Clean Core Maturity Assessment

Clean Core ambitions often stay on slides while custom code and weak governance creep back. Our Maturity Assessment delivers a hard baseline and clear priorities to achieve real, measurable results.

The time has come: Clean Core that works for you.

The Clean Core reality

You have moved to S/4HANA or are planning to do so. Clean Core is the intent. Yet custom code creeps back, governance slips, and quick fixes win. Sound familiar?

We still talk about keeping the core clean, but honestly, it feels like we are rebuilding the same complexity in a new system.

IT Director, Manufacturing

We start projects with Clean Core principles, but when deadlines hit, exceptions get approved and standards erode.

SAP Architect, Financial Services

 We rebuilt a custom app on BTP, only to find the business process had already changed. Governance did not keep up.

Project Manager, Retail

Why Clean Core keeps failing

The hardest problems are organizational. These are the patterns where Clean Core falls apart.

You never actually cleaned the house

Legacy custom code and abandoned enhancements were migrated as is. Without clear ownership for cleanup, technical debt became your S/4 foundation

Business does not trust standard

Users push back on SAP standard. If IT cannot demonstrate outcomes from staying standard, the business will not change.

Integration by duct tape

Clean Core means more APIs and moving parts. Without a solid integration architecture, distributed systems become distributed chaos.

No enforcement of the rules

Architecture says no to core mods, but projects get exceptions approved anyway. Without governance with teeth, Clean Core is just a slide deck.

Treated as a technical problem

It’s about decision-making culture, not only code. If leadership sees it as a developer topic, it fails under pressure.

No clear starting point

Without baseline measurement you cannot build a business case, prioritize remediation or track progress. You are flying blind.

Why our assessment works

We do not just audit code. We give you the organizational baseline you need to make Clean Core stick when pressure mounts
1. Reality-based assessment

Beyond technical compliance, we assess organizational readiness. Where governance actually breaks down and why.

2. Business impact focus

We translate technical debt into time-to-market, reliability, and agility. Clear story for management and teams.

3. Pragmatic roadmap

Prioritized plan based on business impact, technical risk and change capacity. No theory, only practical steps.

Our assessment methodology

Technical analysis combined with organizational readiness assessment. Success depends on both.
Technical baseline

Automated code analysis, custom object inventory, integration architecture review, performance impact.

Organizational assessment

Governance maturity, decision patterns under pressure, skill gaps, stakeholder alignment.

Business impact

Cost and risk of status quo, value quantification, competitive implications of Clean Core success.

What you get

Three deliverables that move you from uncertainty to action.
Your Clean Core maturity profile

Objective baseline of where you stand today across technical, organizational and governance dimensions, benchmarked against best practices.

Business case foundation

A quantified view of your current state and the key levers to improve it, with a clear rationale for change.

Pragmatic implementation roadmap

Prioritized actions, resources and realistic timelines that fit your organization and unlock measurable value.

Who this assessment serves

ECC customers

Prepare for S/4HANA with a baseline that reduces migration complexity and prevents legacy problems from returning.

S/4HANA customers

Already on S/4 but upgrades are painful and debt grows. Fast‑track an honest assessment and sustainable Clean Core discipline.

Ready for Clean Core that actually works?

Stop fighting the same battles. Get the baseline you need to build sustainable Clean Core maturity. 

Start your Maturity Assesessment for € 8.250,00 (Excl. VAT)  

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Chris is based in The Netherlands.