Did you miss the Amis Oracle UX event in the Netherlands? Here are the slides of the Amis UX Event

June 15, 2014 Leave a comment

1956743_624738347594941_642387630_o[1]TELL US YOUR MOBILE STRATEGY: Take our survey on mobile use and mobile strategy for business. Check the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog to see how you can share your perspective  about mobile use with Oracle’s Applications User Experience team. Please complete the survey before March 28.

USER EXPERIENCE SPECIALIST ROLE: We now have a UX Guided Learning Path live on the Oracle Partner Network. Oracle has just created a new User Experience Specialist role for Oracle Cloud Partners to better enable them to sell the Oracle Applications Cloud.  It is composed of a guided learning path targeted at sales and pre-sales roles to learn about Oracle’s investment in UX for cloud, and how to position the benefits.  The guided learning path and associated assessment is available online via OPN.
HARVARD TEAMS UP WITH UX DIRECT: Read about how OUAB member Harvard University uses UX Direct for their new PeopleSoft Campus Solutions  in this post on the VoX blog.  UX Direct helps partners and customers build in user experience best practices, using the same methods that the Oracle Applications User Experience team uses for Oracle software. Harvard is a member of the Oracle Usability Advisory Board (OUAB), which is also one of the Oracle Applications User Experience team’s programs.
DOING OUR HOMEWORK: Head to the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog for a post on how “New Oracle developers get a taste of Raspberry Pi.” By holding occasional hack days, Oracle’s own developers get a chance to play around with new, or new-to-them, technology and think about how to apply that technology to the business world and its users. Then check in at the AppsLab for a post on how some of the Oracle Applications User Experience developers applied Raspberry Pi for a project of their own in “New Robot Arm Hotness,” an example of how the innovation is always ongoing.
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY USER EXPERIENCE: Check the Usable Apps blog for a new post about a wearables jam held recently for developers on the Oracle Applications User Experience team, where participants took their cue from Mickey Mouse, in “Learning to Build a Wearables User Experience from Mickey Mouse.” Hear more of the story (and check out author Ultan O’Broin’s fuzzy ears) in “It’s Not How You Wink, It’s How You Work,” on the User Assistance blog.
GAME-CHANGER FOR FINANCIALS DEPARTMENT: Oracle’s Ultan O’Broin takes a look at how Oracle Social Network can improve the user experience for financial applications users in “How to Chat Up an Accountant Safely: Social Networking in the Finance Department,” on the Usable Apps blog.

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Oracle Unified Method (OUM) 6.2 Oracle’s Full Lifecycle Method for Deploying Oracle-Based Business Solutions

June 14, 2014 Leave a comment

Oracle is evolving the Oracle® Unified Method (OUM) to achieve the vision of supporting the entire Enterprise IT Lifecycle, including support for the successful implementation of every Oracle product. OUM replaces Legacy Methods, such as AIM Advantage, AIM for Business Flows, EMM Advantage, PeopleSoft’s Compass, and Siebel’s Results Roadmap.

OUM provides an implementation approach that is rapid, broadly adaptive, and business-focused. OUM includes a comprehensive project and program management framework and materials to support Oracle’s growing focus on enterprise-level IT strategy, architecture, and governance.

Release
OUM release 6.2 provides support for Application Implementation, Cloud Application Services Implementation, and Software Upgrade projects as well as the complete range of technology projects including Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Security, WebCenter, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Integration Architecture (AIA), Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Integration, and Custom Software. Detailed techniques and tool guidance are provided, including a supplemental guide related to Oracle Tutor and UPK.

This release features:

  • OUM Cloud Application Services Implementation Approach Templates
  • Updated/Enhanced:
    • OUM Cloud Application Services Implementation Approach Guidance and Templates fully integrated
    • The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) View updated to align with TOGAF Version 9.1
    • Scrum View enhanced based on feedback from Subject Matter Experts, including additional Tasks and Technique Guidance
    • Implement Core Workflow refined based on feedback from Subject Matter Experts
    • Manage Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) refined based on feedback from Subject Matter Experts, specifically CMM.060 Submit Final Reports task moved to Close Processes and Contract activity and QM.030 Conduct Project Team Quality Management Orientation task moved to Orient and Manage Team activity
    • OUM Microsoft Project Workplan Template realigned with Manage WBS
    • Compliance with Oracle’s Accessibility Guidelines – Phase Two

For a comprehensive list of features and enhancements, refer to the “What’s New” page of the Method Pack.

Upcoming releases will provide expanded support for Oracle’s Enterprise Application suites including product-suite specific materials and guidance for tailoring OUM to support various engagement types.

