Application Implementation Methodology- (A.I.M.)

Application Implementation Methodology- (A.I.M.)

Application Implementation Method is a proven approach for all the activities required to implement oracle applications.  The scope of AIM is focused upon an enterprise as a whole.

AIM defines an organization’s business needs at the beginning of the project and maintains their visibility through out the implementation

There are eleven processes of implementation.

1. Business Process Architecture [BP]

Business process architecture addresses the organization’s business processes and aligns them with the business requirement and applications to be implemented.

High level process designs (BP0.070) and Future Process Model (BP0.080) are a part of this.
This phase outlines:

• Existing business practices
• Catalog change practices
• Leading practices
• Future practices

BP.010 Define Business and Process Strategy

BP.020 Catalog and Analyze Potential Changes

BP.030 Determine Data Gathering Requirements

BP.040 Develop Current Process Model

BP.050 Review Leading Practices

BP.060 Develop High-Level Process Vision

BP.070 Develop High-Level Process Design

BP.080 Develop Future Process Model

BP.090 Document Business Procedure

2. Business Requirement Definition[RD]
This phase explains about the initial baseline questionnaire and gathering of requirements.

Business Requirements Definition defines the business needs that must be met by the implementation project . This is RD 0.020 which is the current business needs.

RD.010 Identify Current Financial and Operating Structure

RD.020 Conduct Current Business Baseline

RD.030 Establish Process and Mapping Summary

RD.040 Gather Business Volumes and Metrics

RD.050 Gather Business Requirements

RD.060 Determine Audit and Control Requirements

RD.070 Identify Business Availability Requirements

RD.080 Identify Reporting and Information Access Requirements

3. Business Requirement Mapping[BR]
In this phase the requirements of business are matched/compared with the standard functionality of the oracle applications. Business requirements scenarios (RD0.050) are then mapped to oracle functionality.

BR.010 Analyze High-Level Gaps

BR.020 Prepare mapping environment

BR.030 Map Business requirements

BR.040 Map Business Data

BR.050 Conduct Integration Fit Analysis

BR.060 Create Information Model

BR.070 Create Reporting Fit Analysis

BR.080 Test Business Solutions

BR.090 Confirm Integrated Business Solutions

BR.100 Define Applications Setup

BR.110 Define security Profiles

4. Application and Technical Architecture [TA]
During Application and Technical Architecture, the information systems are designed to reflect the business vision. This outlines the infrastructure requirements to implement oracle applications.

TA.010 Define Architecture Requirements and Strategy

TA.020 Identify Current Technical Architecture

TA.030 Develop Preliminary Conceptual Architecture

TA.040 Define Application Architecture

TA.050 Define System Availability Strategy

TA.060 Define Reporting and Information Access Strategy

TA.070 Revise Conceptual Architecture

TA.080 Define Application Security Architecture

TA.090 Define Application and Database Server Architecture

TA.100 Define and Propose Architecture Subsystems

TA.110 Define System Capacity Plan

TA.120 Define Platform and Network Architecture

TA.130 Define Application Deployment Plan

TA.140 Assess Performance Risks

TA.150 Define System Management Procedures

5. Build and Module Design [MD]
Module design and build produces custom application extensions for gaps in functionality identified during BR. Custom application extensions include program modules( forms, reports, alerts and database triggers) that must be designed, built and tested before being transitioned in the new system.
This phase emphasizes the development of new functionality (customization) required by the client. It mainly details how to design the required forms, database and reports.

MD.010 Define Application Extension Strategy

MD.020 Define and estimate application extensions

MD.030 Define design standards

MD.040 Define Build Standards

MD.050 Create Application extensions functional design

MD.060 Design Database extensions

MD.070 Create Application extensions technical design

MD.080 Review functional and Technical designs

MD.090 Prepare Development environment

MD.100 Create Database extensions

MD.110 Create Application extension modules

MD.120 Create Installation routines

6. Data Conversion [CV]
Data Conversion is the process of converting or transferring the data from legacy system to oracle applications.
Ex. Transferring customer records from the legacy to the Customer Master.

