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WP.03 / Post Signature

The post signature playbook that protects the RISE contract you just signed.

Most RISE with SAP contracts are signed with the buyer side team exhausted, the legal review closed, and the implementation programme starting in earnest the following Monday. The deal is treated as done. SAP, by contrast, treats the contract as the opening position for the next conversation. The renewal clock starts ticking the day after signature, and the operational baseline that determines the renewal price is being built in the first ninety days, whether the buyer is paying attention or not.

This paper documents the post signature playbook the firm hands every RISE client. It covers the operational governance that protects FUE entitlement, integration registration, hyperscaler baseline measurement, indirect access tracking, change request discipline, and renewal preparation. The aim is to ensure the value negotiated in the deal does not erode through operational drift. Across audited renewals, post signature discipline of this kind has consistently held the renewal uplift below 6 percent on contracts where the standard industry pattern is closer to 22 percent.

The paper is built for SAP programme leads, vendor managers, FinOps leaders, and CIO offices entering the post signature phase of a RISE conversion.

Format
Gartner Style
Length
3,500 words
Audience
PMO, Vendor Mgmt

What is inside the paper

  • The ninety day operating model that protects the negotiated FUE entitlement from drift and reclassification.
  • Integration registration discipline that prevents indirect access exposure from accumulating quietly.
  • Hyperscaler baseline measurement so the operational footprint can be defended at renewal.
  • Change request governance that prevents SAP led contract uplift through scope additions.
  • The eighteen month renewal preparation clock, with the milestones that determine renewal leverage.
  • The internal stakeholder map the firm uses to keep finance, IT, procurement, and legal aligned post signature.
  • A worked example of a renewal that held flat against a starting position of 22 percent uplift.
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