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ERP From AIM (RICE) To OUM (CEMLI)

Recently i am confused with terms "Customization", "Extension" and "Personalization", so i serached in google find so
many definitions. Here is the Details
AIM (Applications Implementation Methodology)
OUM (Oracle Unified Method)
OUM is Oracle's Method Integration Strategy. It supports methods currently being used by Oracle customers including Compass, AIM, ABF, Siebel. OUM has been developed as a single, integrated method to support the entire Oracle
ecosystem and across the complete suite of Oracle products. The aim is to decommission all legacy methods as every
Oracle product group transitions to OUM. OUM is product and technology agnostic. Oracle is evolving the Oracle
Unified Method (OUM) to achieve the vision of supporting the entire Enterprise IT Lifecycle, including support for the
successful implementation of every Oracle product. OUM replaces Legacy Methods, such as AIM Advantage, AIM for
Business Flows, EMM Advantage, PeopleSoft's Compass, and Siebel's Results Roadmap.
OUM provides an implementation approach that is rapid, broadly adaptive, and business-focused. OUM includes a
comprehensive project and program management framework and materials to support Oracle's growing focus on
enterprise-level IT strategy, architecture, and governance.
While implementing an Oracle ERP system to a client, to meet the client requirements a consultant needs to make
changes to original Vanila system (Unchanged Oracle ERP Implemented system). The changes made to Original
Oracle ERP comes under RICE components.
RICE
During an implementation, development of RICE components involves:
1. Creation of Reports that are not available as standard reports in the oracle apps modules.
2. Creation of the Interfaces to external systems.
3. Creation of Conversion programs to transfer data from a legacy system to the new system.
4. Enhancements (or extensions) to the existing system to add additional functionality to existing system without
disturbing the core software functionality of the system.
RICE terminology has been introduced by Oracle Corporation and later some Oracle consultants has added their own
flavor and introduced some other terminologies like FRICE and RICEW.
FRICE stands for Forms, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions and Enhancements / Extensions
RICEW stands for Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements / Extensions and Workflows
Documenting terminology for RICE components
AIM (Applications Implementation Methodology) is documenting structure introduced by Oracle Corporation which is
used through out the life cycle of a RICE component object. Process in AIM methodology includes approval to develop,
functional design specification, technical design specification, coding, testing and implementation.

CEMLI
later in 2007, in Release 12 Oracle corporation has extended the RICE components and introduced a new terminology
called CEMLI components.
CEMLI is an ERP software extension framework provided in Oracle Applications by Oracle Corporation.
CEMLI Stands for Configurations/Customization, Extension, Modification, Localization, and Integration.
"Oracle defined the CEMLI Framework, which translates into 20 classes of extensions that customers can add to their
Oracle systems."
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The framework was established by Oracle On Demand to categorize customizations, meaning software that had to be
added by the customer or implementer to the Oracle applications.
Configurations : Configure the existing, pre-built application features according to your clients requirement.Changing
setups and profile values can be the example of configurations.
Customization : Customization means altering/changing the standard objects or creation of custom object to meet
clients business need. It may be Extensions or Modifications.
Extensions : Extension means creating custom code from scratch, existing objects (views, packages and java classes
etc) can be used. It is having different behaviour from seeded one.
Modifications : Modifications is enhancing/changing the existing code to meet the clients requirements. It is the
modification of seeded behaviour.
Localization : It is to define the different legislative support provided by oracle Applications based on
country/region/language requirements.
Integration : It can be Data Integration or Application Integration, options for these two are Open Interface tables, APIs,
EAI(Enterprise Application Integration Tools), BPEL, AQ, EDI etc.
OUM (Oracle Unified Method) which is introduced by Oracle corporation after 2007 to standardize the documentation
process for almost all products from oracle which includes Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Performance
Management (EPM), WebCenter, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Integration Architecture (AIA),
Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Integration and Custom Software.

