SAP ALM

With Sapphire 2026, ABAP development is becoming agentic: ADT for VS Code and ABAP MCP servers are available, with a custom code migration agent to follow. An analysis of the new toolchain and its implications for the SAP change lifecycle.

At SAP Sapphire 2026 in Orlando, SAP announced the Autonomous Enterprise architecture on May 12, 2026: Business AI Platform, AI Agent Hub on LeanIX, and Joule Studio 2.0.

What Cloud ALM can do today, what is still missing, and which migration strategies are truly sustainable

A hybrid SAP ALM architecture manages SAP cloud and on-premise components within a consistent change process.

SolMan maintenance ends on December 31, 2027. Those who have not yet migrated must begin their functional inventory now.

SAP Cloud ALM Q1 2026 brings the Retrofit app and ATC integration. The functional gap compared to ChaRM remains.

The DSAG Investment Report 2026 documents a strategic gap: 43 percent total AI investment, but only 3 percent in SAP AI.

Cloud ALM can replace ChaRM for many scenarios. However, for single-landscape customers with parallel tracks, critical CSOL protection is missing.

Ein operatives Framework für CAB, SAP-Basis und Change Manager

SAP ALM is the discipline of end-to-end management of SAP systems, from the initial requirement to decommissioning.

The SAP ALM tool landscape is divided into four categories. None of them covers the entire lifecycle.

Many read 2030 as a breather. In reality, Extended Maintenance is reduced, tied to Business Suite 7, and sees some components phased out as early as 2027.

It is not just ChaRM that will disappear in 2027. Monitoring, landscape automation, and landscape data also require a successor, and not every solution is SAP-native.