Software Change Management 

Purpose

Software Change Management standardizes and automates software distribution, maintenance, and testing procedures for complex software landscapes and multiple software development platforms. These functions support your project teams, development teams, and application support teams.

The goal of software change management is to establish consistent, solution-wide change management that allows for specific maintenance procedures, global rollout including localization, and open integration with third-party products.

The following topics are covered:

·        Transport and Change Management - Enables and secures the distribution of software changes from the development environment to the quality assurance and productive environment.

·        Support Packages and SAP Notes Implementation – Provides standardized software distribution and maintenance procedures.

·        Release and Upgrade Management – Reduces the time, costs, and risks associated with upgrades.

Process Flow

Transport and Change Management

For detailed information about content transport in the portal see Transport of Portal Objects in the portal administration guide. 

Support Packages and SAP Notes Implementation

For details on support packages and SAP Notes for the portal platform, see the Master Guide for SAP NetWeaver 2004s at service.sap.com/instguidesNW2004s  ®  SAP NetWeaver  ®  Release 2004s.

Release and Upgrade Management

In order to display the version of the portal with which you are working, navigate as follows in your portal: System Administration  ® Support  ® Support Desk  ® Version.

You can find information about release and upgrade plans at  service.sap.com/ instguidesNW2004s ® SAP NetWeaver.