Re: Oracle Apps Upgrade - Realistic Time Frame

From: Tim Gorman <tim_at_sagelogix.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 22:23:19 -0700
Message-ID: <BC9246D7.12932%tim@sagelogix.com>

Tanel has hit the nail on the head. The key is number of modules and amoun= t
of customizations. I've worked on quite a few "plain vanilla" Apps 11i installations and it is quite possible to use Apps 11i without any customizations whatsoever, quite unlike all previous versions of Apps which were virtually unusable without customizations.

What's needed is a thorough analysis of the business reasons for any customizations in the earlier version coupled with thorough knowledge of 11= i
functionality to determine whether the customization is still necessary. This analysis can take quite a bit of time by itself, though in the end it could potentially lead to a fast implementation.

But Tanel's floor figure of 12 weeks sounds more like it, assuming a "vanilla" Apps 11i system in the end with only a few core modules, no customizations, and no interfaces. Adding more modules, adding customizations, and adding interfaces and integrations will add months and people...

on 4/1/04 2:50 PM, Tanel P=F5der at tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee wrote:

> I've done 10.7 to 11i upgrade projects from 3 months (3 fina modules, 30
> customized reports, 3 interfaces) to 12 months (20 modules, 20 interfaces=
,
> 150 reports + some other stuff) with production downtimes from 20 hours t=
o 5
> days.

>=20

> IMO, 10 weeks is too little time for planning, preparing, testing an
> upgrading of an apps installation with customizations.

>=20

> Tanel.

>=20
>> One of our Business Analysts attended an OAUG meeting recently where he
>> was told by some Consultant marketing types that an upgrade of the
>> Financials from 11.0.3 to 11.5.X could be done in as little as 6 to 10
>> weeks.  Can anyone on the list validate this?  If not, what would be
>> considered realistic?  (We have AP, GL, FA, CE installed).  As a frame o=

>=20
>=20


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