Architecture-first SAP BTP certification pathway
Build the judgement to design secure, scalable, integrated and governable SAP BTP solutions — from business requirements and capability mapping through architecture decisions, delivery, operations and executive communication.
🎯 Program Outcomes
- Translate business strategy, operating-model needs and quality attributes into SAP BTP architecture decisions
- Design account, landscape, identity, network, integration, data and application architectures
- Select appropriate BTP runtimes and services across Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP environment and managed services
- Apply clean-core, side-by-side extensibility and SAP integration patterns for S/4HANA and SuccessFactors scenarios
- Produce architecture artefacts: context diagrams, capability maps, decision records, security views, integration views and transition roadmaps
- Prepare for solution-architect certification assessment through scenario-based design exercises and mock reviews
Duration: 80 Hours (40 sessions × 2 hrs/day)
Structure: Architecture studio – Discover → Design → Validate → Govern
Delivery Style: 40% architecture concepts, 40% scenario workshops, 20% exam and communication practice
Assessment: Architecture decision records, design reviews, case-study deliverables and capstone defence
🧭 Architecture Studio Workflow
- Discover – clarify business outcomes, stakeholders, constraints, capabilities and quality attributes
- Design – define target architecture, service choices, integration patterns, security boundaries and operating model
- Validate – test decisions against cost, resilience, compliance, performance, usability and delivery feasibility
- Govern – document standards, risks, transition stages, architecture guardrails and operational ownership
🗂️ 40-Session Mentoring / Coaching Schema
Status | Session | Focus Area | Architecture Objective | Deliverable / Evidence | Tags |
🔵 Planned | 1. Solution Architect Role & Certification Map | Foundations | Understand the architect role, assessment domains, stakeholder expectations and decision accountability | Personal certification roadmap and competency baseline | #foundation #certification |
🔵 | 2. Business Context & Architecture Drivers | Foundations | Convert strategy, pain points, capabilities, constraints and quality attributes into architecture drivers | Architecture drivers catalogue and stakeholder map | #business #drivers |
🔵 | 3. SAP BTP Value Proposition & Service Portfolio | BTP Foundations | Position BTP capabilities across application development, integration, data, automation and AI | BTP capability map aligned to business outcomes | #btp #capabilities |
🔵 | 4. Global Account, Directories, Subaccounts & Entitlements | BTP Foundations | Design account hierarchy, service entitlements, quotas, regions and environment separation | Account and entitlement topology | #btp #governance |
🔵 | 5. BTP Runtimes & Workload Placement | Platform Architecture | Select Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP environment or managed services for workload characteristics | Runtime selection decision matrix | #runtime #decisions |
🔵 | 6. SAP BTP Landing Zone & Environment Strategy | Platform Architecture | Define development, test, quality and production landscapes with repeatable provisioning principles | Landing-zone blueprint and environment lifecycle | #landingzone #platform |
🔵 | 7. Architecture Principles & Decision Records | Architecture Practice | Establish principles, trade-offs, standards and lightweight governance for BTP initiatives | Architecture principles catalogue plus three ADRs | #governance #adr |
🔵 | 8. BTP Architecture Review Lab I | Architecture Practice | Review a proposed BTP landscape for scope, dependencies, risks and missing decisions | Architecture review findings and remediation backlog | #review #hands-on |
🔵 | 9. SAP Integration Suite Architecture | Integration | Choose integration patterns and capabilities for APIs, messaging, orchestration, events and data flows | Integration capability map and reference architecture | #integration #apis |
🔵 | 10. API-Led Integration & Lifecycle Management | Integration | Design API products, policies, versioning, reuse, ownership and consumer onboarding | API product blueprint and lifecycle policy | #api #lifecycle |
🔵 | 11. Event-Driven Architecture on SAP BTP | Integration | Apply event-carried state transfer, pub/sub, asynchronous processing and event governance | Event storming output and event flow design | #events #async |
🔵 | 12. S/4HANA & SAP Business Suite Integration | Integration | Design clean, secure integration with S/4HANA Cloud, on-premise systems and business partners | End-to-end S/4HANA integration scenario | #s4hana #clean-core |
🔵 | 13. SAP SuccessFactors & Line-of-Business Integration | Integration | Extend the architecture across HR, finance, procurement, customer and supply-chain systems | Cross-suite integration context diagram | #successfactors #enterprise |
🔵 | 14. Integration Architecture Lab | Integration | Compare synchronous, asynchronous, batch and virtual integration for a multi-system process | Pattern selection matrix with cost and risk rationale | #integration #lab |
