Oracle AIM Methodology

-By Swapnil Mahajan. Shital Kendre.

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What is AIM?
AIM brings a proven process for implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Business Solutions withHighest degree of quality Quick return on investment Short time to benefit

Oracle AIM provides templates for all the tasks that require them. Oracle AIM is a methodology showing what tasks are required, what order they should be completed in, and what resources are required. The methodology is purpose built for Oracle Applications and the detailed deliverables produced are designed with the Oracle Application products in mind.
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Oracle AIM - Advantages

acle's AIM is a proven approach for implementing packaged applications mprises a set of well defined processes that can be managed in several s to guide you through an application implementation project.

M provides the tools needed to effectively and efficiently plan, conduct, control project steps to successfully implement business solutions.

M defines business needs at the beginning of the project and maintains t bility throughout the implementation.

defines internal, external, and time sensitive business events and maps h event to the responding business and system processes.

ent gains an accurate understanding of the business requirements that d to be focused on during the course of the implementation.

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Oracle AIM - Structure

Phase

A phase is a chronological grouping of tasks. It enables a flexible way to organize tasks, schedule major deliverables, and deliver projects. A process is a closely related group of dependent tasks which meets a major objective. A process is usually based on a common discipline. A task is a unit of work, which results in a single deliverable. I. e reports, schedules, code, or test results for example.

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Oracle AIM Project Phases

An AIM project is conducted in phases that provide quality and control checkpoints to co-ordinate project activities that have a common goal. During a project phase, your project team will be executing tasks from several processes. AIM Project Phases are: 1. Definitions 2. Operation Analysis 3. Solution Design 4. Build 5. Transition 6. Production

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1. Definition Phase
Plan the project Review the organization's business objectives Evaluate the feasibility of meeting those objectives under time, resource, and budget constraints Emphasis is on building an achievable work plan and introducing it with guidelines. Strategies, objectives, and approaches are determined for each AIM process Deliverables: 1. Implementation Strategy Document 2. Work Plan

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2. Operations Analysis
Project team develops Business Requirements Assess the level of fit between the business requirements and standard application functionality. Gaps are identified and corresponding solutions developed. Solutions for gaps evolve into detailed designs during Solution Design. Deliverables: 1. Updated Project Plan 2. Operations Analysis activity presentation 3. Business Requirements Document 4. Fit analysis of requirements 5. Proposed flow, as required

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3. Solution Design
Develop the detailed designs to meet the future business requirements. Operations Analysis Supporting business requirements may require building application extensions to standard features The project team carefully scrutinizes these solutions and chooses the most cost effective alternatives. Deliverables: 1. Updated work plan 2. Solution Design activity presentation 3. Installed Software 4. Training for Project Team 5. Test System Configuration 6. Prototypes 7. Prototype Models 8. Application Set up Document 9. List of policies and procedures 10. System test plans 11. List of issues KT
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4. Build
Coding and testing of all customizations and other custom software Coding & testing of enhancements, data conversions, and interfaces Policy and procedure changes relating to business process modifications are developed. Business system testing is performed to validate that the developed solutions meet business requirements. Deliverables: 1. Updated Work Plan 2. Build activity presentation 3. Conference Room Pilot 4. Test results 5. System certification

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5.Transition
Deploys the finished solution into the organization The project team trains the end users Technical team configures the production environment and converts data Transition ends with the cutover to production, when end users start performing their job duties using the new system. Deliverables: 1. Updated Work Plan 2. Transition activity presentation 3. The production environment 4. Cutover plan 5. End user training assistance 6. List of user ids, menus and passwords

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6. Production
It marks the last phase of the implementation, and the beginning of the system support cycle. The Information Systems (IS) personnel work quickly to stabilise the system and begin regular maintenance. Provide the ongoing support to the organisation for the remaining life of the system. Compare actual results to project objectives. Deliverables: 1. Production support 2. System tuning support

