Following on from my previous post about using methodologies, here is a recent announcement from our Oracle Methods development team. Basically we (Oracle) are announcing that customers are now free to obtain copies of our Oracle Unified Method subject to their meeting some qualifying criteria.
Nice one!
Ubiquity (appearing to be everywhere) is a key quality of anything that has ambitions of becoming a de facto standard. Making it freely (well kind of) available is a step in that direction.
Here follows the official customer messaging on the subject (sorry for the corpspeak)
Oracle® Unified Method (OUM) Customer Program - Customer Messaging
Oracle is evolving the Oracle® Unified Method (OUM) to achieve the vision of supporting the successful implementation of every Oracle product - applications, middleware, and database. OUM applies the best-of-the-best of Oracle's legacy and acquired methods onto an industry standards-based framework. The goal of the OUM program is to establish a common language and approach for ensuring our customer's superior ownership experience across our fast-growing product and industry footprint.
For more information on OUM, refer to the OUM Brief and OUM White Paper available to the public on Oracle.com.
- Go to http://www.oracle.com.
- From the top Navigation bar, select "PRODUCTS AND SERVICES".
- From the Products and Services page, select "ORACLE CONSULTING".
- Then select "ORACLE CONSULTING" again.
- From the left-hand navigation bar, select "Resource Library".
- See the BROCHURES and WHITE PAPERS sections.
The OUM Customer Program allows customers to obtain copies of the method for their internal use - including guidelines, templates, and tailored work breakdown structure - by contracting with Oracle Consulting Services (OCS) for an engagement of two weeks or longer meeting some additional minimum criteria. Customers are permitted to download the current release of OUM for their perpetual use and they may also obtain subsequent releases published during a renewable, three year access period.
For more information on the OUM Customer Program, contact your Oracle Sales Representative.
Comments (8)
Does this replace AIM and will it be available to partners as AIM was?
[Andrew: Thanks, Stephen. In principle OUM will overtake and incorprate AIM. OUM release 5.0 was the first release that included Apps-specific content and with later releases this is being built out - so it is work in progress. AIM is still around for the time being, though.
Regarding Partner availability - I will check and get back to you - but I imagine it will be available under similar terms. I will post answer here.]
Posted by Stephen Manning | February 10, 2009 4:58 PM
Posted on February 10, 2009 16:58
Update on Oracle Partner availability:
OUM 5.0.0 is currently available on the Oracle PartnerNetwork Portal for Oracle PartnerNetwork Certified Partners and Certified Advantage Partners.
Keep checking in the same place for updates/new releases.
Posted by Andrew Sparks | February 10, 2009 5:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2009 17:16
Hi can i have a description of the AIM methodology and can i from where can i download the AIM Methodology Document Templates and their significance.?
Posted by Kavitha | June 2, 2009 6:05 AM
Posted on June 2, 2009 06:05
Kavitha
AIM is the Oracle Method specific to Oracle E-Business Suite and is being replaced by OUM.
As such it is a commercial product and a part of our intellectual property. It is only available to Oracle customers who use Oracle Consulting services and our partners i.e. it is not freely downloadable.
What were you looking for specifically?
Posted by Andrew Sparks | June 2, 2009 8:03 PM
Posted on June 2, 2009 20:03
Kavitha
AIM is the Oracle Method specific to Oracle E-Business Suite and is being replaced by OUM.
As such it is a commercial product and a part of our intellectual property. It is only available to Oracle customers who use Oracle Consulting services and our partners i.e. it is not freely downloadable.
What were you looking for specifically?
Posted by Andrew Sparks | June 2, 2009 8:05 PM
Posted on June 2, 2009 20:05
Hi Andrew,
I've been tasked with sorting out our SOA documentation for a client. It appears whoever did it used a pic'n'mix approach from AIM and OUM. Is there any document or table which can help me convert the AIM stuff to OUM?
Failing that, is there some documentation on what the different AIM things are?
Regards
Ian
Posted by Ian Scott | November 12, 2009 10:50 AM
Posted on November 12, 2009 10:50
Ian
Will check back with the OUM team and get back to you via email.
Posted by Andrew Sparks | November 13, 2009 10:22 AM
Posted on November 13, 2009 10:22
Update received from Methods team:
Hello Ian, Andrew,
Are you asking if there is a mapping of tasks between AIM and OUM? If so, the answer is yes.
Oracle's Global Methods team has included a number of legacy method mappings in the OUM Method Pack. These mappings are accessible from the "appropriate" view pages.
It access the OUM to AIM Mapping,
* From the OUM home page, select the "Requirements-Driven Application Implementation" view.
* Locate and expand the "IMPLEMENT FOCUS AREA - GUIDELINES" table.
* From the References column, locate and select "OUM to AIM Mapping".
If this doesn't answer your question, please let me know.
Thank you and regards,
Posted by Andrew Sparks | November 16, 2009 10:28 AM
Posted on November 16, 2009 10:28