Phase-0

An SI's discovery is designed to mobilize a program. Phase-0 is designed to decide whether the program should mobilize at all — and on what terms. We are not the integrator. That independence is the point.

WorldITCOE leads every Phase-0 engagement as the prime advisor. Regional advisory is led by Judith O'Callaghan (ANZ) and Sana Asher (NAM). Named advisors. One accountable thread.

Four to six weeks, depending on landscape complexity and stakeholder availability. We do not stretch the timeline to expand the engagement.

That is a successful outcome. The output is a defensible position — go, re-scope, or delay — backed by evidence the board will accept. We have no incentive to push you into a program that shouldn't run.

Phase-0 is a fixed-scope, fixed-duration advisory engagement priced as a fraction of the program it shapes. The most common CFO question after Phase-0 is "why didn't we do this sooner?" — because the scope reductions and risk avoidance it surfaces typically pay for the engagement many times over.

Phase-0 is SAP-focused by design. If you have adjacent enterprise systems (Boomi, Signavio, Salesforce, ServiceNow) in scope, we cover them where they touch SAP.

Free · No login · 2 minutes

Phase-0 Readiness Score

20 quick questions across the six diagnostic domains your Phase-0 will cover. Get a score out of 100, your blind-spot map, and where to start — instant, no email required.

Executive Masterclass · Also from your Phase-0 advisors

Beyond the diagnostic. We also empower your leaders.

The advisors who lead your Phase-0 also run a two-day executive masterclass on leading SAP S/4HANA transformation through RISE and the Autonomous Enterprise — from strategy to successful delivery. Designed for CIOs, transformation directors and programme managers.

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Judith O’Callaghan

Northpoint Integrity Services

Internationally recognised SAP transformation leader. Decades guiding boards through complex global programmes. Harvard Business School Online. 33k+ on LinkedIn.

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Sana Asher

Author, The S/4HANA Playbook

30 years in the room on SAP transformations. Outcome-based Phase-0 advisor. Helps leaders make the ECC-to-S/4HANA move with grace, grit and gravity.

Format
2-day immersive masterclass
Cities
Hyderabad · Bengaluru · Chennai · Mumbai · Delhi NCR
Dates
Jan – Feb 2027

Delivered by SlashnSAP, in partnership with WorldITCOE. Free readiness snapshot · no payment at registration.

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The architecture Phase-0 diagnoses

SAP is the core. Phase-0 diagnoses everything that touches it.

Custom code sprawl, integration debt, process bottlenecks, master data quality, licensing exposure — Phase-0 maps them all before your SI mobilises. What SI discovery workshops miss.

SAPECC / S/4HANACUSTOM CODEATC · ABAPPROCESS INTELSignavioMASTER DATAQuality · LineageLICENSINGDAP · ExposureINTEGRATIONBoomi · CPICHANGE READYOCM · Adoption

Six diagnostic domains · one integrated view of readiness.
Phase-0 covers every domain your SI won't.

Prefer to talk it through first?

Book a 20-minute Phase-0 readiness call with an advisor. No pitch, no obligation — just an honest read on whether your S/4HANA program is ready to mobilize.

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