When Oracle introduced the Oracle BI Applications (Oracle BIA), this introduction has been accompanied by the slogan; ‘Buy versus Build’. From a Sales point of view, this sounds like a good statement. Either you buy something or you build it yourself. If you ask those who are responsible for the implementation of Oracle BIA, you will get a different insight. In real life things are never black or white. There are always some shades of gray. I will take you on a short journey along a few areas of a Oracle BIA implementation. This journey will cover the time and money savers, the user adoption, customization, training and the pitfalls of such an implementation. This Ignite-style-presentation will explain why; ‘Build versus Build Less’ will be a better statement. On top of that, this presentation should give the audience a picture why ‘Build Less’ is the best option.

1. Oracle BI Applications
“Can we make it worth the
Purchase?”

2. Introduction
§ Oracle Gold partner én Specialized Partner
§ CRM On Demand,
§ Oracle BI Applications.
§ Oracle Business Solution partner
§ Oracle’s Siebel CRM,
§ Oracle BI Application,
§ Oracle CRM On Demand,
§ Oracle Middleware,
§ Oracle Knowledge (Inquira)
Oracle BI (Applications) Consultant
§ Oracle BI EE - 'Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Certified Implementation
Specialist - 1Z0-526‘
§ Oracle BIA - 'Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 7 for ERP Certified
Implementation Specialist - 1Z0-525‘
§ Oracle BI By Bakboord (http://obibb.wordpress.com)
§ Twitter (http://twitter.com/daanbakboord)

3. “Buy versus Build”
§ Buy to standardize
§ standard every-day
processes
§ Build to compete
§ processes make a
difference

4. Tools vs Applications

5. Oracle BI Applications
“Pre-Built, Pre-Mapped, Pre-Packaged”
Pre-Built
§ Reports & Dashboards (Best Practice Library)
§ Repository
§ Schemas
§ ETL

6. Oracle BI Applications
“Empowerment”
Oracle BI Applications enables you to….
§ …. reduce query impact on (ERP / CRM) source
environment
§ …. create a self-service analytic environment
§ focus on business
§ high performance
§ reduced IT involvement
§ …. provide interactive analytics
§ drill-down
§ guided navigation
§ pre-built workflows

7. Devil’s Triangle

8. Faster Time to Value

9. Oracle BIA Implementation
“Objectives”
§ Application
§ gain insight
§ better…
§ … decisions
§ … actions
§ … business processes
§ User Adoption & Acceptance
§ Ability to Support & Maintain the Implementation

10. Oracle BI Applications
“Simplified”
§ Hard Side (Technical)
§ Acquire & Combine
§ Transform to Information & Knowledge
§ Distribute Data
§ Soft Side (User)
§ Use
§ Culture

11. Focus on the Business (User)
“Softside of BI”
§ Willingness to Change
§ Sponsorship
§ 20% saboteurs
§ 60% followers
§ 20% pioneers

12. Save Time
“Weeks & Months vs Months & Years”
§ Install
§ Configure
§ Load
§ Demo
§ Oracle BI Dashboards
§ Oracle BI Answers

13. Oracle BI 11g (7.9.6.3)
“Seeing is Believing”
New features
§ Master Detail Linking
§ Chart Sliders & Zooming
§ Hierarchical Columns
§ View prompts
§ Cascading Prompts

14. Validate
§ Data Validation
§ Fit / Gap Analysis
§ Deployed Applications
§ Business Reporting Requirements
§ Customizations in the Source Application
§ Required (ETL) Customization

15. User Adoption
“Business vs IT”
§ IT supports the Business
§ Business needs IT
§ Communicate
§ better understanding
§ why do I need data?
§ request in relation to it's development cost
§ questioning Business needs

16. Acceptance
“Build vs Build Less”
100% Standard doesn’t exist!
§ Source System Customized
§ Every Customer is ‘Special’
Customize & Extend
§ columns (dimension metrics)
§ tables (dimension, fact, aggregation)
§ granularity
§ hierarchy
§ front-end (reports , dashboards)
§ new source (system)

17. Training
“End User”
Understand ……
§ …. (possible limitations) of the content of the out-of-
the-box Oracle BI Applications;
§ Financials,
§ HR,
§ Procurement
§ Spend and Project Analytics
§ …. how dashboards can be built and distributed
§ Oracle BI Dashboards
§ Oracle BI Answers
§ Oracle BI Delivers

18. Training
“Support & Maintain”
Understand ……
§ …. the Oracle BI Applications proposition
§ …. the technology behind Oracle BI EE / Oracle BI
Applications
§ setup
§ configure
§ manage
§ …. planning and implementing customizations /
extensions

19. Oracle BI Application
“Benefits”
§ Time
to
Value
§ Quick
install
§ customer
data
§ ‘Vanilla’
installa2on
§ Standardiza5on
§ architecture,
§ setup
§ methods
§ naming

20. Oracle BI Application
“Pitfalls”
§ Oracle BI A = Application
§ Customization is possible
§ ETL can be complicated
§ Define the Needs
§ Oracle BI Applications as a new….
§ …. philosophy
§ …. approach for business improvement

21. BI trends for 2012
BI in the Cloud
Mobile BI
Analytics
In-memory analytics
The Agile approach to BI
Big Data

22. Summary
§ Time is the gateway to success
§ Oracle BI Applications provides the Technology
§ Business & IT are on the same Team
§ Use the time to support the Business

23. Questions?