Oracle AIM – Processes

Oracle AIM – Processes

A process in AIM represents a related set of objectives, resource skill requirements, inputs, and deliverable outputs. A task can belong to only one process.
Project team members are usually assigned to a process according to their specialization and background.

12 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
12. Production migration.

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
• Task ID
• CR: Control & Reporting , WM: Work Management, RM: Resource Management
• QM: Quality Management, CM: Configuration Management

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.
• Commonly used templates

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.
• Commonly used templates

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 the application
• Propose feasible bridges to gaps
• Commonly used templates

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

Module Design & Build

• Task Code/ ID: MD
• Focus on the design and development of customization 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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• Commonly used templates

Module Design & Build
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

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

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

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

Adoption & Learning

• 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

Production Migration

• Task Code/ ID: PM
• To migrate the organization, systems, & people to the new enterprise system
• Assessing readiness for transition to production
• Executing cut-over to the new system
• conducting post-production support

Oracle AIM – DEMO

• Oracle AIM Advantage 3.1 Demo
• Templates
• Q&A
• Discussion