Like most of my other posts, the objective of this one is to provide useful information and help any SAP consultant with a start point to help answer questions like “Where is SAP going in the next years?” or “What is SAP’s release and maintenance strategy for it’s different products?” or the always important “When should we plan to install enhancement packages for our ERP and Netweaver Platforms?“. This and many other questions are clarified and answered in this document. This post covers Netweaver but neverthless, you might also want to read about the SAP Application Areas.

This document reflects the status of SAP’s release planning as of January 2009. It contains the intended strategies, developments, and/or functionalities of SAP solutions, applications, and technologies. I also recommend that you read one of my previous posts called The SAP Netweaver PAM, which will help you understand which components are available for each version, considering some restrictions.