Software Life-Cycle Management 
The Software Life-Cycle Management (SLM) scenario provides administration of SAP products and landscapes in real customer-specific system landscapes.
Companies and organizations can manage SAP software in their system landscapes by performing implementation tasks, such as planning changes, setting up new systems, copying existing systems or supporting the creation and distribution of changes in the system landscape. Companies and organizations can carry out software maintenance tasks by importing Support Packages, corrections or upgrades to new versions.
The scenario contains the following variants:
Implementation Support
· Implementation of new functions
· Implementation and configuration of Business Content
· Performing system copies and migrations
· Creation and distribution of customer-specific changes in an existing landscape
Software Maintenance
· Updating your system landscape
· Upgrading the scenarios implemented in your landscape to new Releases
Additional Information
The IT scenario Software Life-Cycle Management describes tools and methods affecting all IT scenarios. The relevant administration tasks are already covered by the non-scenario specific parts of this operating manual:
AS-ABAP Software
Logistics