This document provides an agenda for an Oracle EBS support project at Tyco. It includes an overview of Tyco's Oracle EBS technical architecture and functional applications. It describes the finance applications and processes flows. It also details the current Oracle EBS environment, defect fix cycle, tools used, and project governance. Module specific flow diagrams are provided.
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Assessing application development like the rest of the business
Well overdue, it is time to measure application development and
maintenance the same way as the rest of the business, based on not just how much work someone does, but how well they do the work. As we know, looking to see if the code works as expected is only a single measurement. Knowing how easy it will be to maintain over time, how flexible it is to change as required by business changes, how quickly new team members can understand the code and get working on it and how easily the application can be tested are just some of the things that we need to look at in order to understand the real quality of the work being done by application development teams. When these measurements are combined with ways of counting the productivity (quantity) of development teams, we can get a real understanding of how well the teams are performing and what return is being realized from the investment. These measurements can be assessed both for in-house development organizations as well as the work being done by outsourcers.
The applications delivered by IT are a significant differentiator between competitors and therefore it needs to be managed as a core business process. Held up against corporate standards and no matter how or where the development work is done, it must be done well and the resulting applications need to be able to withstand time.
See how to Assess Your Application: https://www.castsoftware.com/use-cases/application-assessment
GE Capital Legacy Modernization and Mainframe Conversionguatham
Marc Rubel, Executive Director of Application Development explains how GE Capital eliminated IDMS mainframe applications and databases using multi-vendor conversion solutions. This was presented as a case study at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in October 2011.
See how to Assess Your Application: https://www.castsoftware.com/use-cases/application-assessment
Assessing application development like the rest of the business
Well overdue, it is time to measure application development and
maintenance the same way as the rest of the business, based on not just how much work someone does, but how well they do the work. As we know, looking to see if the code works as expected is only a single measurement. Knowing how easy it will be to maintain over time, how flexible it is to change as required by business changes, how quickly new team members can understand the code and get working on it and how easily the application can be tested are just some of the things that we need to look at in order to understand the real quality of the work being done by application development teams. When these measurements are combined with ways of counting the productivity (quantity) of development teams, we can get a real understanding of how well the teams are performing and what return is being realized from the investment. These measurements can be assessed both for in-house development organizations as well as the work being done by outsourcers.
The applications delivered by IT are a significant differentiator between competitors and therefore it needs to be managed as a core business process. Held up against corporate standards and no matter how or where the development work is done, it must be done well and the resulting applications need to be able to withstand time.
See how to Assess Your Application: https://www.castsoftware.com/use-cases/application-assessment
More and more, Organizations are considering off-premise hosting and cloud solutions for enterprise solutions. Other Organizations have strict policies to ensure critical and sensitive corporate systems stay within internal walls. This sessions explores what options are available for EPM solutions, including Oracle’s newly announced Planning and Budgeting on the Cloud Service.
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AppSphere 15 - DevOps and Agile: AppDynamics in Continuous Integration Enviro...AppDynamics
This session will provide a deep-dive look into using AppDynamics in a Continuous Integration Environment. As the basis for our session, we will demonstrate a CI approach to building, deploying, and managing a multi-tier distributed application that we develop from the ground up.
Attendees of this session will walk away with a clear understanding of:
-The importance of having an Agile Monitoring capability
-Strategies for AppDynamics integration into Jenkins pipelines
-How to quantify the impact of application change and tie issues back to code deployments
-Leveraging Analytics to correlate real-time application performance to business impact
-How to enhance a DevOps culture by enabling data-driven decision making and increasing collaboration across the team
This deck was originally presented at AppSphere 2015.
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The world is awash in data. So how can you find and know that the data you have is the data you need? Metadata. It's the data about data, and it plays a critical role in the management and automated processing of spatial datasets.
Traditionally, metadata is managed in two ways: (1) it’s not being managed at all, or (2) by filling out tedious forms or hand editing XML documents. Either way, metadata is usually accompanied by groans of frustration.
But what if we told you it didn’t have to be that way?
Metadata management done right ensures your organization is using the right data for the right purpose.
In this webinar, learn how you can manage metadata directly in your workflows. With FME, you can automate metadata updates to improve data quality and organize datasets. Plus, you’ll never have to fill out another boring form.
Stop spending time searching for incorrect data. By automatically managing metadata, you can enjoy quality data the moment you require it.
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APM (Application Performance Management) traditionally focused on DevOps tools which help developers supporting custom code find issues within that code.