OUM Project Phases :

The Workflows within an OUM project are categorized into five phases: Inception, Elaboration, Construction, Transition,
and Production. These phases are described below:
(A) Phase I: Inception :As the first phases in the project life cycle.Major goal of this phase is to achieve concurrence
among all stakeholders on the lifecycle objectives for the project. Kick off's, review , high-level business requirements
along with initial project plan is being targeted in this phase only.
(B) Phase II: Elaboration :This is the second phases in the project life cycle, where major focus would be to develop the
detailed requirements models, partition the solution, develop functional prototyping, and baseline the architecture of
the system.
(C) Phase III: Construction :As the third phases in the project life cycle, Construction focuses on design,
implementation, and testing of functions to develop a complete system.
(D) Phase IV: Transition :This typically consist from installation onto the production system through the UAT and launch
of the live application, open and ready for business.
(E) Phase V: Production : The goal of the Production phase is to operate the newly developed system, assess the
success of the system, and support the users. This includes: monitoring the system; acting appropriately to ensure
continued operation; measuring system performance; operating and maintaining supporting systems; responding to
help requests, error reports and feature requests by users; and managing the applicable change control process so
that defects and new features are prioritized and assigned to future releases.

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ID

Task

Work Product

Template

Objectives
RD.001
RD.005
RD.011
RD.030

RD.045

Business and System

Detail Business and System Objectives
Objectives
Document Requirements
Create System Context Diagram
System Context Diagram
Develop Future Process Model
Future Process Model
Develop Current Business Process
Model
Current Process Model

Business and System

Objectives
System Context Diagram
Future Process Model
Current Process Model

MoSCoW List

MoSCoW List-Excel,
MoSCoW List-Word,
Generic Workshop Notes,
Generic Workshop
Schedule, and Workshop
Preparation Notes

Domain Model

Domain Model

RD.065

Prioritize Requirements (MoSCoW)

Develop Domain Model (Business
Entities)

RA.023
RA.024

Develop Use Case Model

Develop Use Case Details

AN.010

Map Business Requirements

Mapped Business Requirements

Validated Functional
Prototype

AN.020

Define and Estimate Application

Extensions

Application Extension Definition

and Estimates

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

Gap Resolutions

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

AN.030

Define Gap Resolutions

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Use Case Model

Use Case Specification
Map Requirements

Use Case Model, Visio

Template and Stencil
Use Case Specification

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IM.010

Develop Functional Prototype

Functional Prototype

RA.085

Validate Functional Prototype

Validated Functional Prototype

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.
Validated Functional
Prototype

Configure
DS.010

Define Business Data Structure Setups

Business Data Structure Setups

RA.040

Define Business Data Structures

Business Data Structures

DS.030

Define Application Setups

Application Setup Documents

Business Data Structure

Setups
Refer to the Task Overview
for guidance.
Application Setup
Documents

Analyze and Design Components

AN.050

Analyze Data

Data Analysis

Analysis Model

AN.060

Analyze Behavior

Behavior Analysis

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

AN.090

Analyze User Interface

User Interface Analysis

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

DS.080

Design Software Components

Software Component Design

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

DS.090

Design Data

Component Data Design

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

DS.100

Design Behavior Component

Behavior Design

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

DS.130
DS.150

Design User Interface

Develop Database Design

IM.005

Develop Conceptual Prototype

Conceptual Prototype

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

IM.040

Implement Database

Implemented Database

Physical Database Design

IM.050

Implement Components

Implemented Components

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

IM.070

Assemble Components

User Interface Design

Logical Database Design
Implement Components

Assembled Components
Integrate

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.
Logical Database Design

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.
Refer to the Task Overview
for guidance.

IM.080

Integrate Services

Integrated Services
Test

TE.030

Perform Unit Test

Unit-Tested Components

Refer to the Task Overview

for guidance.

TE.040
TE.070

Perform Integration
Perform System Test

Test Integration-Tested
Components
System-Tested Applications

Integration Test Results

System Test Results

TE.100

Perform Systems Integration Test

Integration-Tested System

Systems Integration Test

Results

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