Objectives of Technology Scope

Various Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are used worldwide regardless of company size helping in the business of an enterprise of which Oracle JD Edwards ERP been one of the choice.

Every company faces its own unique challenges. When a company isn't operating efficiently, steps are usually taken to resolve the issue; though inconvenient as well as disruptive, it may also require a steep learning curve and costs the company time, money and resources. All these concerns can be overcome, only if the ERP implementation is executed correctly. Some large companies still hesitate to invest in ERP Solutions due to the exorbitant costs. But it is indeed encouraging to find that a vast majority of them have realized ERP implementation benefits and have determined to excel among their competitors.

Any ERP Technology Solution should enable the Business to achieve both short-term and long-term benefits and provide a competitive advantage of implementation. Technology is an integral part of the Implementation Design Process. Scope is essential through Planning, Design, Work Breakdown, Verification and Control. The focus of the Technology Scope should include:

1. To introduce the suggested approach to the Oracle JD Edwards Implementation
2. Explain the Technology Checkpoints that are required for the Implementation
3. Explain the basic Hardware and Software requirements necessary to support the Oracle JD Edwards business solution
4. Creating a Foundation for the development of a technology project strategy that compliments the Application Implementation Project Strategy
5. Provide a basis for estimating the Licenses, Hardware, Software, Training and Resources to establish a Total Cost of Ownership for Oracle JD Edwards implementation
6. Uncover any concerns or constraints to proposed implementation for a Successful Project Strategy
7. Define high level steps necessary to bridge any gap between the current Technology Foundation and Oracle’s JD Edwards World or JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Solution

Roles in JD Edwards ERP

JD Edwards ERP has 3 areas of expertise: 1. Functional - Business Analyst, 2. Technical Programmer - Developer and 3. CNC - System Administrator and Architect.

1. Functional - Business Analyst

Business subject matter expert on one or more of the JD Edwards modules (Financials, Manufacturing, Transportation, Sales, etc...) often they started as a JDE user, the power user and gradually developed the skill to support the business aspects of JDE. Else, they might have a business degree and come into JDE on the job as a Business Analyst. Functional person seldom has any programming or development experience.

2. Technical Programmer - Developer

Developers are trained in the software development and programming tools that translate the business requirements as identified by the functional into programming code. Sometimes these individuals simply modify existing JDE objects and in other cases, develop entire suites of applications using EnterpriseOne development tools including the Report Design Aide (RDA), Table Design Aide (TDA), Business Function C-code design tools and others using JDE's Change Management System, Object Management Workbench.

3. CNC - System Administrator and Architect

Configurable Network Computing or CNC is a catch-all function comprising all that the two positions above do not cover including, Installation, Upgrades, Migrations, Updates, Change Management, System Administration, Security, Performance Tuning, Package Build and Deployment and over-all Architecture. CNC also refers to the systems analysts who install, maintain, manage and enhance the JD Edwards ERP architecture.

The CNC title is taken from the term ‘Configurable Network Computing’ which describes the overall JDE architecture combining mixed hardware, operating systems and databases to work together seamlessly. CNC technology continues to be at the heart of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne architecture and will play a significant role Oracle's Fusion Architecture initiative. Now a division of the Oracle Corporation, CNC is JD Edwards's client-server proprietary architecture and methodology that implements its highly-scalable enterprise-wide business solutions software that can run on a wide variety of hardware, operating systems and hardware platforms.