New APM solutions are needed that work for every application and help the Ops team support every application in production
Therefore, a new category is needed. This new category of solutions is called Application Operations or AppOps. Focused on Operations staff who are responsible for supporting all physical, virtual & cloud applications, running across every platform, and every source. The key attributes: ability to measure performance of every application in production and find problems in the infrastructure.
More and more, Organizations are considering off-premise hosting and cloud solutions for enterprise solutions. Other Organizations have strict policies to ensure critical and sensitive corporate systems stay within internal walls. This sessions explores what options are available for EPM solutions, including Oracle’s newly announced Planning and Budgeting on the Cloud Service.
Kovair Omnibus Integration with Multi Vendor ToolsKovair
Kovair Omnibus has close 50 out-of-the-box integrations with vendor agnostic and open source ALM and IT tools. One can also configure Omnibus (the ESB based Integration Platform) adapter based on special configuration needs.
AppSphere 15 - DevOps and Agile: AppDynamics in Continuous Integration Enviro...AppDynamics
This session will provide a deep-dive look into using AppDynamics in a Continuous Integration Environment. As the basis for our session, we will demonstrate a CI approach to building, deploying, and managing a multi-tier distributed application that we develop from the ground up.
Attendees of this session will walk away with a clear understanding of:
-The importance of having an Agile Monitoring capability
-Strategies for AppDynamics integration into Jenkins pipelines
-How to quantify the impact of application change and tie issues back to code deployments
-Leveraging Analytics to correlate real-time application performance to business impact
-How to enhance a DevOps culture by enabling data-driven decision making and increasing collaboration across the team
This deck was originally presented at AppSphere 2015.
R12.2 is no more a new kid on the block. With its latest release of 12.2.4, it is much more stable and user adoption is increasing day-by-day. Upgrading to R12.2 is on the road map of nearly all Oracle E-business Suite customers and many organizations have already started planning their upgrades. In this session we provide 10 quick tips to consider while you plan this R12.2.4 upgrade.
Metadata Matters! What it is and How to Manage itSafe Software
The world is awash in data. So how can you find and know that the data you have is the data you need? Metadata. It's the data about data, and it plays a critical role in the management and automated processing of spatial datasets.
Traditionally, metadata is managed in two ways: (1) it’s not being managed at all, or (2) by filling out tedious forms or hand editing XML documents. Either way, metadata is usually accompanied by groans of frustration.
But what if we told you it didn’t have to be that way?
Metadata management done right ensures your organization is using the right data for the right purpose.
In this webinar, learn how you can manage metadata directly in your workflows. With FME, you can automate metadata updates to improve data quality and organize datasets. Plus, you’ll never have to fill out another boring form.
Stop spending time searching for incorrect data. By automatically managing metadata, you can enjoy quality data the moment you require it.
Kovair ALM application on model based process improvementKovair
Ensures uniform implementation to institutionalization of Process Area across all Projects in the organization. Configured to ensure activities done as per CMMI Dev 1.3 Model to satisfy the GG & GP of different maturity level. Proving the ROI for the Model and the tool.
Model Based Process Improvement for CMMI ‐ Development Version 1.3
Case Study on Peoplesoft Upgrade - The world’s leader in steam engineering and control instrumentation solutions. Future with PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Upgrade.
The Need for AppOps in the Dynamic Data Center and CloudAppFirst
APM (Application Performance Management) traditionally focused on DevOps tools which help developers supporting custom code find issues within that code.
New APM solutions are needed that work for every application and help the Ops team support every application in production
Therefore, a new category is needed. This new category of solutions is called Application Operations or AppOps. Focused on Operations staff who are responsible for supporting all physical, virtual & cloud applications, running across every platform, and every source. The key attributes: ability to measure performance of every application in production and find problems in the infrastructure.
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It’s time to re-architect your legacy environment in order to lay the foundation for an adaptive enterprise. In this session, you'll learn how to increase your business and technical agility using a fit-to-purpose .NET or Java architecture, while deploying your apps intelligently in the cloud and integrating with your complex IT environment, customers and partners.
