SAP LeanIX

Enterprise architects, your hands-on guide to mastering SAP LeanIX is here! Dive into the new EA landscape and start working with SAP LeanIX: understand the meta model, set up your first workspace, model architecture objects, and more. Then follow expert guidance to get your EA practice up and running, from planning with the SAP EA Framework to enabling complete business and IT transformation using SAP’s integrated toolchain. Incorporate advanced techniques like calculations, automations, and AI to take your enterprise architecture to the next level!

• Use SAP LeanIX for enterprise architecture management
• Model your enterprise architecture, create fact sheets, automate tasks, implement the SAP EA Framework, and more
• Follow real-world use cases and step-by-step instructions to master SAP LeanIX

In this book, you’ll learn about:

1. Fundamentals

   See what sets SAP LeanIX apart from traditional EA tools! Explore its fact sheet-based meta model, configure your workspace, model objects, and design your transformation roadmap.

2. Practical Applications

   Learn how to use SAP LeanIX in your EA practice. Follow step-by-step instructions to analyze application portfolios, perform KPI reporting, and leverage tools like the SAP EA Framework, SAP Signavio, and SAP Cloud ALM.

3. Advanced Techniques

   Discover complex modeling techniques and apply them to use cases for strategic transformation. Use advanced features like custom calculations, automations, AI agents, and more.

Highlights include:

• Enterprise architecture (EA)
• Workspace configuration
• Architecture object modeling
• Architecture roadmaps
• Business strategy
• Application portfolio management
• SAP EA Framework
• Integrated toolchain
• Reporting
• Automation
• Governance
• Use cases

About The Author

René de Daniel has more than two decades of experience in enterprise architecture, having worked for several years at the intersection of strategy, transformation, and technology. His career spans both customer-side leadership roles, where he managed architecture teams and drove enterprise-wide change, and consulting roles, where he contributed to some of the most complex transformation programs across industries.

As a principal enterprise architect at SAP, René plays a pivotal role in enabling product success across the SAP LeanIX and integrated toolchain landscape. He is widely recognized for his pragmatic, hands-on insights into SAP LeanIX, shared through social media content and community enablement. His work bridges frameworks with real-world applications—always with a clear focus on delivering business value.

Certified as a Solution-Focused Coach (Erickson International) and Life Trust Coach, René integrates coaching principles into his approach to enterprise architecture, supporting individuals and teams to grow in clarity, confidence, and strategic alignment.

Marianne Dahmen is a principal internal consultant for strategic projects and initiatives and part of the SAP LeanIX Product & Engineering department. She works closely with the SAP LeanIX product management team and selected strategic customers to test and validate new ideas for how SAP LeanIX can deliver value to enterprise architects and other roles in a corporate environment.

Prior to her role in Product & Engineering, Marianne worked as a senior professional services consultant and supported the onboarding and implementation of SAP LeanIX at various Fortune 500 and DAX 40 companies. In her work on projects, she benefits greatly from her experience in management consulting and financial auditing. Customers value her hands-on mentality paired with a deep passion for the product, and her perseverance to think through use cases from high-level strategic perspectives down to very technical details and their pragmatic implementation in SAP LeanIX