Access for PartnerNetwork (OPN) Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Partners
OPN Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Partners are able to access the OUM method pack, training courses, and collateral from the OPN Portal at no additional cost:

  • Go to the OPN Portal at partner.oracle.com.  and Select “Sign In / Register for Account”.  and Sign In.
  • From the Product Resources section, select “Applications”.
  • From the Applications page, locate and select the “Oracle Unified Method” link.
  • From the Oracle Unified Method Knowledge Zone, locate the “I want to:” section.
  • From the I want to: section, locate and select “Implement Solutions”.
  • From the Implement Solution page, locate the “Best Practices” section.
  • Locate and select the “Download Oracle Unified Method (OUM)” link.

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Architecture & Usability & AppAdvantage Section: AppAdvantage Resouce kit, documents, videos and roundtables

May 14, 2014 Leave a comment

Achieving Superior Digital Experience with Oracle AppAdvantage Find out how Oracle AppAdvantage and Oracle Fusion Middleware solutions, such as those for web experience management, web content management, and self-service portals, can help you create a superior digital customer experience. Read More.

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Simplified UIs for HCM, Applications and Sales

March 30, 2014 Leave a comment

New Content

Several Simplified UI videos have been updated andimage released recently. In this list, you’ll also find a VoX blog post and links to new videos about the PeopleSoft and Siebel user experiences. All of these links may be shared with customers.

Check this post on the Voice of User Experience (VoX) blog for more on the strategy behind the Simplified UI for Sales in the Oracles Sales Cloud.  Tim Warner, an implementation consultant and Oracle ACE, writes about Release 7 in his post , “Simplified User Interface in Fusion HCM.”
Peoplesoft and Siebel: These videos from OpenWorld 2013 showcase the user experience highlights in Oracle product families.

  • Video on the PeopleSoft user experience between Jeff Robbins, Senior Director, Product Development, and SAMBA Jim Marion
  • Video on the Siebel user experience between Uma Welingkar, Senior Director, Product Management, and SAMBA Michael Klein

Looking ahead to the Nex-Generation UX: Applications UX Communications & Outreach team members Misha Vaughan and Ultan O’Broin explore the possibilities in wearable technology with two posts on new technology and how it will change the user experience. Read Vaughan’s post on Google Glass in the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog, “Will You Be Wearing Your Enterprise Application Data?” Then head over to O’Broin’s post on the Usable Apps blog, “Dress Code 2.0: Wearables.”
Oracle UX Know-How: Ultan O’Broin led a webcast through ODTUG in November. You can read about the topic and get the answers to questions that were asked on the Usable Apps blog post, “Visual Design for Any Enterprise UI with ODTUG: UX Questions Answered.”
O’Broin also writes about new tools and resources available for developers working on mobile applications on the Usable Apps blog. Check this post to read about “Building Mobile Apps with Oracle UX and ADF Mobile Made Easy: Design Wiki Available.”
Amy Lee of Cruxial CIO writes about user experience practices and the Oracle user experience process in her online article, “Faulty Design Causes Sales To Plummet.”
Floyd Teter of EiS Technologies, a longtime friend of the Applications User Experience team, heads to the top of the list of “25 More Twitter Feeds Every Oracle User Should Follow.” Visit the Forbes.com blog to see who else is on the list.

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Learn more about Simplified UI for Oracle Cloud Applications

March 29, 2014 Leave a comment

Visit the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog for a new post about the strategy behind Oracle’s Human Capital Management (HCM) simplified UI. Learn what’s new from the Oracle HCM Cloud UIApplications User Experience team in Release 7, and find links to new video demos on simplified UI for self-service users and managers.

Floyd Teter, of EiS Technologies and an Oracle ACE Director, also writes about simplified UI and Oracle Fusion Applications HCM in his recent blog post, “Oracle Fusion HCM – The Kettle Is Beginning To Boil.”
There are also a few new posts about Oracle Sales Cloud, such as a post  on the Oracle Applications Blog called “Wow Sales Managers and Reps with An Unmatched User Experience.” A separate post published on VoX last month about Oracle Sales Cloud focuses on what’s new with simplified UI in Release 7.

Also on VoX, Oracle partner Anne Meyer, of MIPRO Consulting LLC, talks about seeing the direction of the Oracle user experience, including simplified UI, in “Partner Gives a Thumbs-Up to Insight on Oracle User Experience.” She says, “I’m anxious for these products to make it to the marketplace. Some may be game-changing for Oracle, and how people view Oracle products.”

Exploring new user experience concepts
Oracle invests a great deal in creating a user experience for its applications that empowers customers to be more productive and efficient. One way that investment is made is by exploring new technologies and looking for ways to use them so that the Oracle user experience continues to evolve. Much of that research takes place among the ranks of the Oracle Applications User Experience (UX) team.

Recent posts on the Usable Apps blog and on TheAppsLab blog look at what and how members of the Applications UX team are exploring new concepts. We invite you to join the conversation! Tell us about your experiences with new technology, and how you think they could be used. To read more about what we’ve found, head over to the Usable Apps blog for new posts on Voice, social network integration, and Google Glass. Then check out Jake Kuramoto’s new post about exploring new concepts on TheAppsLab blog.

