OPIM 5894 Advanced Project management JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Team 3 Richard Buskey Vijay Gadigeppa Jonathan Koenig Daniel Mahzonni Prashant Mishra Jonathan Weiss
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Overview of the project -Conversion from JD Edwards to Oracle Enterprise system -Dependent systems: Siebel, Leasing and other in-house applications – Customer Master – Contracts – Install Base
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Key Issues Requirement Specifications Business Rules Meeting deadline due to expiration of the Maintenance Contract
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Requirement Specifications – Understanding the data structure of the source (JD Edwards) and target applications (Oracle ERP) – Project outsourced to the consulting company. Would work with the in-house SMEs in gathering the requirements.
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Business Rules – Data Transformation rules to map the source data elements to the target – Transforming the current business processes to the new application Meeting deadline due to expiration of the Maintenance Contract – Deadline for the Oracle support expiration = March 2011 – Would end up paying additional fee in case of system failures – Loss of business for the dealer network – Limited time for detailed impact analysis.
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Heat Map for the Tasks Task 1 – Formatting Requirements Task 2 – Developing Business Rules Task 3 – Maintenance Contract Expiration
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Cost and Time Reserves
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Mitigation Strategy – Increase consulting resources to meet the deadlines – Increase in-house SME involvement in the project – Freeze functional requirements from business to avoid scope creep – Increase the server availability at the dependent applications
JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Conversion Implications of delaying the launch – On time to market issues Unsupported platforms Business impact to the dealers – Project cost issues Over budget Additional resources needed to complete the project Opportunity Cost (Add resources from other projects) Success of the project: 90%
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