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The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof
The 5 most common pi.alls when implemen2ng EPM Suite…and how
to avoid them
Soner Bekir
The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof
About me
• 22 years of varied IT Experience • 7 years implemen>ng Hyperion environments • 5 years in EMEA, 2 years in APAC • No func>onal knowledge to speak of • Officially (if there is such a thing) an EPM Technical Consultant
The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof
A show of hands
• How many group finance oriented staff? • How many IT Technical staff? • How many Func>onal consultants? • How many Oracle staff? • How many people in the wrong session?
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Another show of hands
• Anyone here who is planning on implemen>ng an EPM environment, but hasn’t done so yet?
• Anyone here on a pre-‐System 11 environment looking to upgrade?
• Anyone on EPM 11.1.2 ?
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Ques>ons
• Welcome at any >me – just grab my aYen>on
• Does anyone have a ques>on they would like to see answered in this session?
The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof
The Art of EPM War
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you
are certain to be in peril
Sun Tzu
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What’s the Goal?
• Project should be delivered on >me/budget • Environment should perform well • Stability should be good • Availability should be good • Users should be happy
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No. 1 -‐ The clue is in the name
Enterprise Performance Management
• Not “run it on my laptop” performance management or Hyperion Enterprise v4.0
• Needs lots of resource(s) to run well….
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EPM Install Guide
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Sizing
• Art or Science? • No subs>tute for stress tests • Plaeorm is a marriage, sofware is a fling • Budget for life>me of environment • Choose the right plaeorm for you
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No. 2 – “What do you mean 90-‐days to get an environment we can use?”
Mee;ngs are indispensable when you don’t
want to do anything
John Kenneth Galbraith -‐ economist
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Corporate IT
• The 4 p’s – Planning “Surprise – we bought a business cri>cal applica>on”
– Procurement “What do you mean it takes 30 days to buy some servers?”
– Procedures “Do we really need management sofware”
– Policies “Company policies dictate that nothing that does anything useful should work”
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Reality check
• 90 days • Group Policies can cost you tens of thousands in consultancy & mee>ngs
• List of what to order – Catch-‐22 • Death by mee>ngs (minutes?)
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No. 3 – “Yes, I can install it on anything, but anything is not
supported”
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe
Albert Einstein
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Choices
• Plaeorm & Sofware – Now + 3 Years – Server Opera>ng Systems – Database Choices – Office Produc>vity Suite Choices – Browser Choices – Client Opera>ng System Choices
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KISS Methodology in design
• If 80% of the user community use it, it’s probably been tested
• Be the first, be the worst (especially for upgrades) – have a really good reason
• Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should
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No. 4 – “What do you mean on-‐going maintenance?”
It is the neglect of ;mely repair that makes
rebuilding necessary
Richard Whately – 1826 Logician
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No. 4 – “What do you mean on-‐going maintenance?”
• The 3 P’s – Patching, Patching & Patching
• Clean it up or slow it down
• DP (always beYer than DR)
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See Point 1
• Plan & Budget for maintenance • Communicate your cri>cal periods Issues caused by normal IT maintenance is the biggest single cause of down;me for all the
EPM environments we support Soner Bekir -‐ Infratects
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No.5 – “and here’s another thing we forgot…”
• Access Methods – Web, Smartview, Citrix • User Loca>ons – Time-‐zones/network • Support – users, IT, func>onal administrators • Training -‐ users, IT, func>onal administrators
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The end is nigh
• Involve IT early and start the design process as soon as you have commiYed to the sofware
• Consider the life>me of the environment, how it will be used and how it may grow & change when sizing it
• Make mainstream choices that fit your corporate IT competencies
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The end is nigher
• Communicate your financial repor>ng calendar and work out when your environment is used
• Build a maintenance calendar around your financial repor>ng calendar
• Map-‐out your support organisa>on and work on your training plan
• Budget for everything!!!
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Ques>ons?
The most comprehensive Oracle applications & technology content under one roof
Many Thanks
Ques>ons (if you have any) can be sent to
soner.bekir@infratects.com
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