panel discussion: migrating to 14.2 and advanced reporting
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Panel Discussion: Migrating to 14.2 and Advanced Reporting
Alyce Reopelle
Application Portfolio Management
Brink’s
Global EPM Governance Manager
AMT19S
@CAPPM
#CAWorldKevin Hill
Xerox
Manager, Software Engineering
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About Xerox
Utilizes CA PPM in all of its divisions
24/7 operation
30 countries in 5 continents
Functionality used– Project Management
– Financial Management
– Resource Management
– Demand Management
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Xerox Clarity Current Deployment
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States
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Brink’s, Inc.
• End-to-End Project Management
• Multi-Language / Multi-Currency
• Executive Reporting
• Project, Resource, Financial and Time Management
• Investment Governance
• Operations in over 100 Countries
• Clarity currently used in 26 countries
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TITLE Q2 14 Q3 14 Q4 14 Q1 15 Q2 15 Q3 15 Q4 15
Initial Implementation
14.2 Upgrade
US and Canada
Panama, Mexico
Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Columbia
India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Netherlands and New Zealand
Brazil
France
Brink’s, Inc.
• Purchase decision was made the end of March 2014• Production ready May 17, 2014• Go-Live occurred June 2, 2014
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Features Leading Xerox to 14.2
Gantt charting– Easier to manage the dependencies in one place, no additional pages
Duration editing– Easier to maintain task duration for larger projects
JasperSoft reporting
Ad-Hoc reporting:– Turn over to user for quicker turn around
– Permit my team to focus more on building better business solutions
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ExperiencesInfrastructure Ready Support
Xerox Scalability & Support ModelHow to Grow with the Business and Be Ready for Business
Quicker deployments;
Quicker adoption;
Quicker benefits realization
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Brink’s: Advantages of Ad Hoc Reporting
Reduced custom report requests.
Group permissions controls who has the access.
Limited training required for resources to do ad hoc reporting.
Delivered direct access to on-the-fly data needs.
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Benefits to Moving to JasperSoft
Ad Hoc Reporting allows for less customized Reports.
Analytics data warehouse structure streamlines reporting.
Increased exporting capabilities with the ability to export to PowerPoint.
More reporting options and flexibility.
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The Transition from Business Objects to JasperSoft
Currently live with Business Objects and JasperSoft.
Existing custom reports remain in Business Objects until converted
Allows time for conversion of existing custom reports while all new and out-of-the-box reports are in JasperSoft.
Condensed the upgrade timeline.
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Running Business Objects and JasperSoft
Two copies of TomCat will be required to support both
configurations.
As reports are converted to JasperSoft the custom BO
report access is removed.
Multiple reporting tools required during the
transition.
Goal to complete transition by end of year to align
with end of support for Business Objects.
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Value of the Analytics Database
The data warehouse is integrated with the
system now.
Adding fields to the data warehouse can be done
by an administrator checking a check box versus
a DBA changing the schema.
SQL knowledge not needed to create views.
More users are now able to obtain data without
support from the Clarity Administration Team.
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JasperSoft Learning Curve
Knowledge of JAVA is required in addition to differences in the SQL code.
Complex reports are currently a challenge – partnering with CA towards resolution.
Documentation is still being completed by CA and JasperSoft.
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More Productive and Cost EfficientExpanding to application rationalization
Cost of ownership
Strategic alignment
End-to-end solution of business process
System & solution training and support
Xerox: Summary“Bulls-eye” Business Needs
Quicker Adoption and Benefit Realization
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Brink’s: Key Take-Aways
Doesn’t have to be done all at once –you can ease into it.
Opens up more functionality for end users to be self-reliant.
It’s easier than it may seem. Upgrade to 14.2 completed in 4 weeks with 3 internal resources.
No re-training required for end users.
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Q & A
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