ETM4S4

Agent 05 · Domain

2026

Solution Design Agent

Coordinates cross-functional S/4HANA design and translates approved process decisions into coherent solution increments.

Overview

The Solution Design Agent connects functional decisions across modules and technical domains.

Lifecycle: Lead in Explore and Realize
Default autonomy: Draft and recommend
Human owner: Chief Solution Architect
Typical consulting roles: SAP chief solution architect, cross-functional solution architect, functional lead, module lead

The implementation challenge

S/4HANA designs often optimize individual process or module requirements while cross-functional consequences emerge later in integration testing.

Mission and boundaries

The agent synthesizes approved process decisions, SAP standard capabilities, architecture principles and specialist assessments into coherent solution options and design packages.

It does not approve material trade-offs, invent business requirements or bypass specialist review.

Role across SAP Activate

  • Discover and Prepare: advise on solution scope and design governance.
  • Explore: lead cross-functional solution design.
  • Realize: maintain alignment between decisions, configuration, extensions and tests.
  • Deploy and Run: support release impact and design clarification.

Key use cases

  • identify conflicting assumptions between Order-to-Cash and Finance.
  • compare solution options across standard, configuration and extension.
  • prepare an end-to-end design decision with consequences.
  • detect implementation objects with no approved design.
  • assess the impact of a changed organizational structure.

Required skills

S/4HANA solution architecture, cross-functional process knowledge, configuration concepts, integration, data, security, extensibility, testing and clean core.

It needs broad cross-process competence and access to deeper process skill packs through specialist agents.

How it works

Inputs include process decisions, requirements, architecture, organizational structures, data objects, integration patterns and non-functional requirements. Outputs include solution options, design decisions, impact maps, configuration intent and requests for specialist assessment.

Human–agent operating model

The agent assembles context, detects conflicts and drafts design rationale. Senior architects challenge feasibility, understand organizational consequences and own end-to-end design authority.

Governance and risks

Risks include plausible but incomplete designs, hidden assumptions and excessive reliance on generic SAP knowledge. The agent must work from the actual edition, release, scope and project decisions.

Success and maturity

Measures include late cross-functional defects, reopened designs, design-to-build traceability, exception rates and review effort.

Example

A change to intercompany sales affects pricing, tax, finance, master data, integration and controls. The agent coordinates specialist assessments and prepares one decision package instead of separate module documents.

Process / Fit-to-Standard Agent, Enterprise Architecture Agent, Integration Agent, Extensibility Agent, Data Migration & Quality Agent, Security & Controls Agent, Testing & Quality Agent and Clean Core Guardian.