ChaRM in the Cloud: Change Management with SAP Cloud ALM and the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator
How can you ensure GxP-compliant change management in SAP Cloud ALM without changes making their way into the production system unchecked?
In regulated life sciences companies, every change to an SAP system is also a change to a validated state. Whether it’s a configuration, a customization, or a new feature, it must be evaluated, approved, implemented, and documented. Those who manage this via email, Excel spreadsheets, and disparate tools quickly lose track of things, especially given the shorter release cycles of SAP Cloud systems.
In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how Change Request Management (ChaRM) is implemented end-to-end in the cloud using SAP Cloud ALM and the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator (SVA). The change request is managed and approved in SVA, while the technical implementation takes place in SAP Cloud ALM. Both systems remain synchronized through defined statuses and links. This ensures that every change – from the change request to the transport – is documented, approved, and audit-ready.
Date
Friday, November 11, 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Can’t make it on this date? Register anyway and receive a recording of the webinar afterward.
Live Demo: From Change Request to Audit-Ready Transport
In a live demonstration, we’ll use a specific change project to show how a GxP-compliant change request is created in the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator and tracked through SAP Cloud ALM all the way to deployment.
You will learn how to:
- Organize change requests in a library and assign them to a system or SAP Cloud ALM project
- Create and describe change requests in the SVA, assign the affected validation objects, and submit them to an approval workflow
- go through the approval workflow for change requests with the roles of Author, Reviewer, and Approver
- create features from the DHC SVA in SAP Cloud ALM and manage the feature status
- Implement the change in SAP via the feature
- Prevent uncontrolled transports to the production system through integration with the SVA Change and document the history for audits
Target Audience
This webinar is intended for professionals and decision-makers in the pharmaceutical, medical technology, biotechnology, and other regulated industries who are responsible for the implementation, validation, or operation of SAP systems. It is particularly relevant for:
- CSV and validation experts
- Quality and compliance managers
- SAP project and program managers
- Those responsible for SAP S/4HANA and cloud transformations
- SAP Cloud ALM managers and experts
- Change, test, and release managers
Benefits for You
After the webinar, you will understand:
- how ChaRM is implemented with SAP Cloud ALM and the DHC Smart Validation Accelerator
- how approvals are ensured prior to implementation and which roles are required for this
- how change requests, features, and transports remain traceable throughout their entire lifecycle
- how to make the transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM GxP-compliant
Registration and Participation
Our web sessions are a free service for DHC customers and prospects.
IT service providers and consultants are excluded from participation.
The number of participants is limited.