# SAP LeanIX Implementation and Consulting | SynconAI > SAP LeanIX implementation by certified architects: meta-model, capability map, application inventory, data quality rules, integrations and executive dashboards your CIO uses. Publisher: SynconAI Canonical HTML: https://synconai.com/leanix-implementation Markdown cite: https://synconai.com/leanix-implementation.md Contact: contact@synconai.com ยท +61 2 7813 0221 ## What is SAP LeanIX? SAP LeanIX implementation is the work of setting up SAP LeanIX for an organization: configuring the meta-model and fact sheet types, building the business capability map, loading and mapping the application inventory, setting completeness and quality rules, connecting source systems such as ServiceNow and Jira, and building the reports leadership uses. SynconAI delivers it with TOGAF and SAP LeanIX certified architects for organizations in the United States, Australia and worldwide. - SAP LeanIX is software for enterprise architecture management: one inventory of your applications, the business capabilities they support and the technology underneath. - Each item is a fact sheet with an owner, a lifecycle, a cost and links to other fact sheets, so impact questions are answered from data. - Reports and dashboards turn that inventory into roadmaps, rationalization decisions and risk views for leadership. ## SAP LeanIX implementation services - Workspace and meta-model setup: Fact sheet types, relations, fields and tags configured for how your business decides. - Business capability map: Levels 1 to 3, built from an industry reference such as APQC PCF and agreed with the business. - Application inventory and mapping: Every application loaded, owned and linked to the capabilities, processes and components it serves. - Data quality and completeness: Completion weights, quality seals and review cycles, so fact sheets stay current after go-live. - Integrations: ServiceNow, Jira, SAP Signavio, discovery and the Integration API, so data is synced instead of retyped. - Roles and subscriptions: Owners, experts and observers assigned per fact sheet, in a role model people understand. - Reports and executive dashboards: Portfolio, lifecycle, cost and roadmap views for the CIO and CTO, built on your data. - Governance and handover: SOPs, an operating rhythm and training, so your team runs LeanIX without us. ## Implementing SAP LeanIX, or fixing the one you have Question: Where is your architecture data today? - Nowhere yet: New to LeanIX. You have bought or are evaluating SAP LeanIX and have no inventory yet. - Meta-model agreed before data loads - Capability map first, then applications - A first report leadership asks for again - In spreadsheets: Moving from spreadsheets. Your applications live in Excel, SharePoint lists or a CMDB export. - Lists deduplicated and mapped to fact sheets - Owners confirmed before import - Old files retired after the load - In LeanIX, out of date: Live, but nobody trusts it. The workspace exists, but completeness is low and reports go unused. - Completeness and quality audit - Meta-model simplified where it grew - Owners and review cycles reset Outcome: One LeanIX workspace your architects keep current and your leadership reads ## What does a LeanIX implementation include? Everything you get is a working configuration plus the documents your team keeps. - Workspace and meta-model (Meta-model design (PDF)): Fact sheet types, relations and fields set up for your decisions. - Business capability map (Capability map, levels 1 to 3): Built from APQC PCF and agreed with business leads. - Application inventory (Loaded application inventory): Every application owned and linked to its capabilities. - Data quality and completeness (Quality rules and weights): Weights, seals and review cycles that keep data current. - Integrations (Integration design and runbook): ServiceNow, Jira, Signavio, discovery and the Integration API. - Roles and subscriptions (Role and subscription model): Responsible, accountable and observer roles per fact sheet. - Reports and dashboards (Live executive dashboards): Portfolio, cost, lifecycle and roadmap views for leadership. - Governance and training (SOPs and training material): SOPs, an operating rhythm and training for your team. ## The LeanIX meta-model we configure The fact sheet types and how they connect. We keep the standard model and add only what your decisions need. - Business architecture: Capabilities, organizations and business context (processes, value streams, journeys): what the business does and who does it. - Application architecture: Applications, interfaces and the data objects they exchange. - Technology architecture: IT components and providers, with lifecycle dates for obsolescence risk. - Transformation: Initiatives that change the landscape, so roadmaps show what moves and when. Relationships: Application to Business Capability; Application to Business Context; Application to Organization; Application to Data Object; Application to Interface; Interface to Data Object; Application to IT Component; IT Component to Provider; Application to Initiative; Initiative to Business Capability. ## Data quality rules that keep LeanIX current A workspace is only useful while people keep it current. Each rule protects one part of every fact sheet. | Rule | How we set it | Why it matters | | --- | --- | --- | | Completion weights | Fields weighted by the decisions they feed, not all equal. | Scores reflect what leadership