Hi-Tech Pest Control
 The goal of unit testing is to provide you, the user, with the cleanest financials work environment possible. As previously mentioned, this phase of the project is the first time the EBS Upgrade Team and partners get a chance to see 9.2 work with your data.
They are running numerous test scenarios to make sure that the data passes from place to place, screen to screen, and module to module without a misstep.
When they find a misstep -- it is called a bug. Finding and exterminating these bugs is priority. But, the Team can't do it alone -- they will be consulting agency users and partners for input on best practices to get rid of some of the bugs. Upgraded functionality in the software will mean that some of the data may not end up where it is supposed to -- and they will be looking for your expertise on how handle it.
When it comes to the brand new functions offered by 9.2, the Team will also be evaluating how the State of Oklahoma can best utilize them. There are new home screens, called dashboards that offer a lot of great options for users. Addtionally, there are work centers that have the potential to make user access faster. These are just a couple of the new possibilities that are being evaluated for need, usability, usefulness, security, and training.
 We are IN! Retrofits are complete and the EBS Upgrade Team is in the new test environment "unit testing" or "systems testing". We are finally getting a look at how 9.2 behaves with our enhancements and test data! For those of you keeping track on the map above, we have reached another milestone and have moved solidly into the Building Phase. Follow along on your own Milestone Map.
Survival Guide to Go-Live - REMINDER
Hard Freeze August 29
Any queries -- public or private -- created, modified, copied, etc., after August 29, 2014, WILL NOT be available in the new 9.2 version when it goes live.
What You Can Do To Prepare:
- Mark your calendar NOW! "Aug. 29 - Query Freeze".
- Do NOT build, modify, or copy queries after Aug. 29.
- Understand that any queries you build, modify, copy, or receive after Aug. 29 will not be available once we Go-Live.
- For Query Managers, if you must build, edit, or copy, decide how you plan to handle those queries after Aug. 29.
- Notify people you regularly assist with new queries -- let them know how you, as a Query Manager, plan to handle your queries after Aug. 29.
- Do not wait until Aug. 29 to develop a plan or to execute a plan.
- If you MUST build, modify, copy, or receive a query after Aug. 29, record the information about it: the name, data included, where it came from, is it public or private?
Don't forget! Queries you provide to others after Aug. 29 will have to be rebuilt and tested thoroughly by you, as the Query Manager, once we are live. Because private queries, are just that -- private -- EBS is limited in what it can do to assist individual users with private queries.
REMEMBER: Public Queries that exist prior to Aug. 29 will be carried over into the upgraded environment, so keep notes on modifications and distribution you may do after Aug. 29.
How is EBS attempting to address private queries that currently exist? See the June 12 Financials Buzz.
|
