What/Where is the Value Lifecycle Manager (VLM)

[Mark_D]

What/Where is the Value Lifecycle Manager (VLM)

I was just reviewing an ASUG presentation from Soledad Alvarado Ganzhorn of SAP NetWeaver Product Management at SAP Labs. It describes a value lifecycle manager tool that includes:

��Value Discovery content includes: Interview Questions, Pain Points, Best Practices, Solution Enablers, Value Drivers & KPI's, and Data Requests

�� A Knowledge Management Platform – Retrieve and Enter content

�� A Highly Flexible and Customizable Business Case Building and Reporting Platform

�� Used by Value Engineers, Solution Engineers, ISG, Partners and others

Is anyone aware if SAP is using this tool already? Will customers get access to it? This sounds like a replacement for the business case builder which I haven't seen either. It would be nice if customers had access to these sorts of discovery tools. Since we don't utilize SAP consulting, we are often not able to access this content as we initiate new initiatives. It would be nice to have access as it seems like we are internally selling their software for them.

[schimondieseler]

Just in case somebody is still looking for it:

VLM SAP (ondemand.com)

[girishm]

The tool is available. It is at the following URL:

https://sapvalueengineering.com/VLM2/client.page

SAP has nominated select Partners that have access to the tool. You can probably check with the SAP partner relationship manager in your organization to see if you have access to this tool.