SAP Learning Insights

Focus topic: Career as an SAP Enterprise Architect consultant

In this episode of SAP Learning Insights, David Chaviano speaks with Chris Simon for a career spotlight episode on enterprise architecture. Chris has a background in physics and management, and he moved from consulting and database-related work into SAP, premium engagement delivery, and finally came to enterprise architecture.
Chris explains what an enterprise architect does, describing the role as aligning business capabilities, processes, applications, and underlying platforms so an organization can operate and evolve in a structured way. David and Simon also cover change management and customer engagement and Simon describes a hybrid working model that combines on-site visits with remote work, depending on the customer’s maturity and the stage of the engagement.
At the end, Chris of course shares with you his final words of wisdom.

Chris Simon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-simon-3209b210/

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In this episode, David Chaviano met with Senthamarai Kannan to speak about how many SAP customers underuse the systems they have implemented. Kannan shares examples of common gaps such as manual work, spreadsheets, and limited use of standard SAP features like Fiori and automation.
They also discuss SAP Process Assessment and Recommendation, along with resources for people who want to learn SAP on their own. In closing with some final words of wisdom, Kannan says strong business knowledge and product understanding remain important, even as AI changes the work of consultants.

Senthamarai Kannan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senthamaraikannan/
KANNANWARE: https://www.kannanware.com/

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In this episode of the SAP Learning Insights Podcast, David Chaviano speaks with Anna-Lena Zhou about LeanIX as an enterprise architecture tool for mapping and managing application and technology landscapes.  She explains how it helps to create transparency across business and IT, supports target-state planning and roadmaps, and provides a single source of truth through reporting, diagrams, and dashboards. Anna Lena and David also cover how LeanIX differs from andcomplements SAP Signavio, with LeanIX focused on enterprise architecture and Signavio on process transformation, modeling, and mining. Anna-Lena also gives some insights on how LeanIX collects information through integrations, supports collaboration and decision-making, and is used by enterprise architects, CIOs, business users, application owners, and solution architects.Finally, the conversation turns to AI governance, including the discovery and management of AI agents through integrations with major AI studios and the use of an MCP server for custom agents and automations. She closes with some words of wisdom by encouraging an AI-first or agent-first approach when exploring new topics.

SAP LeanIX - https://www.leanix.net/en/
Course - Stay Certified – Enterprise Architecture with SAP LeanIX:  https://learning.sap.com/courses/enterprise-architecture-with-sap-leanix
 
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In this episode of SAP Learning Insights, our host David Chaviano welcomes Claudia Kischa. Claudia is an expert for SAP partner certification and learning adoption from the SAP Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. The conversation dives deep into the transformative changes that SAP certification has undergone recently, transitioning to a more practical and engaging model that reflects real-world scenarios, ultimately benefiting learners and partners alike. The goal is finally to have more capable, job-ready individuals who can navigate the details of SAP systems with confidence.
Claudia highlights annual recertification, AI assessments toreduce anxiety, and the importance of SAP Learning resources for success. At the end, Claudia of course shares her final words of wisdom with you!

SAP Certification reimagined:  https://learning.sap.com/get-certified/reimagining-certification
SAP Certification:  https://www.sap.com/training-certification/sap-certification.html
SAP Certifications:  https://learning.sap.com/certifications?page=1
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In this episode of SAP Learning Insights, David Chaviano hosts Bob Szymanski, a university professor from Georgia Southern University and a prominent voice in integrating SAP into academic curricula. The conversation is about the fundamental question: What is SAP? David reveals his desire to present SAP in a beginner-friendly manner, and Bob takes this opportunity toshare his insights, experiences and easy to understand examples. Bob presents a clear, straightforward definition of SAP, describing it not merely as software, but as an enterprise information system that enables business processes.  He shares sources for getting more knowledge and insights and at the end, he of course provides his final words of wisdom.
  
Bob Szymanski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-szymanski-599b8ab/
SAP - https://www.sap.com/
Bob's book on Enterprise Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Systems-Cornerstone-Integrating-Organizational/dp/1777204992
Student Zone on learning.sap.com: https://learning.sap.com/students
SAP University Alliances (SAP Community): https://pages.community.sap.com/topics/university-alliances
 
Learn how students can certify in SAP for free with SAPLearning Hub, student edition.
(https://community.sap.com/t5/beginner-corner-blog-posts/free-sap-certification-and-practice-systems-for-students-amp-lecturers/ba-p/14052493)
 
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