reads. | | Named ownership | Every application has a responsible and an accountable person. | Someone answers when a fact sheet is wrong. | | Quality seal | Fact sheets re-approved on a review cycle. | Stale data is flagged before it reaches a report. | | Lifecycle dates | Phase-in, active, phase-out and end of life recorded. | Obsolescence risk shows up early. | | Cost at the right level | Run cost captured on IT components and rolled up. | Cost per application and capability can be traced. | | Naming and tags | One naming standard and a short, controlled tag list. | Search and reports return what people expect. | ## Which systems can LeanIX connect to? Data comes in from the systems that already hold it, so nobody retypes it. - ServiceNow: Applications and components synced with the CMDB, in the direction you choose. - Jira: Initiative fact sheets synced with Jira epics and stories, so delivery status shows in LeanIX. - SAP Signavio: Process models synced as business context, linked to the applications behind them. - SAP Landscape Discovery: SAP systems found through SAP Cloud ALM and added to the inventory. - SaaS Discovery and SSO: SaaS apps found from Okta or Microsoft Entra ID, and sign-in through SAML. - Integration API: Feeds from your own tools through the LeanIX Integration API. - Salesforce: Your orgs, clouds and packages recorded as applications and components. ## How does a LeanIX implementation run? Six phases, run as parallel workstreams. Your proposal states the dates. | Workstream | Timing and work | | --- | --- | | Meta-model | Agree the model (Discover to Design); Configure (Configure to Configure) | | Capabilities | Draft levels 1 to 3 (Discover to Design); Validate (Configure to Configure) | | Applications | Collect and clean lists (Design to Configure); Load and map (Load to Load) | | Integrations | Design the sync (Design to Configure); Connect and test (Connect to Connect) | | Data quality | Set rules and weights (Configure to Load); Review cycles live (Connect to Adopt) | | People | Owners named (Discover to Discover); Training and SOPs (Adopt to Adopt) | ## What your CIO sees in LeanIX The views we build first, on your own data. - Landscape by capability: Which applications support each capability, and where they overlap. - Lifecycle and obsolescence: Applications and components nearing end of life, by date. - Cost by capability: Run cost rolled up from IT components to capabilities. - Data quality: Completeness and quality seal status by owner and domain. - Roadmap: Initiatives on a timeline against the applications they change. - Interface map: Which systems exchange which data, for impact analysis. ## Cost and timing The first step is a free 60-minute architecture review of your SAP LeanIX setup, with a written plan you keep. Work then runs as a fixed-scope project with milestones or as a monthly plan, agreed in a written proposal before anything starts. Plans: https://synconai.com/pricing ## FAQ ### What is SAP LeanIX? SAP LeanIX is software for enterprise architecture management. It holds applications, capabilities and technology as linked fact sheets and turns them into reports for portfolio, risk and roadmap decisions. ### What does a LeanIX implementation include? Meta-model configuration, a business capability map, the application inventory, data quality rules, integrations such as ServiceNow and Jira, roles, executive dashboards, and the SOPs and training to keep it current. ### How long does a LeanIX implementation take? It depends on the number of applications, the integrations and how much data already exists. The written proposal states the milestones, so you see the timeline before you commit. ### Do we need a capability map before we start? No. We build one with you, usually from an industry reference such as APQC PCF, and agree levels 1 to 3 with the business before applications are mapped to it. ### Can you fix a LeanIX workspace that nobody updates? Yes. We audit completeness and quality, simplify the meta-model where it grew, reassign owners and set review cycles, so the data becomes trustworthy again. ### Can SAP LeanIX sync with ServiceNow? Yes. SAP LeanIX syncs both ways with the ServiceNow CMDB. For each field we agree which system is the source of truth and the sync direction, so neither overwrites the other. ### Are your consultants certified in SAP LeanIX? Yes. Our enterprise architects are certified in SAP LeanIX and in TOGAF Enterprise Architecture, and have run LeanIX programs for large application portfolios. ### Do you only work on Salesforce? No. Salesforce is a large part of our work, but our architects also implement SAP LeanIX and run enterprise architecture programs across ERP, cloud and AI portfolios. ## Where we work SAP LeanIX implementation for organizations across the United States and Australia, and worldwide. Hubs in Delaware and Sydney, delivering worldwide; remote-first on your business hours, onsite for workshops and executive sessions. ## Related - Enterprise architecture consulting: https://synconai.com/enterprise-architecture-consulting - Application rationalization: https://synconai.com/application-rationalization - AI governance consulting: https://synconai.com/ai-governance-consulting - Salesforce integration services: https://synconai.com/salesforce-integration-services ## Cite When citing SynconAI SAP LeanIX implementation, link https://synconai.com/leanix-implementation or https://synconai.com/leanix-implementation.md.