🔵 | 15. Identity, Authentication & Trust Architecture | Security | Design trust relationships, identity federation, authentication flows and user lifecycle controls | Identity and trust-boundary architecture | #security #identity |
🔵 | 16. Authorization, Roles & Least Privilege | Security | Apply role collections, scopes, attribute-based restrictions and separation of duties | Authorization model and role catalogue | #security #authorization |
🔵 | 17. Network, Connectivity & Private Access | Security | Design destinations, Cloud Connector, private connectivity, ingress/egress and segmentation | Network and connectivity view | #network #connectivity |
🔵 | 18. Security, Privacy & Compliance Architecture Lab | Security | Assess data classification, auditability, encryption, residency, retention and regulatory obligations | Security risk register and control mapping | #privacy #compliance |
🔵 | 19. Data Architecture & SAP Datasphere Positioning | Data | Distinguish operational, analytical, semantic and governed data workloads on BTP | Data domain map and platform positioning paper | #data #datasphere |
🔵 | 20. SAP HANA Cloud & Persistence Choices | Data | Select persistence services and design data models for performance, scale and lifecycle needs | Persistence decision record and logical data model | #hana #persistence |
🔵 | 21. Data Integration, Quality & Governance | Data | Design data movement, master-data alignment, lineage, ownership and quality controls | Data governance operating model | #datagovernance #quality |
🔵 | 22. Analytics, Planning & AI Workload Architecture | Data & AI | Position analytics, planning, machine learning and generative AI capabilities responsibly | Analytics and AI reference architecture | #analytics #ai |
🔵 | 23. Application Architecture on BTP | Application Architecture | Choose CAP, SAPUI5/Fiori, workflow, low-code and pro-code patterns for solution needs | Application landscape and component view | #cap #applications |
🔵 | 24. Clean Core & Extensibility Strategy | Application Architecture | Separate in-app, key-user, developer and side-by-side extensions with upgrade-safe boundaries | Extensibility decision tree and target design | #clean-core #extensibility |
🔵 | 25. UX, Fiori & SAP Build Work Zone | Experience | Design role-based experiences, navigation, launchpad integration and omnichannel access | Experience architecture and persona journey | #fiori #workzone |
🔵 | 26. Workflow, Automation & SAP Build | Automation | Identify automation candidates and design workflow, rules, forms and human-in-the-loop controls | Process automation blueprint | #workflow #automation |
🔵 | 27. Resilience, Availability & Disaster Recovery | Non-functional Architecture | Translate RTO/RPO and availability targets into resilient architecture patterns | Resilience model and disaster-recovery plan | #resilience #bcp |
🔵 | 28. Performance, Scalability & Cost Architecture | Non-functional Architecture | Balance throughput, latency, elasticity, quotas, service plans and total cost of ownership | Capacity model and cost trade-off analysis | #performance #cost |
🔵 | 29. Observability & Operations Model | Operations | Define logging, monitoring, alerting, tracing, SLOs, incident response and ownership | Operations runbook and observability dashboard design | #operations #observability |
🔵 | 30. DevSecOps, Transport & Release Architecture | Delivery | Design source control, CI/CD, testing gates, transport, secrets and controlled releases | DevSecOps pipeline architecture | #devsecops #cicd |
🔵 | 31. Migration & Modernization Strategy | Transformation | Plan rehost, refactor, replace, retire and integrate decisions across an application portfolio | Modernization roadmap with migration waves | #migration #roadmap |
🔵 | 32. Architecture Economics & Service Consumption | Governance | Evaluate entitlements, consumption models, licensing assumptions, FinOps and value realization | Architecture business case and cost guardrails | #finops #businesscase |
🔵 | 33. Architecture Communication & Stakeholder Alignment | Leadership | Explain technical trade-offs to executives, product teams, security, operations and delivery partners | Executive architecture narrative and one-page decision brief | #leadership #communication |
🔵 | 34. BTP Architecture Review Lab II | Architecture Practice | Defend a proposed solution under challenge from security, finance, operations and business stakeholders | Recorded design review plus decision log | #review #defence |
🟡 In Progress | 35. Case Study: Intelligent Employee Experience Platform | Integrated Scenario | Architect a cross-suite solution connecting SuccessFactors, workflow, analytics and employee experience | Business, application, data, integration and security views | #case-study #hrtech |
🟡 | 36. Capstone Kick-off: SAP BTP Solution Blueprint | Capstone | Define scope, stakeholders, architecture drivers, principles and target-state boundaries | Project charter, context diagram and capability map | #capstone |