Support for building your own good usability practices
Visit the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog for a new post from Misha Vaughan, an Oracle Applications User Experience director, to see what she writes about “Six Things You Can Do Today to Jump-Start Your User Experience for Enterprise Applications.” Her post tells you how to build in good usability practices, even on a small budget.

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Why you should make use of Fusion Middleware for Oracle Applications = AppAdvantage

March 4, 2014 Leave a comment

AppAdvantage solution briefs:

Analyst report: Hunting & Harvesting in a Digital World: The 2013 CIO Agenda

Agilent Technologies Delivers Web Content and Cuts IT Integration Costs by US$1 Million Annually with Middleware

AppAdvantage survey

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SOA, Empowerment and Continuous Improvement by Rick Beers

March 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Train (Guided Process) Image#1) User experience and the Oracle Applications Cloud: IDC Analyst Mike Fauscette writes about “Oracle and the Cloud” in a recent post on the Seeking Alpha website, a resource for investment information. In his article, Fauscette writes: “In particular, there are new tools and a simplified experience for all the cloud apps that extends to some new mobile and analytic apps.”
#2) PeopleSoft User Experience Guidelines now available: The PeopleSoft Applications User Experience team has announced the release of the PeopleSoft User Experience (UX) Guidelines. The PeopleSoft UX Guidelines contain information about the usage of key PeopleSoft components to create highly usable, efficient, and productive experiences for Oracle customers. Read more about the guidelines and how to use them on the Usable Apps blog.
#3) UX Direct gets a new look: Check the UX Direct blog to find out what’s new with UX Direct and to see how the site that provides user experience guidance has changed.
#4) Usability for developers: Oracle ACE Ahmed Aboulnaga of Raastech writes about usability and Oracle’s investment in user experience in the most recent digital edition of Oracle Scene from the UK Oracle User Group. “Usability – Ignored by Developers and Undervalued by Managers” is geared toward a developer audience, but hits a design audience with equal force. (Be patient — this link takes a bit.)
#5) Oracle Applications User Experience team at Sangam 13:  Read about our plans and presentations at Sangam 13 in Hyderabad, India on the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog.

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SOA Community Newsletter February 2014

February 27, 2014 Leave a comment

With 142 confirmed registrations our Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forum is fully book out now. Do you want to know who will attend the Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forum? Please visit our facebook.com/soacommunity website and let us know that you are attending the Forum. Do you want to network at the Community Forum? Follow us on twitter.com/soacommunity and use the #ofmForum. At the conference you will learn a lot about our new product cloud adapters and mobile integration and future versions of SOA Suite and BPM Suite. If you are new to SOA Suite and can’t make it to Malta, take advantage of the hands-on SOA Suite 11g On-Demand, Self-Paced Course.

The next articles in the Industrial SOA series focus on MDM and SOA: Be Warned! SOA Governance becomes a regular topic in our monthly newsletter, thanks to Bob for the overview SOA Governance at OTN and Luis for the SOA Governance FAQ.

Thanks for sharing all the additional articles within the community: Tracking progress of your BPEL process using sensors & Podcast Show Notes: Finding a Shorter Path to SOA & MDN Usage in AS2.

In our BPM and ACM section you will find tips to install the new User Interface for ACM, the latest BPM Samples and a new release of Process Accelerators.

Thanks to the community for sharing the articles about: Social BPM & What are Your SOA and BPM New Year’s Resolutions? & Custom Escalation in Oracle BPM Suite 11g .

Last section in our newsletter is focused on architecture, usability & Apps Advantage.

Amis host a Experience the Future of Usability workshop! March 18th Netherlands. Our App Advantage Team runs a webcast How Does the Digital Experience Fuel Continuous Improvement and published a paper Cloud and On-Premises Integration for Oracle Applications. So please make sure you read this information.

I will look forward to see you in two weeks in Malta!

Jürgen Kress

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How to Avoid the Perils of Patchwork Cloud Integration

