Key takeaways
- Establishing a repeatable process for evaluating, testing, and deploying new features via quarterly updates helps organizations get more value from their Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications.
- Oracle provides guidance and resources to help customers understand new capabilities, track upcoming product changes, and evaluate new features before enabling them.
- This collection of six related articles provides guidance on how to adopt new functionality, including AI, with minimal disruption.
Customers that regularly adopt new features almost always get the best results from Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. What’s their secret? It’s simple: establish a repeatable process to take advantage of new capabilities, including AI, that are delivered as part of quarterly releases.
We’ve written multiple articles that explain how quarterly updates work, where to learn about new capabilities, and how to establish a repeatable update process. They’re listed below in recommended reading order to help you turn Fusion Apps quarterly updates into an ongoing source of innovation and value.
The feature adoption series
1. Quarterly updates made easy
This article introduces Fusion Apps quarterly updates, explaining the overall process and the terminology you’ll encounter, including update schedules, cohorts, test and production environments, and opt-in features. It also explains the differences between fixes and new functional enhancements, along with best practices for evaluating, testing, and enabling new functionality. Read this article first to learn the fundamentals.
2. How to stay on top of Fusion Apps updates
Oracle maintains resources that are updated with each quarterly release to help you understand what new features do, when they’re available, and what steps are needed before you enable them. This article explains where to find those resources and how to use them, including the Oracle Cloud Applications Readiness site, My Oracle Support release notes, and Oracle Cloud Customer Connect.
3. Get the latest Fusion Apps roadmaps for ERP, HCM, SCM, CX
When you’re informed of upcoming product changes, you can plan feature adoption instead of reacting to each quarterly update. Development roadmaps highlight features delivered in the current release and preview planned enhancements in the future. This article, which is updated every quarter, explains how to find and use Fusion Apps roadmaps.
4. Get the list of available AI features in Fusion Apps
AI is the fastest-growing area of innovation in Fusion Apps. This article points you to two essential Oracle resources for staying on top of new AI features—one for business leaders evaluating embedded AI capabilities in ERP, HCM, SCM, and CX, and one for technical teams turning on specific AI features and agents. These resources help you understand what AI features are available, how they work, and how to enable them.
5. Use this plan to roll out AI across finance, HR, and more
Once you understand what AI features are available, you need a plan for adopting them responsibly. This article introduces the concept of an AI Innovation and Governance Office (AIIGO), a cross-functional team that helps organizations evaluate, prioritize, and deploy AI projects while managing risks such as privacy, bias, and compliance. You’ll learn best practices for setting up and resourcing an AIIGO for success.
6. A step-by-step plan for adopting Fusion Apps features
The final step is putting new features into production. This article presents a six-phase roadmap and staffing guide to help you adopt new features with minimal disruption. It identifies the key roles involved at each stage—from feature evaluation and planning through testing, training, and post-go-live support—helping you establish a repeatable process for enabling innovation.
In conclusion
Taken together, these articles provide a practical roadmap for making feature adoption a repeatable process. They walk you through the basics, from understanding quarterly updates to evaluating, governing, enabling, and deploying new capabilities.
Making feature adoption part of your organization’s regular operating rhythm means you’ll be better prepared for each quarterly update. Instead of reacting, you can evaluate new capabilities, plan deployments, and introduce innovations, including AI, at a pace that aligns with your business priorities.
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