Efficient BI Upgrade by leveraging Factory

Model Approach with minimal business impact

Agenda

2 Key Takeaways

4 Key Considerations for BO Upgrade

1 Objective

5 Cognizant’s Factory Model for BO Upgrade

6 Demo

3 Key Drivers for BO Upgrade

Objective

• Key Drivers for BO Upgrade

• Key Aspects / Critical Success Factors

• Benefits of skill based work allocation

• Modalities of Factory Model for upgrade projects

• Productivity Enhancement through automation tools

• Plan actionable next steps

Key Takeaways

• Complementary Ballpark quote for BO upgrade

• Upon filling Upgrade Questionnaire

• BO Upgrade Solution Flyer

• USB Drive containing videos of tool demo

• Discounted Prices for orders before 15th December 2014.

• Upgrade Assessments / POCs /v Upgrades

Why BO Upgrade – Key Drivers

Deski has already

gone obsolete

and SAP has

announced that

by 2015 all 3X

and previous

versions of BO

will be out of

support

Front runners

have been

adopting BO 4.x

since 2011.

Industry peers are

running ahead on

realizing the

benefits of

advanced BI

Explore what new

BI features could

bring to your

business. How

about a real-time

live dashboard on

your mobile?

Obsolete Product Stability BI AdoptionCatch Up

3 years since

release, BO 4.x

has been time

tried and tested.

Upgrading now

means a de-

risked change

Key Considerations for BO Upgrade

Availability

of Hardware

Minimal

Business

impact

during

Upgrade

Secured IT

Budgets

Business

Application

Prioritization

Blocked SME

calendars for

testing

Plan for

Deski Report

Approach

- DCP or

Webi

development

Traditional BO Upgrade – RAD/SDLC Model

1 Planning

2 Assessment

3Upgrade/Migration

4 TestingSAP’s Import Wizard/ Upgrade Manager

Tools

5 Go-Live/Support

Extensive Manual Activities

Near zero automation leading to significant

Manual Errors

Unplanned contingencies/outages resulting in fluctuating

Cost & Effort

Considerable effort spent by End-users in Testing & Validation

• Collection of reports, analysis of report complexity

• Rationalizing reports, Validation, triaging upgrade issues and resolving

Skill Based Work Allocation Model (Factory

Model)

When is it suitable

• When tasks are clear and have well defined standardized

operating procedure exists

• When economies of scale are needed for repetitive tasks

• Faster time to market by eliminating effort wastage in role

change.

• Work performance can be clearly measured and outliers can be

managed without disruption of factory process

BO Upgrade - Testing Approach under Factory Model

Quality Test

QC LineQC Fail

QC Pass

Correction Line

Pac

kin

g

Migration Line

R&D Line

Business Benefits achieved through BO Migration

“Factory Model”

1. Improved Productivity through focus on Automation

2. Purely IT driven exercise reducing End-User effort 80%Automation of Upgrade effort

= 20%

= 60%

= 20%

SAP Upgrade Tools

Cognizant’s Tools

Manual Migration Work

3. Linear Scalability due to quick set up time of multiple

migration lines

4. Near Zero defect delivery due to standardization of

tools & guidelines

5. Short Timelines resulting from productivity and

scalability

6. Seamlessly handle contingencies arising during

project execution

Upto

Compare models for BO Upgrade

Model

Parameters

Timelines Cost Quality Scalability

Traditional BO

UpgradeX Weeks $ X 60 %

BO Upgrade with

Factory Model

Adoption

Y Weeks $ Y 80 % - 90 %

BO Upgrade with

Factory Model

Adoption + Tools

Acceleration

Z Weeks $ Z 95 % - 99 %

Assessment Design Build Realization Testing Cut-Over

BO Rover Webi Creator Universe Express Purge Utility BI Comparator C-Watch

Captures detailed metadata of reports and universes and Exports results to MS Access/Excel.98% accurate and hence minimizes risk

Automatically builds reports based on the specifications provided in the report specification document

Utility that performs a bulk conversion of Universes from .Unv to .Unx, as compared to IDT tool which converts universes one-by-one.

The ‘Purge Utility’ tool is used to purge the data inside a report for its faster retrieval. Elimination of manual errors, thus increased quality assurance

Compares the output results of two versions of reports converted in excel/pdf formats post upgrade

Helps in monitoring the BusinessObjects server/services across multiple environments , in a single consolidated console. This is also Mobile enabled.

40% 20% 50% 80% 40% 30%

Efforts Required Efforts Saved

Cognizant’s Factory Model is leveraged from Build phase until the Testing phase with near-zero

business disruption and a proven effort savings of 40% across the BO Upgrade life cycle. Additionally we

also possess a wide range of home grown tools that reduce cost/efforts across project phases

Optimization through Cognizant’s Accelerators

What Cognizant’s Factory Model Offers

Cognizant’s Factory Model for BO UpgradeCognizant’s factory model is a combination of Expert-based,

Assemble-to-order & industrialized practices, aligning with SAP’s Advanced Delivery

Management.

The model differentiates itself from existing IT delivery processes (e.g., Agile, Iterative, and

Waterfall) by attempting to integrate defect-free delivery techniques of manufacturing

industry like automations, process line setup, robust check points, quality control,

and Lean output

Increased Productivity -Combining model driven and component based techniques with assembly line principles

40-60%

Reduction in maintenance costs

20-30%

Faster Planning due to Crunch Timelines resulting from productivity and scalability

30-40%

What we bring to the table

Simplified & Managed BO

Upgrade Process

Efficient Environment

Management (Using Cognizant’s tools)

Cost Effective

Minimal Biz.

Impact

In-House Tools

Rationalization

Lean

environment

Information

Gathering

Next StepsTake a shot at our Sizing Questionnaire. We would get back to you with a ball park estimate for performing BO Upgrade

Environment Assessment exercise to come up with recommendations, timelines & cost for BO Upgrade (+ 10 reports upgrade)

Perform a Small POC(100 to 500 reports) to showcase a sample factory model delivery

The Actual “BO Upgrade”

Upgrade proposal followed by detailed questionnaire