6. Oracle EBS at Tyco
•Installation of Oracle Applications first performed in 1998
-10.7 Smart-Client Application (Prod 16.1)
-Oracle 7.x database
-Citrix-Meta Frame Middle ware used to access the
applications over the WAN for distributed offices
-GL, AP, FA, INV, PO, ONT, OTM,
•Upgrade to Oracle 11i in 2002
-Upgraded to version 11.5.5
-Database version 8.1.7.x
-GL, AP, FA, INV, PO, ONT,
•I-Expense Implementation 2004
-Implemented OIE.I RUP 1
•Perpetual Inventory Deployment 2004
-Expanded to 150 inventory Orgs with local warehouses
-MSCA
7. Oracle EBS at Tyco
•Upgrade of Applications in 2006
-Upgraded applications to version 11.5.10.2
-Upgraded database to version 9.2.0.7 (subsequently
upgraded to 9.2.0.8)
•Implementation of 170 Systems Mark view in 2007
-Imaging for AP Expense Reports
-Imaging and Workflow for Supplier Invoices
-OCR Implementation in December, 2008
•Hardware Upgrade in 2009 (EVE Project)
-Upgraded hardware and changed technical architecture
•Upgrade of Applications in Apr-2014
-Upgraded applications to version 12.1.3
-Upgraded database to version 11.2.0.3.0
•Implemented Projects module and Field Services
8. Oracle General Ledger
- Inbound Month-End Feeds from Legacy
(Mainframe) System
- Inbound Feeds from Oracle Applications
Modules
- Inbound weekly feed of Payroll GL Information
Applications - Finance
Maintenance of COA
involves maintenance of
rollup groups,
parent-child relationships,
additions/deletions to
values and others for the
General Ledger segments.
1. Company
2. Town
3. Department
4. Account Major
5. Account Minor
6. Future
10. Current Environment Details
EBS Version 12.1.3
DB Version 11.2.0.3.0
DB Size 2.8 TB
3rd Party Applications
Vertex, BaaN, PeopleSoft, DW-BI, Antenna (Mobile Field Service),
Planet Press (Invoice Printing), R2Web (Report to Web), Aceva
(Application for collection), D &B interface, HEAT (Help desk ticketing
system),Salesforce, Workday, Informatics, GPS- Trimble, BAAN,
Hiperion etc.
Disaster Recovery
DR Plan - Utilizing the services of a third party site and restoration is
from tape. Recovery method - Utilizing EMC BCV technology. 2 hours
to perform a restore. currently in the middle of a tech refresh on DMX
frame so the technology will change once the VMax is brought on-line.
However, methodology will be similar.
Development restores from tape and takes about 8 hrs. Backed up once
a week.
Application patch set details 12.1.3 latest patches
Customization Details (approximately)
Reports 100+
Interfaces 100+
SQL Plus, SQL Loader, Host Program 75, 20, 60+
OA Framework, Workflow 55, 15+
Forms, Forms-Personalizations, custom.pll 35+, 270, > 50
Packages, Procedure and Functions 500+
Table and View 950+
11. Defect Fix cycle
Identified Defects once assigned to Wipro Development team will follow the below process:
Resource assigned to look into the defect will start with Analysis in the Development environment and
will identity the fix subsequent to his analysis.
Post Analysis, the assigned resource will go ahead with the required develop activity to fix the issue.
Once its fixed he will do unit testing to check if the desired functionality is achieved through the fix.
After completion of the development process, with the help of the onsite coordinator the code will be
moved to UAT testing environment with the help of Tyco IS IT team. End Users/Business Team will
carry out the testing to verify whether the issue is fixed or not.
After successful completion of UAT and all the defects raised during UAT are addressed, the code fix
for the defect will be moved to production.
Enhancements
Enhancements assigned to Wipro Development team will follow the same process as described
above.
12. Tools Usage
Sl. No. Tool Name Purpose
1 SQL Developer PL/SQL Development
2 Oracle Reports Builder 10g Oracle Reports Development
3 Oracle Forms Builder 10g Oracle Forms Development
4 Oracle BI Discoverer Administrator Oracle Discoverer Reports
Development
5 Oracle BI Discoverer Desktop Oracle Discoverer Reports
Development
6 XML Publisher Oracle Reports Development
7 Oracle application Framework(OAF) Oracle webpages Development
8 Oracle Workflow used for business process
collaborations across two or
more applications
15. Oracle General Ledger
General
Financials
Load/
Create
Journals
Post
Journals
Allocations Period
End Close
Open/
Close
Period
Oracle Accounts Payable
Setup
Suppliers
Create
PO:
Non-
Inventory
Load/
Create
Invoices
Match
Invoices
Pay
Invoices
Oracle I-Expense
Capture
Expenses
Approve
Expenses
Audit
Expenses
Create
Invoices
Pay
Expenses
Oracle Assets
Create
Assets
Maintain
Assets
Close
Period
Maintain
System
Module Wise Flow Diagram
16. Project Governance
This governance indicates how the project will be planned, tracked, monitored,
organization structures of customer and Wipro, levels of escalations etc.