February 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Alignment between IT and business has hovered near the top of “Top CIO Priorities” surveys for years – but this elusive goal can be difficult to attain. The accelerating pace of business change and the exploding rate of technology innovation only make matters worse, as does the fact that business strategies and goals vary by functional perspectives, making IT-business alignment a multivariable equation.
Lines of business (marketing, sales, etc.) are increasingly bypassing IT to strike independent deals with cloud application providers, eventually forcing IT to integrate outside of IT best practices, resulting in a disparate, patchwork integration. These ad hoc architectures become more complex, more costly, and less agile than well-planned architectures with continual collaboration between IT and business.
“A successful cloud integration strategy requires executive sponsorship of IT involvement in all cloud application purchases. Furthermore, cloud integration goes well beyond simple point-to-point connectivity,” says Oracle Senior Principal Product Marketing Director Bruce Tierney. “To solve this issue, you need to enable a diverse set of connectivity options to a common platform that can seamlessly bridge dissimilar technologies in a consistent way when moving between the on-premises world and cloud environments.”
Oracle’s SOA-based integration platform, Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture, provides a comprehensive and flexible platform that allows companies to avoid a complex array of disparate integration tools and standards and is fundamental to Oracle’s cloud integration solution. Tierney says that one of the most efficient ways to create a cloud integration strategy is through Oracle AppAdvantage, a program that helps Oracle enterprise applications customers use Oracle Fusion Middleware to integrate, extend, configure, and secure their investments across all applications.
For example, when it comes to cloud integration, Oracle AppAdvantage guides companies through the process of moving business processes that are unique to individual lines of business or that frequently change out of core enterprise applications and onto a middleware layer that leverages open, standards-based integration and cross-application business process management. “It helps customers manage the scale of integration across on-premises and cloud applications, helping companies build agile, responsive business applications,” Tierney says.
Dive deeper into the details of IT-business alignment. Read the new white paper, “IT-Business Alignment: Why We Stumble and the Path Forward.”
Download the Oracle AppAdvantage customer booklet to learn how organizations like yours are leveraging Oracle AppAdvantage today – and schedule an Oracle AppAdvantage assessment.
And don’t miss the Cloud Integration resource kit. Download the new white paper, “Cloud Integration – A Comprehensive Solution” today.

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The AppAdvantage of Oracle Cloud & On-premises Integration by Bruce Tierney

January 13, 2014 Leave a comment

Are you an Oracle application customer wondering?

“How do I avoid a nightmare of complexity while expanding my application integration infrastructure from on-premises to a hybrid mix of cloud and on-premises?”

If so, your awareness of the complexity that results when departments develop a growing patchwork of cloud integrations independent from a cohesive enterprise strategy, is an important first step. This naturally evolving complexity, known as the “Accidental Cloud Architecture” returns enterprises to the painful pre-SOA days of point-to-point integration. Much has been written on this phenomenon including a recent Forrester report (“The Hybrid2 Integration Challenge” by Stefan Ried, PH.D., May 1 2013) which states:

“…the existing integration tool landscape at most large enterprises is simply too varied and disparate to support full implementation of a digital business design strategy” .

Disparate ToolkitsThe image below shows a visual description of the challenge of managing a growing collection of disparate integration toolkits and their associated disparate standards and non-standards.

Oracle’s solution to simplifying the complexity of cloud and on-premises integration is based on removing the distinction between cloud and on-premises integration with a unified approach to integration regardless of deployment location. As shown in the image below, this includes a single standards-based toolkit (using Java, BPEL, etc.) across all applications.

Unfied ToolkitsIn addition to the simplified complexity of a unified approach to integration, the following additional features describe the AppAdvantage that Oracle customer’s benefit from when using Oracle Fusion Middleware to integrate Oracle applications.

  • Developed by Oracle Application Software Developers – When using Oracle SOA Suite to integrate with Oracle E-Business Suite, the implementation for selecting application data was developed by the Oracle E-Business Suite software development team for Oracle SOA Suite. This close level of collaboration between Oracle’s application and integration teams minimizes risk by providing you a fully integrated and application version-aware integration solution.
  • Oracle Fusion Applications are Pre-integrated with Oracle SOA Suite – Oracle Fusion Applications already include the core features of Oracle SOA Suite such as the BPEL Process Manager for orchestrating flow between applications and other data stores. When you are ready to expand your integration into an unified platform across your enterprise, you are simply extending the foundation embedded within Oracle Fusion applications.
  • Common Policy Management Between Oracle Fusion Applications & Oracle SOA Suite – Instead of one policy management implementation for your applications and another for your integration platform, Oracle Fusion Applications shares the same Oracle Web Services Management policy management solution with Oracle SOA Suite which simplifies complexity and reduces time to integrate. Policy management for signing messages, performing encryption, authentication, and role-based access control is greatly simplified. Furthermore, changing policies is done independent of the end-points (such as services) so you have greater flexibility and security throughout your enterprise.
  • Mobile-ready Application Enablement & Integration – Instead of splintering off a new mobile enablement and integration platform that will eventually require some form of integration with your enterprise integration platform, Oracle SOA Suite spans the needs of the enterprise developer building SOAP-based services as well as newer mobile application enablement with RESTful services within Oracle SOA Suite’s enterprise service bus, known as Oracle Service Bus.  Your enterprise developers can immediately expose services for mobile, cloud, and whatever comes next with this unified approach to integration.

For more information on Oracle’s solution to simplifying hybrid cloud integration complexity, download the white paper "Cloud Integration – A Comprehensive Solution".

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