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8 Survival Steps for a
Successful ERP Upgrade
Your Guide to a Robust Quality Assurance Process
for an Oracle or SAP Upgrade
John Miner and Maria Martin
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Vote in this Quick Poll What is your company’s current situation?
Already upgraded
Discontinued Use
Planning to upgrade
Not upgrading and do not have 3rd party support
Not upgrading and have 3rd party support
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Preparation
What do you see as the
biggest challenge in an
ERP upgrade?
Top Challenges
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Evaluation
Documentation review
Create a watertight business case
Ensure buy in from management
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How well documented are your business processes?
Poorly
Some documentation, likely out of date
Customizations documented, little else
Well documented
Vote in this Quick Poll
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Technical Upgrade
Check if architecture change is required
Calculate hardware sizing requirements
Document lessons learned in the practice upgrade
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Business Validation
Ensure all processes are used in
test cycle
Get functional user buy in
Collect proof-of-testing for audit purposes
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How many Business Users do you expect to involve in
Testing & Validation?
Less than 10
10 to 30
31 to 50
50 to 70
Over 70
Vote in this Quick Poll
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Adoption
Ensure all users are aware of new
functionality
Re-purpose tests recorded by
business users to produce
documentation and videos
Ensure correct timing for training
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Post-Live Support
Early and easy capture of issues
Proactive response to users
Clear issue logging/processing
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Total Project Savings
Eliminate risk
Meet business /project
deadlines
Reduce cost by 30%
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Thank you for listening It’s Q & A time….
Please post your questions via the
question panel
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Upgrade Best Practice infographic visit:
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Did You Know… You can access great video content that
shows you how our solutions are
challenging the status quo and can be
used by non-technical users.
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