GAMBIT implemented its roadmap program, which has already proven itself in many customer projects, for NORDWEST. With the help of the program, the consultants examined the various migration options. This included analyzing NORDWEST's strategic goals with the help of strategy interviews, conducting a fit-gap analysis of the coverage levels of SAP best practices, and developing a cost and effort estimate for the different migration approaches.
Besides the migration scenarios, the GAMBIT experts also examined the various operating models that could be used. In the case of NORDWEST, these were the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition (with or without RISE with SAP) and SAP S/4HANA on-premise edition.
"When the study was complete, we advised NORDWEST to opt for a greenfield migration to the private cloud together with RISE with SAP," says Sebastian Schmitz, roadmap expert and project manager at GAMBIT. "We focused on the potential benefits, the effort, the costs, and the NORDWEST strategy. The study showed that a brownfield migration would not bring any appreciable advantages for NORDWEST – apart from avoiding the danger posed by the end of maintenance for SAP ECC."