If PI/PO to Integration Suite is on your roadmap, the hardest part is often not the build. The chaos usually comes from the unknowns: missed dependencies, unclear ownership, undercounted interfaces, and late-stage testing surprises.
This Discovery Starter is intended to help make migration planning more predictable without turning discovery into a months-long spreadsheet project.
One note before you start: you do not need perfect answers to every question. The goal is to surface what is known, what is unknown, and what needs an owner so you can sequence work and reduce cutover risk.
How to use this Discovery Starter (3 simple rules)
- Start with your top 10 most critical integrations. Trying to document everything at once is how discovery stalls.
- Treat “unknown” as progress. Unknowns are what create rework later, so capturing them early is the win.
- Assign owners as you go. “No owner” is a risk flag.
Inventory and scope clarity
- What integrations touch PI/PO today?
List the systems, interfaces, flows, and partner connections that run through PI/PO. A partial list is fine. - Which integrations are business-critical vs. non-critical?
If it fails, what breaks? Revenue, operations, compliance, customer experience, or something else? - Who owns each integration end-to-end?
Name both the technical owner and the business owner. If ownership is unclear, call that out. - What does the landscape look like at a high level?
On-prem apps, cloud apps, SaaS, partner connections, EDI, files/SFTP. What patterns show up most?
Dependencies and risk hotspots
- What are the upstream and downstream dependencies for your most critical integrations?
What talks to what? Where does data originate, transform, and land? - Where are the fragile points today?
Look for manual steps, brittle mappings, undocumented transformations, “tribal knowledge” processes, or single points of failure. - What integration patterns dominate your landscape?
Examples: A2A, B2B/EDI, API-led, event-driven, batch/file, SFTP, IDoc, REST/SOAP. - What security and compliance requirements apply?
Think about PII/PHI, encryption in transit/at rest, key management, data retention, audit requirements, network zones, or partner constraints.
Sequencing and migration approach
- What constraints will drive sequencing?
Release calendars, blackout windows, peak business periods, dependent program timelines, regulatory dates, and SAP roadmap milestones. - Are you aiming to “migrate first” or modernize during migration?
Be explicit. Do you want a quick lift-and-shift, or do you want to improve patterns as you go (API/event enablement, consolidation, standardization)? - What cutover approach fits your environment?
Wave-based migration, parallel run, phased by domain/system, or a big-bang cutover for specific integration domains.
Testing and governance readiness
- What does “ready to cut over” mean for your team today?
Define the minimum bar: test coverage expectations, performance checks, error handling, monitoring, rollback plan, sign-offs, and go/no-go criteria.
What “good” looks like after you answer these
You do not need a 100% complete inventory to make progress. Once you work through these questions (even partially), most teams can produce:
- A starting integration inventory with ownership and criticality
- A rough dependency map for high-risk areas
- A short list of risk flags (unknown ownership, brittle points, compliance constraints)
- A first-pass sequencing approach (waves tied to business risk and constraints)
- A clearer definition of quality gates for cutover readiness
That foundation is what makes a migration plan predictable.
At Mindset, we help SAP teams navigate PI/PO to Integration Suite migrations through our M-Suite Migration Accelerator, a structured framework designed to bring clarity to discovery, reduce risk in planning, and accelerate execution. By combining proven methodologies with real-world migration experience, we help teams move from uncertainty to a clear, actionable path forward.
Want help turning this into a sequencing plan (and avoiding cutover surprises)?
Migration from PI/PO to Integration Suite is complex — but it doesn’t have to be unpredictable.
If you’re ready to turn early discovery into a clear, executable migration plan, our M-Suite Migration Accelerator helps teams assess, plan, and move forward with confidence.