🟡 | 37. Capstone Build I: Target Architecture & Decisions | Capstone | Complete service selection, integration, data, security and extensibility decisions | Solution architecture document and ADR pack | #capstone |
🟡 | 38. Capstone Build II: Transition & Operating Model | Capstone | Define delivery roadmap, governance, NFR validation, operations and adoption approach | Transition roadmap, operating model and risk register | #capstone |
🟡 | 39. Mock Certification Assessment & Architecture Defence | Exam Readiness | Practise scenario questions, time management, design critique and concise architecture defence | Mock assessment scorecard and remediation plan | #exam #mock |
🟢 Completed | 40. Capstone Presentation & Certification Readiness Review | Showcase | Present the final blueprint, justify trade-offs and confirm readiness for certification | Final architecture pack, presentation and 30-day exam plan | #presentation #certification |
🧱 Board Columns (Kanban)
- 📝 Planned – sessions and architecture artefacts not yet started
- ⚙️ In Progress – current module, lab or design review
- ✅ Completed – evidence-backed sessions with approved deliverables
🧰 Recommended Architecture Artefacts
- Business and stakeholder context diagram
- Capability map and architecture drivers catalogue
- Current-state and target-state landscape diagrams
- Application, data, integration, security and operations views
- Runtime and service selection matrix
- Architecture decision records and assumptions log
- Non-functional requirements traceability matrix
- Risk, dependency and compliance register
- Transition roadmap with migration waves
- Executive one-page architecture brief
📚 Master Syllabus – SAP Certified Solution Architect – SAP BTP
Sr. No | Module | Core Coverage | Duration |
1 | Architect Role & Business Context | Stakeholders, drivers, capabilities, quality attributes, certification domains | 6 hrs |
2 | BTP Platform & Account Architecture | Service portfolio, account model, entitlements, regions, runtimes, landing zones | 10 hrs |
3 | Integration Architecture | Integration Suite, APIs, events, S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and partner integration | 12 hrs |
4 | Security & Connectivity | Identity, trust, authorization, private connectivity, compliance and privacy | 10 hrs |
5 | Data, Analytics & AI Architecture | HANA Cloud, Datasphere, data governance, analytics and responsible AI positioning | 8 hrs |
6 | Application, UX & Extensibility | CAP, Fiori, Work Zone, SAP Build, clean core and side-by-side extensions | 10 hrs |
7 | Non-functional & Operations Architecture | Resilience, DR, performance, cost, observability, SLOs and operating model | 8 hrs |
8 | Delivery, Governance & Transformation | DevSecOps, migration, FinOps, architecture governance and stakeholder communication | 8 hrs |
9 | Capstone & Certification Readiness | Integrated blueprint, mock assessment, architecture defence and exam plan | 8 hrs |
Total | 80 hrs |
🧪 Assessment Framework
- Architecture fundamentals: explain the purpose, boundaries and trade-offs of BTP services and runtimes
- Scenario design: select patterns that satisfy business, security, integration and non-functional requirements
- Artefact quality: produce clear, traceable and decision-oriented architecture documentation
- Review defence: communicate assumptions, risks, alternatives and recommendations to mixed audiences
- Certification readiness: complete timed scenario practice and close gaps identified in the final scorecard
🎓 Target Capabilities After Completion
- Lead SAP BTP solution discovery and architecture definition
- Create pragmatic target architectures for SAP-centric enterprise landscapes
- Design secure integrations across SAP and non-SAP applications
- Govern clean-core extensions and cloud-native workloads
- Connect architecture choices to value, risk, cost and operating ownership
- Present an executive-ready solution blueprint and defend its key decisions
📌 Suggested Case-Study Portfolio
- Employee experience platform integrating SuccessFactors and SAP Build
- S/4HANA side-by-side extension for supplier and procurement collaboration
- Finance analytics platform using HANA Cloud and SAP Datasphere
- Customer or partner portal using CAP, Fiori and API-led integration
- Event-driven supply-chain exception management solution
🗓️ Certification Readiness Milestones
- Week 1: baseline assessment, role expectations and architecture drivers
- Week 2: BTP platform, account model, runtimes and landing-zone design
- Week 3: integration, APIs, events and SAP application connectivity
- Week 4: security, identity, network and compliance architecture
- Week 5: data, analytics, AI, application and extensibility architecture
- Week 6: resilience, operations, cost, DevSecOps and governance
- Weeks 7–8: capstone blueprint, mock assessment, defence and exam plan
📖 Resource Categories
- SAP BTP architecture and service documentation
- SAP Learning journeys for solution architecture and BTP
- SAP Integration Suite, security, HANA Cloud, Datasphere and clean-core guidance
- SAP architecture reference patterns and customer case studies
- Practice architecture scenarios, ADR templates and mock assessment reviews
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