Hello All -
The company where I work will be upgrading from Apps 8 to Apps10 in a few months. We are looking for best practices and approaches for the actual Go-Live weekend. If you have gone through a major upgrade with IFS, we would like to hear about your go live experiences.
Not quite sure how far we can discuss \ explain how ready you should be for a Go-Live, but the followings are some of mandatory steps \ tasks.
But, way before the Go-Live, the followings must have been met with more than at least 95% success rate.
As it’s an upgrade, you won’t face certain challenges like User-Training, KBAs, MDM cleansing, etc. as in an implementation project. However, be ready with a proper cutover plan where all the topics including specific date ranges, pre and post Go-Live tasks, migrations, integration testing, etc.
Change Management is also a topic, even thought it’s an upgrade. Be ready for unexpected pressure from departments \ users about new IFS flows and functional changes. Proper workshops and training will solve this too.
In an upgrade, performance issues might be a surprise attack. Technical and performance team (with specific IFS and Oracle knowledge) should act smart there.
Feed the front liners (Pre\Post Go-Live support team) with adequate IFS training which will come in handy.
Never done so, but, try to plan a Mock Go-Live, which will early-detect performance issues, etc.
All the best.
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