The Oracle Cloud ERP Project Manager's Playbook: From Planning to Go-Live and Beyond - Practical Tools, Templates, and Techniques for Successful Proje

By InfoWave MRV

Elevate your career with the ultimate Oracle Cloud ERP PM playbook. This guide is packed with practical tools and expert strategies for project success.

Each chapter includes 10 MCQs with answers to test your knowledge and accelerate your learning. Become an indispensable project leader.
Contents at a Glance

Part 1: Foundations and Strategic Planning

Chapter 1: Your First 90 Days: The Oracle Cloud ERP PM's Kick-off Guide

Practical Focus: A step-by-step checklist for a new PM on an Oracle Cloud project. Covers understanding the SOW (Statement of Work), identifying key stakeholders, assessing the team's cloud readiness, and establishing initial project governance. This chapter is about hitting the ground running.

Chapter 2: Navigating the Oracle Cloud Ecosystem: A PM's Primer
Practical Focus: Demystifying Oracle's terminology and structure. Explains SaaS vs. PaaS implications for a project, the quarterly update cycle, the role of Oracle Support, and how to manage Oracle-provided environments (Pods). This prevents PMs from getting blindsided by technical constraints.

Chapter 3: Choosing Your Weapon: Mastering Oracle's Modern Implementation Methodologies
Practical Focus: A comparative guide between traditional waterfall (like OUM - Oracle Unified Method) and modern Agile/Hybrid approaches. Provides a decision framework for choosing the right methodology based on project size, scope, and client culture. Includes sample project plans for both.

Chapter 4: Defining Success: Practical Scoping and Solution Blueprinting
Practical Focus: How to lead a successful solution blueprinting or CRP0 (Conference Room Pilot Zero) phase. Includes templates for a Scope Document, a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), and a guide to managing the "out-of-the-box" vs. customization debate.

Chapter 5: Assembling Your A-Team: Roles, Responsibilities, and Skillsets
Practical Focus: A detailed breakdown of the ideal project team structure. Defines the roles of a Solution Architect, Functional Leads (Finance, SCM, etc.), Tech Lead, Integration Lead, and Change Manager, with practical tips on interviewing and onboarding them.

Part 2: The Project Planning Toolkit

Chapter 6: Building the Master Project Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide with Tools

Chapter 7: Mastering the Budget: Practical Cost Estimation, Tracking, and Control

Chapter 8: The Proactive PM: Identifying and Mitigating Common Oracle Cloud Project Risks

Chapter 9: The Communication Playbook: Crafting Effective Status Reports and SteerCo Decks

Chapter 10: Managing Your Environments: A PM's Guide to Pods, P2T/T2P, and Release Cycles

Part 3: Execution and Delivery in Action

Chapter 11: From CRP to UAT: Managing the Configuration and Testing Lifecycle

Chapter 12: The Data Migration Gauntlet: A PM's Guide to Strategy, Cleansing, and Validation

Chapter 13: Connecting the Dots: Managing the Integration Design, Build, and Testing Process

Chapter 14: Driving User Adoption: A PM's Toolkit for Change Management and Training

Chapter 15: The Quality Gatekeeper: Ensuring Deliverable Quality and Sign-offs

Part 4: Go-Live and Continuous Improvement

Chapter 16: The Go-Live Command Center: A Minute-by-Minute Guide to Cutover Planning

Chapter 17: Surviving the First 30 Days: Managing Hypercare, Issue Triage, and Support Transition

Chapter 18: Closing with Confidence: The Project Handoff and Lessons Learned

Chapter 19: Applying Agile and Scrum to Oracle Cloud ERP: Sprints, User Stories, and Continuous Delivery

Chapter 20: Beyond the Project: Leveraging Your Oracle Cloud PM Skills for Career Growth

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FG3GZDWP
• ISBN13: 9798290224398
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"