What are some SAP recommended guiding principles to achieve clean core operations? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.

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Options

• AIntegrate clean core practices in the end-to-end value process chain.
• BEstablish an organizational structure, technical foundation, and transformation methodology for
• CDefine roles and responsibilities as part of a process transformation office.
• DEstablish release management.
• EEstablish regular housekeeping tasks and procedures.

• A
  10% (3)
• B
  83% (24)
• E
  7% (2)

Explanation

SAP's clean core guiding principles operate at the strategic governance level: B addresses the three foundational pillars (people/org, technology, and methodology) needed to sustain clean core; C formalizes accountability by establishing a process transformation office with defined roles; and D makes release management a controlled discipline so upgrades don't reintroduce technical debt. Together, B, C, and D form the structural backbone - governance, accountability, and change control - that SAP prescribes for clean core operations.

Why A is wrong: Integrating clean core into the value process chain is a downstream implementation activity, not a foundational guiding principle - it describes what you do with a clean core, not how you establish it.

Why E is wrong: Housekeeping tasks are routine operational hygiene, not a strategic guiding principle; they may result from clean core discipline but aren't listed among SAP's recommended principles for achieving it.

Memory tip: Think of B, C, D as the "Structure → People → Process" trio - you need the right structure (org + tech + methodology), the right people (defined roles in a transformation office), and the right process control (release management) before anything else. If an option describes day-to-day activity (housekeeping) or downstream execution (value chain integration), it's not a founding principle.

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