CV.010 Define data conversion requirements and strategy

CV.020 Define Conversion standards

CV.030 Prepare conversion environment

CV.040 Perform conversion data mapping

CV.050 Define manual conversion procedures

CV.060 Design conversion programs

CV.070 Prepare conversion test plans

CV.080 Develop conversion programs

CV.090 Perform conversion unit tests

CV.100 Perform conversion business objects

CV.110 Perform conversion validation tests

CV.120 Install conversion programs

CV.130 Convert and verify data

7. Documentation [DO]
It defines the documentation requirements for the project and establishes which of the documentation tasks are required. Documentation prepared per module that includes user guides and implementation manuals.

DO.010 Define documentation requirements and strategy

DO.020 Define Documentation standards and procedures

DO.030 Prepare glossary

DO.040 Prepare documentation environment

DO.050 Produce documentation prototypes and templates

DO.060 Publish user reference manual

DO.070 Publish user guide

DO.080 Publish technical reference manual

DO.090 Publish system management guide

8. Business System Testing [TE]
Early in the project life-cycle, Business System Testing focuses on linking test requirements back to business requirements and securing project resources needed for testing. Business System Testing provides a formal integrated approach to Testing.

A process of validating the setup’s and functionality by QA(functional consultant) to certify status.

TE.010 Define testing requirements and strategy

TE.020 Develop unit test script

TE.030 Develop link test script

TE.040 Develop system test script

TE.050 Develop systems integration test script

TE.060 Prepare testing environments

TE.070 Perform unit test

TE.080 Perform link test

TE.090 perform installation test

TE.100 Prepare key users for testing

TE.110 Perform system test

TE.120 Perform systems integration test

TE.130 Perform Acceptance test

9. Performance Testing [PT]

Performance Testing enables you to define, build, and execute a performance test. The Performance Testing team defines the scope of testing and relates it to point-in-time snapshots of the transactions expected in the real production system.
Performance testing is the evaluation of transactions saving time, transaction retrieval times, workflow background process, database performance, etc…

PT.010 – Define Performance Testing Strategy

PT.020 – Identify Performance Test Scenarios

PT.030 – Identify Performance Test Transaction

PT.040 – Create Performance Test Scripts

PT.050 – Design Performance Test Transaction Programs

PT.060 – Design Performance Test Data

PT.070 – Design Test Database Load Programs

PT.080 – Create Performance Test Transaction Programs

PT.090 – Create Test Database Load Programs

PT.100 – Construct Performance Test Database

PT.110 – Prepare Performance Test Environment

PT.120 – Execute Performance Test

10; Adoption and Learning [AP]
Adoption and Learning establishes a measurement system that provides an evaluation of organizational performance to help make sure that expectations are met during implementation and after production cut-over.

This phase explains the removal of the legacy system and oracle application roll out enterprise wide.

AP.010 – Define Executive Project Strategy

AP.020 – Conduct Initial Project Team Orientation

AP.030 – Develop Project Team Learning Plan

AP.040 – Prepare Project Team Learning Environment

AP.050 – Conduct Project Team Learning Events

AP.060 – Develop Business Unit Managers’ Readiness Plan

AP.070 – Develop Project Readiness Roadmap

AP.080 – Develop and Execute Communication Campaign

AP.090 – Develop Managers’ Readiness Plan

AP.100 – Identify Business Process Impact on Organization

AP.110 – Align Human Performance Support Systems

AP.120 – Align Information Technology Groups

AP.130 – Conduct User Learning Needs Analysis

AP.140 – Develop User Learning Plan

AP.150 – Develop User Learning ware

AP.160 – Prepare User Learning Environment

AP.170 – Conduct User Learning Events

AP.180 – Conduct Effectiveness Assessment

11. Production Migration [PM]
Production Migration moves the company, system, and people to the new enterprise system.

The process of “decommissioning” of legacy system and the usage(adoption) of oracle application system.

PM.010 – Define Transition Strategy

PM.020 – Design Production Support Infrastructure

PM.030 – Develop Transition and Contingency Plan

PM.040 – Prepare Production Environment

PM.050 – Set Up Applications

PM.060 – Implement Production Support Infrastructure

PM.070 – Verify Production Readiness

PM.080 – Begin Production

PM.090 – Measure System Performance

PM.100 – Maintain System

PM.110 – Refine Production System

PM.120 – Decommission Former Systems

PM.130 – Propose Future Business Direction

PM.140 – Propose Future Technical Direction