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Scope sheetProject health checks

Oracle R12 upgrade readiness health check

An Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) R12 upgrade brings many advantages, including optimising business process efficiencies and reducing operational costs.

The increasingly urgent question for you as an 11i user is ‘when and how’, rather than ‘if’ the upgrade needs to take place, and what will be the effect on your business if a plan is not in place.

Is your business ready for R12?

• Whatarethebenefitsofmovingfrom11itoR12?

• Will new R12 features, application modules and

architecturebenefityourbusiness?

• Shouldyouupgradeorre-implementandwhy?

• Ifyoutakenoaction,willyoubecomenon-

compliantforlegislationpatches?

• HowmuchwillanupgradetoR12costandhow

longwillittake?

• ShouldyouupgradetoR12orwaitforFusionand

bypass R12?

• When will support for 11i and R12 end

and how will this affect your ERP deployment?

• Doyoufeelyouaregettingthemostoutof

yourEBSinvestmentandwouldyoudothings

differently?

• DoesupgradingtoR12changeyourunderlying

technology?

• Howwillanupgradeaffectyourtransactional

data?

ThebusinessbenefitsfromaProjecthealth check

ThePro jecthealthcheckidentifieswhetheryou

arereadytoupgradetoR12andisdesignedto

enableyoutobuildtheupgradeprocessintoyour

businessoperations.Wewillprovideyouwithaclear,

detailedupgradeplanthatidentifiesyourchallenges

andadvisesyouonhowtoovercomethem.Most

importantly,wewillanswerallthequestionsyouhave

readabove,andgiveyoutheknowledgeyouneed

to make your critical decision on when and how to

upgrade,andthefinancialeffectitwillhaveonyour

business.

Callingonindustryexperiencetocreateabespokediagnosis

Onceourconsultingteamhasbuiltacomplete

understandingofyourR12upgradechallenges,they

willdesignabespokehealthchecktofocusonyour

areasofconcern,includingupgraderequirements,

dependenciesandopportunitiesforimprovement.

Typically,activitiesduringanR12healthcheckcan

include:

• Identificationandgapanalysisofallexisting

customisations,extensions,modifications,

localisationsandintegrations(CEMLI’s),including

anR12compatibilityassessmentandconversion

effort

• Deploymentoftechnologyandapplication

diagnosticscripts

• Customisationmonitoring

• Applicationconfigurationreview,including:

• Keyconfigurationreadinessreview–chartof

accounts,organisationstructure,etc.

• Applicationsfootprintdefinition

• Businessprocessreviewandconsideration

• Data readiness for R12 architecture

• RoadmapandplanningincludingFusion

Applications–futureproofingandcoexistence

• Proofofconcept,including:

• Trialupgrades

• Upgraderesultsandoutput

• Applicationnewfeaturesandmodularplanning

• Hardwareinfrastructureadvice,analysisand

considerations

• R12upgradesupportservice

• Managedservicesandhostingguidance

• ReportingconsiderationssuchasOBIEE

and BI Applications

KEY BENEFITS

• UPGRADE VERSUS RE-IMPLEMENTATION ADVICE

• BETTER UPGRADE PATH AWARENESS

• AVOIDANCEOFPOTENTIALOBSTACLES/PITFALLS

• ADVANCEDPLANNING

• COSTSAVINGSINREADINESS FORUPGRADE

• EFFICIENCYPLANNING

• CEMLIOPTIMISATIONAND COSTSAVINGS

• INCREASEDR12KNOWLEDGE

OTHER BENEFITS

• APPLICATIONANDDATABASEVERSIONADVICE

• PATCHINGSTRATEGYAND HOTPATCHINGGUIDANCE

• NEWAPPLICATIONFEATURESANDMODULES

• INDICATIVEUPGRADECOSTSANDTIMESCALES

• INDUSTRY-FOCUSEDSOLUTIONS

• ORGANISATIONTYPE,STRUCTUREANDSIZEFACTORING

• TRIALUPGRADES

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Projectisanindependentconsultancy

providingspecialistbusinessprocessand

financesystemsadvice.

Projecthasbuiltareputationfordelivering

complete,integratedsolutionsthataddress

businessneedsandmeetcorporatestrategies.

Workinginboththepublicandprivatesectors,

wesupportfinancedepartmentsandwider

business communities.

Wecombineouraccounting,business,

reporting,functionalandtechnicalexpertise

tohelpclientsrecognisethetruevalue

ofE-BusinessSuitemodules,Business

Intelligence(BI)andBIapplications.

Projectisanaccreditedbusinesspartner

withanumberofsoftwareproviders.

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Scope sheetProject health checks

Oracle R12 upgrade readiness health check

Collaborativehealthcheckapproach

APro jecthealthcheckallowsyoutoremainincontrolofthescopeoftheprocessandoutcomes.Youwillbe

workingwithaPro jectteamofqualifiedaccountantsandR12upgradespecialists.Thehealthcheckprocessis

carried out in three phases:

Orientation Discovery / analysis Report

Pro jectconsultantsworkwithyourkey stakeholders to understand and plan the scope of work and deliverables,identifyingproblemsneedingaspecialfocus(egremodellingyourchartofaccounts).Duringthehealthcheckweinvestigatewithyourteamstoadepth determined by you.

Weemployconsultingexperienceanddiagnostictoolstoanalyseyourorganisation’sEBSimplementation.Ourdiscoveryapproachisinformedby the orientation phase, especially thefocusareas.Followinginformationgathering,ourconsultantsapplytheirexpertiseandexperiencetoanalyseandcollateallfindings.

Ourcomprehensivehealthcheckreport typically includes a prioritise actionplan,strategies,advice,upgradeindicativecosts,timescales,roadmaps and recommended system configurationchanges.Youwillthenbe fully briefed should you decide to call upon us to respond to the outcomes of the health check.

Costs and timescale

Cost: From£6,000

Timescale: Fromfivedays

TheprecisetimescaleandcostofaPro jectR12UpgradeReadinesshealthcheckwillvarydependingonyour

specificrequirements.Theparametersofahealthcheckareagreedinadvance,includingcostanddelivery

schedule.