Project Portfolio Management
Functional Comparison - Oracle Cloud PPM vs EBS Projects
| EBS Description | Translates to PPM Cloud |
|---|---|
| Business Group | Enterprise |
| Operating Unit | Business Unit |
| Processing Constraints | Part of Change in Projects |
| Distribution Rules for Revenue and Invoice | Revenue Method and Invoice Method |
(Only the functionalities that are substantially different/ enhanced have been mentioned)
| Criterion | Cloud Improvement Score | Cloud Applications (Release 13 - 21C) | EBS Applications (Release 12.1.x & above) | Cloud Improvement Metrics | Rationale for Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functionalities : Gaining efficiencies by having efficient business processes supported by Cloud | |||||
| Project Management |  |
a. Project Management offers -
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No Project Management. Need to get separate license for -
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Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Fusion is flexible and easy to track all the deliverables, resources and issues in a single application |
| Contract/ Project Creation | |
Single screen to create Contract, Project, Work order & Funding | Multiple screens are required for creation of Contract, Project, Work order and Funding |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Fusion is flexible and easy to create Contract with work pre-request configuration |
| Budgeting & Forecast |  |
Export & load budgets through excel templates | Budgets are loaded manually or through WebADI customization |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Faster data setup |
| Purchase Order |  |
Project reference details entered at PO line level | Project reference details can be entered at line distribution level as well |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Loss of functionality |
| AP Invoice Payment | |
Project reference details entered at invoice line level | Project reference details can be entered at invoice line distribution level as well |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Loss of functionality |
| Project Miscellaneous Cost | |
Load actual cost and expenditure batches through an excel | Actual cost & expenditure batches are entered manually or through customization |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Faster data setup |
| Revenue Recognition | |
Revenue recognition method is at the project level | Revenue recognition is driven by the Distribution Rules at Project type level |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Revenue recognition and invoicing is more streamlined in Fusion Apps |
| Project Approval |  |
Ability to use configurable, pre-defined BI templates for status change approval notifications | Project approval is done using workflow notification |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
This will enable business users to customize the notification template based on inputs critical for project status change approvals, there by speeding up the approval process |
| Project Resource Cost | |
Dynamic addition of resources automatically to the Planning RBS (Resource Breakdown Structure) when actuals are incurred | Dynamic addition is not available |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
No unplanned generic resource costs are required to be assigned |
| Accounting | |
SLA extended to Projects | Auto accounting can be used - limited functionality |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Simplified day-to-day activities |
| Migrations/ Conversion : Quick and reliable path to cloud | |||||
| Data Conversation/ Open Balances | |
MS Excel based templates have been provided | Standard forms to key in the text manually |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Faster migration to cloud with simplified conversion process |
| Integration with External Applications | |
Pre integrated with Oracle commerce. Integration available using:
|
Integration only available using:
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Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
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| Interface Data access | |
Application interface forms are web pages | Application interface forms are Java pages |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Data Extraction would be faster and simplify the process | Reporting and Analytics : Easy, advanced visualizations |
| PPM Dashboard | |
Easily configurable, interactive and actionable dashboards | No standard dashboard available |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
Fusion applications provide high level of flexibility to maximize the use of data using actionable graphs, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence |
| Reports | |
Highly flexible reporting providing excellent data visualization are available using Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) | Limited standard reports availability and requires development of custom reports |
Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance |
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