Friday 27 September 2013

OUM vs. AIM: Oracle Unified Methodology vs. Application Implementation Methodology


This article maps the most commonly used documents in the AIM Methodology to those in the OUM or Oracle Unified Method methodology. In this sense, this will be of some use to those who implement Oracle Applications using the age-old AIM, but have been asked by client to implement using OUM. 

This is by no means a comprehensive or even an authoritative list. For Partners who have access, the complete listing of such documents can be found on Oracle Partner Website.

AIM Document Equivalent OUM Document OUM Phase Introduced Used for Customizations Mandatory/Optional
BP.080 RD-011_FUTURE_PROCESS_MODEL.DOC Inception   Optional
RD.010 RD-012_PRESENT_AND_FUTURE_ORG_STRUCTURES.DOC Inception   Mandatory
BP.060 RD-020_HIGH_LEVEL_BUSINESS_DESCRIPTIONS.DOC Inception   Mandatory
BP.040 RD-030_CURRENT_PROCESS_MODEL.DOC Inception   Optional
RD.020 RD-034_CURRENT_BUSINESS_BASELINE_METRICS.DOC Inception   Optional
  RD-045_MOSCOW_LIST.XLS Inception   Mandatory
  RD-140_REQUIREMENTS_SPECIFICATION.DOC Inception   Mandatory
RD.050 RA-023_USE_CASE_MODEL.DOC Inception Yes Mandatory
BR.100 RA-040_BUSINESS_DATA_STRUCTURES Inception   Mandatory
RD.050 RA-024_USE_CASE_SPECIFICATION.DOC Elaboration Yes Mandatory
BR.070 RA-090_REPORTING_FIT_ANALYSIS.XLS Elaboration Yes Optional
BR.030 AN-010_BUSINESS_REQUIREMENTS_MAPPING_FORM.DOC Elaboration   Mandatory
MD.050 AN-050_ANALYSIS_MODEL.DOC Elaboration Yes Mandatory
MD.050 AN-100_ANALYSIS_SPECIFICATION.DOC Elaboration Yes Mandatory
MD.070 DS-140_DESIGN_SPECIFICATION.DOC Elaboration Yes Mandatory
MD.060 DS-150_LOGICAL_DATABASE_DESIGN.DOC Elaboration Yes Optional
TA.030 TA-070_INITIAL_ARCHITECTURE_AND_APPLICATION_MAPPING.DOC Elaboration   Optional
BR.100 DS-030_APPLICATION_SETUP_DOCUMENT.DOC Elaboration   Mandatory
TE.020 TE-020_UNIT_TEST_SCENARIOS.DOC Elaboration Yes Mandatory
TE.030 TE-035_INTEGRATION_TEST_SCENARIOS.DOC Elaboration Yes Optional
TE.040 TE-025_SYSTEM_TEST_SCENARIOS.DOC Elaboration   Mandatory
CV.040 CV-027_DATA_MAPPING.DOC Construction   Mandatory
CV.060 CV-040_CONVERSION_COMPONENT_DESIGNS.DOC Construction   Mandatory
DO.070 DO-070_USER_GUIDE V1.0.DOC Construction   Mandatory
MD.100 IM-040_PHYSICAL_DATABASE_DESIGN.DOC Construction Yes Optional
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10 comments:

  1. Unknown5 March 2014 at 07:32

    Hi Sameer Jain,

    This is really helpful for AIM followers, only confusion is Mandatory or optional can you add additional column as follow.

    1. Aim Document
    2. Equalant Document
    3. OUM phase Introduced
    4. Used for Customizations
    5. Mandatory or Optional for AIM
    6. Mandatory or Optional for OUM

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    1. Sameer Jain5 March 2014 at 19:39

      Hi,
      Since this blog compares like-to-like documents across AIM and OUM, what is mandatory in AIM should be mandatory in OUM.
      Having said this, OUM 6.0 is quite different. Increasingly, elements of Agile methodology are creeping into OUM 6.0.

      The above comparison is based on previous models of OUM. I am still trying to understand OUM 6.0 itself. Note that the docs are not very different in OUM6.0 - it is the underlying philosophy that is different.

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  2. Unknown12 March 2014 at 03:32

    Hi Sameer,

    Thanks for your response, can you explain the above documents comparision taken from which version of OUM and AIM.

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    1. Sameer Jain12 March 2014 at 14:01

      Sure - the comparison above is for OUM v5.6 versus AIM v3.1.
      Thanks,
      Sameer

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    2. Unknown6 October 2015 at 00:13

      Hi Sameer,

      can you share your views on v6.3 of OUM

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  3. Unknown19 May 2015 at 03:10

    Thanks Sameer

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  4. Paul Fernandez17 September 2016 at 17:04

    Hi Sameer,

    Thanks for the info.
    However, why is it that I am seeing BR100 mapped to DS-030 and RA-040?
    Any explanation?

    Thanks

    --Paul

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  5. Paul Fernandez17 September 2016 at 17:05

    Hi Sameer,

    Thanks for the info.
    However, why is it that I am seeing BR100 mapped to DS-030 and RA-040?
    Any explanation?

    Thanks

    --Paul

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    1. Sameer Jain17 September 2016 at 18:53

      Hi Paul,
      These are purely my views. Happy to update based on feedback - what is your opinion around mapping of AIM to OUM for BR.100.

      Cheers,
      Sameer

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  6. Unknown22 December 2017 at 06:33

    Great work Sameer.
    Can you comment on relevance of AS IS documentation during implementation of any Oracle package?
    How does OUM tackle such demands (wise or otherwise)?

    Regards
    Ali
    doncroce@gmail.com

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