Many S/4HANA programs struggle not because of technology, but because the delivery approach doesn’t match local reality. New Zealand organisations typically face lean teams, tight budgets, mixed roles, and added local complexity — yet are often asked to adopt global delivery models designed for much larger programs.

In this session, Steve Turner, an independent S/4HANA Finance Strategist with deep international delivery experience, shares a set of proven, positive patterns that consistently work — and shows how they can be simplified and applied effectively in New Zealand environments.

Drawing on anonymised global scenarios, the session explores how successful teams make fast, guardrail-protected fit-to-standard decisions, industrialise data to de-risk cutover, and choreograph change so adoption and value appear early. Each pattern is translated directly into a New Zealand context, including considerations such as GST, PEPPOL e-Invoicing, NZBN, and the realities of lean program teams.

Delegates will leave with practical artefacts — including a fit-to-standard decision tree, a data scorecard, an adoption dashboard, and a 30-day “start on Monday” plan — to help them move forward with clarity and confidence.

Key Takeaways

• Decide fast on fit-to-standard while protecting the guardrails
• Industrialise data and rehearse cutover like go-live
• Choreograph change to drive early adoption and visible value