Enhancement Projects in ERP

Fusion Cloud/EBS

What is enhancement?

•       Customer require new functionality within the existing system. The functionality can be developed using the standard or customization can be developed, if not exist in standard Oracle.

•       Support issue Vs Enhancements

•       Some of the enhancements (interfaces or extensions, new features)

•       AR Integration with third party- Auto Invoices Import

•       Corporate Credit Card Integration

•       GL Budget implementation

•       New Interface

•       New Reports: Concurrent Reports in EBS or OTBI Reports/Dashboard/ Analysis in Fusion

•       New BPM Approval design

•       Payment Approvals / Invoice Approvals/ AR Adjustments approvals

Method and communication:

•       Normally, small enhancements will be handled as part of support. However if any major enhancements, separate project is created and handled all the enhancements as a enhancement project

•       If you are placed in enhancement project, you will be working with end users and Technical team for the requirements and testing.

•       Communication method: Emails and Web Conference and period scheduled meetings with customer and other teams

•      Team lead will be tracking the progress and reports to PM

Enhancement Projects: Interface

Typical Interface Architecture in Oracle ERP:

•       Source System -> File transfer to Staging tables ( Midleware)->Validation Program picks and transfers data to Module Interface table -> Base Tables

•       Use of APIs directly from staging tables - > Ex. Bank Account numbers updating in employee supplier records

•       Fusion Cloud: FBDI or PaaS based integration and also using Oracle Integration cloud service

Functional Consultant Role in Enhancement Projects

Functional consultants will be taking lead role in interacting with the customer and works with technical team to design the interface

Some of the enhancements

Enhancement Name:

Corporate Credit cards integration with Bank – Fusion & EBS

Documentation

Functional Consultant:

•       EBS: MD050:Functional Design Document

•       Fusion :AN.100: Functional Design Document /Analysis Specification Document

•       TE.25: Unit Test Script

Technical Consultant:

•       EBS: MD070: Technical Design Document

•      Fusion :DS.140: Technical Design Document /Design Specification Document