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Processes as referred in AIM

1. Project Management 2. Business Process architecture 3. Business Requirement Definition 4. Business requirement definition 5. Application & technical architecture 6. Module Design & Build 7. Data Conversion 8. Documentation 9. Business System Testing 10.Performance Testing 11.Adoption & Learning Talwelkar Consulting & Software KT Kudale

Oracle AIM Processes

1. Project Management ( PJM)
Project & Phase Planning, Execution, Control, Reporting & Completion Work Management & Resource Management Quality Management & Configuration Management Project Management itself is a comprehensive process and has separate way to handle it, i.e. PMBOK , Oracle PJM etc

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CR: Control & Reporting , WM: Work Management, RM: Resource Management QM: Quality Management, CM: Configuration Management KT
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Business Process Architecture Task Code/ID : BP Provide the framework for combining change in business processes with implementation of software applications It focuses on high-level business processes and operations generally applicable to the organization Make business focused decisions either to change the current processes to suit the application or to customize the application.

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Business Requirements Definition Task Code/ ID: RD Defines the business needs that must be met by the implementation project. Develop a complete set of business requirements scenarios that can be used to map business requirements to application functionality. Analyze and identify the reporting requirements for the business Carefully document audit and control requirements to satisfy financial and quality policies.
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4. Business Requirements Mapping Task Code/ ID: BR Ascertain the fitness for use of application features in satisfying detailed business requirements expressed at a business process step level. Business Requirements Mapping encompasses the following areas: Mapping Business system testing Application setups Mapping is an iterative approach with the following objectives: Prove business process designs through demonstration Identify gaps in KT Kudale Talwelkar Consulting & Software the application

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5. Application & Technical Architecture Task Code/ ID: TA Design an information systems architecture to realize the business vision. This process divide into two areas:- 1. Application Architecture, 2. Technical Architecture The process takes the business and information systems requirements and develops a blueprint for deploying and configuring: Oracle, third-party, and custom applications Supporting application server environments Critical interfaces and data distribution mechanisms between applications, servers, and sites Computing hardware, including servers and client desktop platforms Networks and communications infrastructure KT Kudale Talwelkar Consulting & Software

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6. Module Design & Build Task Code/ ID: MD Focus on the design and development of customizations to satisfy functionality gaps identified during Business Requirements Mapping (BR). Modification changes to the base Oracle Applications code Extension new forms, reports, programs, tables, interfaces and triggers that add functionality without changing the base application code Configurable Extension addition of functionality through flex fields, alerts, and other configuration options provided by the Applications
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7. Data Conversion Task Code/ ID: CV Convert and test all necessary legacy data for the operation of the new system Conversion Approaches Manual Conversions Programmatic Conversion with or w/o tools Automated Data Entry

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Documentation Task Code/ ID: DO Reference that shows the users how to use application functionality Set of procedures for using the application in response to day-to-day business events Documents that describe the technical details of the application for the maintenance staff Produce a set of procedures for managing the system

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9. Business System Testing

Task Code/ ID: TE Three main aspects of Business Testing Planning, Early Introduction of Testing & CRP Business System Testing does not address performance testing or the testing of data conversion programs

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10.Performance Testing Task Code/ ID: PT Enables you to define, build, and execute a performance test. To make decisions on whether the performance is acceptable for the business Propose tactical or strategic changes to address the performance quality shortfall. Automated V/s Manual Types of Performance Testing System Performance Module/ Code Performance Hardware and Networks
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11.Adoption & Learning 12. Task Code/ ID: AP Training prepares both users and administrators to assume on the tasks of running the new application system Adoption and Learning impacts the following five major audiences: Executives Implementation project teams Functional managers Users Information technology groups

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12.Production Migration 13. Task Code/ ID: PM To migrate the organization, systems, & people to the new enterprise system Assessing readiness for transition to production Executing cutover to the new system conducting post-production support

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A Sample Project Level Activities

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