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Siebel – Upgrade Roadmap – Part II

This is a continuation of my previous post, Siebel – Upgrade Roadmap – Part I.

As a part of the planning phase, feel free to:
1) Analyze the Complexity of the Upgrade
2) Be a good estimator of the level of effort needed to upgrade. Don’t mind putting in a few extra days in the plan than to crib later.

3) This is the Best type to deactivate, or phase out obsolete requirements. Make the most of the opportunity. As a Manager, you can always pass it on as something that will improve System Performance by cutting out the crap!
4) Good time to incorporate a few new requirements as well, based on some of the new functionalities supported out of the box
5) Define Team Roles, and set responsibility.
6) Is the application heavily Interfaced with other Applications? Wish you Best of Luck!
7) Check out the links on the Oracle My Oracle Support Portal regarding all the Alerts, etc. beforehand.
Try googling, or getting in touch with Experienced Partners to collate all the proven tools which can help the Upgrade be faster, and more efficient.
9) Data Migration, a point in question.
10) Some of the functionalities may not work EXACTLY the same as they did in the previous version. Plan User Training sessions in advance. Factor in appropriate time and Resources.

Step 3: Upgrade!
Start with the Development Environment. Upgrade and experiment as much as you want.
Practice with the upgrade on the Test Environment.
Okay, so good so far. Let’s now run a flaw-less Upgrade on the Production Environment! Cheers!

Stay tuned for the following posts on the Upgrade Process…

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