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1. The
5
most
common
pi.alls
when
implemen2ng
EPM
Suite…and
how
to
avoid
them
Soner
Bekir
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2. About
me
• 22
years
of
varied
IT
Experience
• 7
years
implemen>ng
Hyperion
environments
• 5
years
in
EMEA,
2
years
in
APAC
• No
func>onal
knowledge
to
speak
of
• Officially
(if
there
is
such
a
thing)
an
EPM
Technical
Consultant
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3. A
show
of
hands
• How
many
group
finance
oriented
staff?
• How
many
IT
Technical
staff?
• How
many
Func>onal
consultants?
• How
many
Oracle
staff?
• How
many
people
in
the
wrong
session?
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4. Another
show
of
hands
• Anyone
here
who
is
planning
on
implemen>ng
an
EPM
environment,
but
hasn’t
done
so
yet?
• Anyone
here
on
a
pre-‐System
11
environment
looking
to
upgrade?
• Anyone
on
EPM
11.1.2
?
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5. Ques>ons
• Welcome
at
any
>me
–
just
grab
my
aYen>on
• Does
anyone
have
a
ques>on
they
would
like
to
see
answered
in
this
session?
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6. The
Art
of
EPM
War
If
ignorant
both
of
your
enemy
and
yourself,
you
are
certain
to
be
in
peril
Sun
Tzu
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7. What’s
the
Goal?
• Project
should
be
delivered
on
>me/budget
• Environment
should
perform
well
• Stability
should
be
good
• Availability
should
be
good
• Users
should
be
happy
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8. No.
1
-‐
The
clue
is
in
the
name
Enterprise
Performance
Management
• Not
“run
it
on
my
laptop”
performance
management
or
Hyperion
Enterprise
v4.0
• Needs
lots
of
resource(s)
to
run
well….
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9. EPM
Install
Guide
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10. Sizing
• Art
or
Science?
• No
subs>tute
for
stress
tests
• Plaeorm
is
a
marriage,
sofware
is
a
fling
• Budget
for
life>me
of
environment
• Choose
the
right
plaeorm
for
you
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11. No.
2
–
“What
do
you
mean
90-‐days
to
get
an
environment
we
can
use?”
Mee;ngs
are
indispensable
when
you
don’t
want
to
do
anything
John
Kenneth
Galbraith
-‐
economist
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12. Corporate
IT
• The
4
p’s
– Planning
“Surprise
–
we
bought
a
business
cri>cal
applica>on”
– Procurement
“What
do
you
mean
it
takes
30
days
to
buy
some
servers?”
– Procedures
“Do
we
really
need
management
sofware”
– Policies
“Company
policies
dictate
that
nothing
that
does
anything
useful
should
work”
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13. Reality
check
• 90
days
• Group
Policies
can
cost
you
tens
of
thousands
in
consultancy
&
mee>ngs
• List
of
what
to
order
–
Catch-‐22
• Death
by
mee>ngs
(minutes?)
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14. No.
3
–
“Yes,
I
can
install
it
on
anything,
but
anything
is
not
supported”
Two
things
are
infinite:
the
universe
and
human
stupidity;
and
I’m
not
sure
about
the
universe
Albert
Einstein
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15. Choices
• Plaeorm
&
Sofware
– Now
+
3
Years
– Server
Opera>ng
Systems
– Database
Choices
– Office
Produc>vity
Suite
Choices
– Browser
Choices
– Client
Opera>ng
System
Choices
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16. KISS
Methodology
in
design
• If
80%
of
the
user
community
use
it,
it’s
probably
been
tested
• Be
the
first,
be
the
worst
(especially
for
upgrades)
–
have
a
really
good
reason
• Just
because
you
can,
doesn’t
mean
you
should
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17. No.
4
–
“What
do
you
mean
on-‐going
maintenance?”
It
is
the
neglect
of
;mely
repair
that
makes
rebuilding
necessary
Richard
Whately
–
1826
Logician
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18. No.
4
–
“What
do
you
mean
on-‐going
maintenance?”
• The
3
P’s
–
Patching,
Patching
&
Patching
• Clean
it
up
or
slow
it
down
• DP
(always
beYer
than
DR)
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19. See
Point
1
• Plan
&
Budget
for
maintenance
• Communicate
your
cri>cal
periods
Issues
caused
by
normal
IT
maintenance
is
the
biggest
single
cause
of
down;me
for
all
the
EPM
environments
we
support
Soner
Bekir
-‐
Infratects
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20. No.5
–
“and
here’s
another
thing
we
forgot…”
• Access
Methods
–
Web,
Smartview,
Citrix
• User
Loca>ons
–
Time-‐zones/network
• Support
–
users,
IT,
func>onal
administrators
• Training
-‐
users,
IT,
func>onal
administrators
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21. The
end
is
nigh
• Involve
IT
early
and
start
the
design
process
as
soon
as
you
have
commiYed
to
the
sofware
• Consider
the
life>me
of
the
environment,
how
it
will
be
used
and
how
it
may
grow
&
change
when
sizing
it
• Make
mainstream
choices
that
fit
your
corporate
IT
competencies
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22. The
end
is
nigher
• Communicate
your
financial
repor>ng
calendar
and
work
out
when
your
environment
is
used
• Build
a
maintenance
calendar
around
your
financial
repor>ng
calendar
• Map-‐out
your
support
organisa>on
and
work
on
your
training
plan
• Budget
for
everything!!!
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23. Ques>ons?
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24. Many
Thanks
Ques>ons
(if
you
have
any)
can
be
sent
to
soner.bekir@infratects.com
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