Page - 1 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Benefits/Enhancements Streamlined User Interface Requisition Function and Company eForms Increased Performance Tuning Opportunities Enhanced Chooser Functionality Catalog Enhancements Add multiple Catalog line items by desired ordered quantity Keyword Search: Use ‘And’ & ‘Or’ operator, Exact Phrase and Exclude Words Favorites: Catalog will ‘flag’ your Favorites, Create Favorites groups Login Menu Options Go-to Capabilities Session Timeout Warning Feature Allow session to timeout or extend session Export to Excel – System Search Results Export all rows Export current page
Page - 2 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Technical Infrastructure Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Technical Infrastructure – This involves the tasks needed to select and design, install and build, and test the development and operations environments. Physical Hardware Code Migration Data Conversion
Page - 3 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Plan Stage Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Plan Stage - This involves the analyzing existing functionality and existing code to determine upgrade effort. Code enhancement analysis Evaluation of implemented change requests and SIRs
Page - 4 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Develop Stage Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Develop Stage – This stage involves updates to the existing code to establish a usable functional base install. Improved enhancements Any additional/new enhancements identified and approved
Page - 5 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Build Stage Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Build Stage - This stage involves the development of the application, technical architecture, technical infrastructure, and the application training. Build code line for Buyer Build environments for Buyer 8.2.2
Page - 6 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Test Stage Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Test Stage – This stage involves testing the components and validating the solution with users. System Test (Pass 1 through Pass 3) Performance Testing User Acceptance Testing
Page - 7 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Training Stage Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Training – This involves development of training materials. What’s New for Buyer Training Any additional training provided by the Process Improvement Team
Page - 8 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Deploy Stage Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Deploy Stage – This stage involves the rollout of the application, technical architecture, technical infrastructure, and training to the organization. Key tasks include: - User Acceptance Testing - Disaster Recovery Test Execution - Production Support Tuning
Page - 9 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Deploy Stage Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure Deploy Stage – This stage involves the rollout of the application, technical architecture, technical infrastructure, and training to the organization. Key tasks include: - User Acceptance Testing - Disaster Recovery Test Execution - Production Support Tuning
Page - 10 Ariba Buyer Upgrade Change Review Board Involvement How this impacts you