Get your SAP programme ready to succeed before it starts

Phase Zero is the setup work that happens before an SAP transformation begins — business case, scope, supplier selection, governance. RunFast Launchpad is Limelight's structured accelerator for this phase: it compresses the time, reduces cost, and dramatically improves the quality of output by applying proven frameworks, senior expertise, and a defined set of guaranteed deliverables.

Before — and ideally before you have started SI selection. RunFast Launchpad is specifically designed to be completed before the SI is engaged. Once an SI is contracted, the commercial dynamic shifts in their favour. Engaging Limelight first means you enter SI selection with a complete business case, defined scope, and independent leverage.

A RunFast Launchpad typically runs over eight to twelve weeks, depending on organisational complexity and the maturity of existing documentation. The timeline is fixed — not open-ended discovery. You know what you will receive and when before you engage.

The business case produced through RunFast Launchpad is a decision-ready document, not a slide deck. It includes defined benefits linked to value levers, realistic cost assumptions, a ROI model with explicit assumptions, a deployment strategy, a RAID log, and an executive narrative structured for board or investment committee presentation.

Readiness is about completion of specific preconditions: a signed-off business case; defined scope; governance and programme structure in place; executive alignment on objectives; SI contracted against a defined scope; and an honest view of change, data, and technology readiness. Limelight's readiness review is a formal gate — factual, not sentiment.

Yes. RunFast Launchpad is designed to establish your strategic position independently before any SAP contract is signed or renegotiated. It gives you the business case, scope definition, and SI selection framework to make a programme decision on your terms — not under the pressure of SAP's commercial timeline.

The potential benefits include improved process efficiency, better data quality and reporting, reduced operational costs, and a technology platform that supports future growth and AI capability. However, benefits are realised by the business — not the technology. They require clear definition before the programme starts and genuine change readiness at go-live.

Scope creep is almost always the result of insufficient definition at the outset. When scope is vague, every SI interpretation expands it. RunFast Launchpad produces a defined scope baseline before SI engagement begins. During delivery, Limelight provides independent oversight to identify and challenge scope additions with the business context to distinguish a necessary change from a commercial expansion.

The first step is a structured consultation — typically sixty to ninety minutes — in which we understand your programme's current position, objectives, and the specific challenge you are trying to solve. We will be direct about whether and how Limelight can help. There is no commitment required and no proposal pushed before that conversation.