Upgraded vs Plan to UpgradeUK Oracle User Group and Original Software surveyed 156 IT influencers and decision makers from 20 countries to understand the expectations and challenges faced as they upgrade their Oracle E-Business Suite estates.
EBS R12 UPGRADES EXPERIENCES Modules usedWhat modules of the Oracle E-Business Suite does your organisation use?
Top challengesAlready upgraded & Plan to upgrade
What do you see as the biggest challenge in an R12 upgrade?
Stakeholder buy in
Cost
Customisations
Data Migration
Manufacturin
gSCM
Marketing/
Sales/Order
Service
Product
Life Cycle
Vertica
l
Projects
Procurement
HCM
Finance
50%
of respondents are using Finance and
HCM modules as a minimum.
What is your Oracle E-Business Suite R12 upgrade plan?
Upgrade plan
54.5%
alreadyupgraded
4.5%
discontinueduse
32%
plan toupgrade
4.5%
re-implementingEBS
3%
staying with 11i3rd party support
32%
Deliver as quick as possible
Minimise project costs
Minimise the risk of not supporting core business processes
Minimise time business users have to participate in project
staying with 11ino support89%
57% 56%
42%
36%
17% 15%
6% 4% 2%
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Success factorsWhat is the most important success
factor for an Oracle E-Business Suite upgrade?
72%
minimise the riskof not supporting
business processes
ALREADY UPGRADED
Minimum 1 month Maximum 24 monthsAverage 10 months
PLAN TO UPGRADE
Minimum 1 month Maximum 24 monthsAverage 10 months
27%Average cost overrun 4.5Average project
overrun
months
Workload rankingsfor R12 upgrade activities: Already Upgraded
Reapplying custs
,
mods, loca
ls etc
Tech
nical
migration
Conference
room pilots
Fixing iss
uesUAT
Deployment
Converting DBMS
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