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Best Practices for Deploying Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Solutions

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Best Practices for Deploying Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Solutions

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  1. The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

  2. Best Practices for Deploying Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Solutions Anand KumarConsulting Project Director

  3. Program Agenda • Introductions • City of Atlanta and Oracle Consulting Partnership • City of Atlanta Hyperion Implementation • Best Practices and Lessons Learned • Q&A

  4. City of Atlanta and Oracle Consulting Partnership

  5. Oracle Consulting Helps City of Atlanta Move from disparate, dysfunctional processes into an improved, efficient business environment Planned future projects will include R12 upgrade, Taleo Talent Management and ECM Web Center implementation Oracle E-Business Suite implemented in January 2008; Improved financial, procurement, human resources and payroll processing City has challenges closing books, paying vendors, along with prolonged budget & planning cycles City can now produce quickly and accurately its “Comprehensive Annual Financial Report” and “Budget Book”

  6. City of Atlanta Hyperion Implementation

  7. City of AtlantaHyperion ImplementationCarol A. King, Budget ChiefJaci Mays Vickers, ERP Program Director

  8. City of Atlanta • Overview • Includes the Mayor/Executive Offices (13 Departments), judicial and board officers, and City Council (16 Members) • Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the country (5.5MM) • Population of 443,775 citizens (2012 US Census estimate) • Manages Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world's busiest airport by serving over 95MM passengers in 2012 • Manages one of the most complex water and sewer utility operations • Approximately 7,500 active employees and 5,000 retirees • $1.8B Operating Budget

  9. City of Atlanta - Continued • Oracle Footprint • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Applications (eBusiness Suite v11.5.10) • Financials • Human Resources Management System • Procurement • Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Applications • Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Applications (v11.1.2) • Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting • Hyperion Financial Management • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE v11.1.1.2) • Human Resources Analytics • Financial Analytics

  10. Key Business Drivers • Operating budget development efficiency • Capital, grants and trust budget development integration • Reporting capabilities • Long-range planning • Revenue and expense forecasting • Drill-through and “push” capabilities

  11. Key Budget Tool Strategic Requirements by Process Area and Priority

  12. Implementation Tracks • Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting: (v11.1.2) • Operating Application: 5 Year Plan, Annual Budget, Monthly Reporting, and Quarterly Forecasting • Capital Application: Annual budget status of grant/trust and capital projects • Human Capital Planning Application: Detailed personnel planning for the Annual Budget • Human Capital Reporting Application: Aggregate personnel budget • Hyperion Financial Management: (v11.1.2) • Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) • OBIEE: (11.1.1.2) • Human Resources Analytics • Financial Analytics

  13. Implementation Timeline

  14. Implementation Phases Key Deliverables * City of Atlanta is Primarily Responsible for the Key Deliverable

  15. Hyperion Architecture

  16. Hyperion Architecture - Continued

  17. Critical Success Factors • Clearly defined scope • Finance, Human Resources and IT collaboration • Clearly defined and approved requirements, design and build • Adequate testing and training • Defined project roles and responsibilities • Project management

  18. Best Practices and Lessons Learned

  19. Implementation Best Practices • Project Management • Oracle Unified Methodology • Scope, time and cost management • Acceptance and sign offs at the end of each phase • Periodic quality reviews and project health checks

  20. Implementation Best Practices - Continued • Design • Clearly defined use of scenarios and versions • Designed forms to maximize performance and mirror security flow • Forms were primarily used for data entry and not for reporting • Substitution variables were used in forms and business rules to minimize ongoing maintenance • Business rules were written to calculate relevant portions of the database for better performance

  21. Implementation Challenges • Achieving goals and requirements of cross-functional users: • Department of Finance • Department of Human Resources • Department of Information Technology • Department users • Delays in hardware installation • Project timeline overlapping Annual Budget preparation, other IT and Finance projects, and annual audits • Data validation

  22. Lessons Learned • Expectations • Ensure the executive team is aware of the product’s capabilities and any scope of work • Change Management and Training • Do your training as early as possible • Make sure you identify and define internal roles and responsibilities, particularly segregation of functional/technical tasks • Hardware • Ensure that your hardware meets all external and internal requirements • Make sure you do sufficient performance tuning including maximizing the creation of reports

  23. Lessons Learned - Continued •  Advance Work • Make sure you have sufficient time for testing before use of the application • Ensure data validation is completed in a timely manner • Enhancements • Customer requirements may change based on new functionality needed and/or available • Post Production • Make sure needs are identified

  24. Value/Benefit Provided by Hyperion Applications

  25. Value/Benefit Provided by Oracle Consulting

  26. “Evidence based management is critical and enhancing our business intelligence and data mining capabilities is an important part of overall process improvement.  Oracle and Hyperion are important partners with the City’s as we increase our efficiency and effectiveness.” J. Anthony Beard, City of Atlanta’s CFO “Through a joint partnership with the Department of Technology and Department of Finance, the City of Atlanta was able to successfully complete the first implementation phase of Oracle Hyperion enterprise performance management solution. The City of Atlanta worked with Oracle Consulting to quickly implement this solution resulting in tremendous efficiencies in budgeting and planning processes.  We look forward to even more innovations through the use of this solution.” Michael B. Dogan, City of Atlanta’s Interim CIO

  27. Contact Information • Carol A. King, Budget Chief • carolking@atlantaga.gov • Jaci Mays Vickers, ERP Program Director • jmvickers@atlantaga.gov

  28. Future Enhancements • Build Integration • Automate Map Report Application (MRA) pushes • Personnel Paper Creation and Other Reports • Infrastructure Performance and Tuning • Build Project Dimension in HCP and Operating applications

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  30. Next StepsContact Oracle Consulting oracle.com/consulting Q&A

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