OUM: An Introduction

Oracle Global Methods Group Vice President, Tom Spitz, has written a great introduction about Oracle's Next Gen Implementation Approach - Oracle Unified Method (OUM). The articel appears in the Summer 2011 issue of INSIGHT magazine published by Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG). Here is a bullet-wise summary for those who are not OAUG members or are unable to get a copy of the magazine.

• Oracle Application Implementation Method (AIM) for Oracle E-Business Suite and Compass from PeopleSoft were percusors to Oracle Unified Method (OUM).
• OUM covers the entire enterprise IT lifecycle and support the successful implementation of every Oracle product. It is product and technology agnostic.
• OUM includes three focus areas: OUM Envision, OUM Implement and OUM Manage and OUM Operate (planned to be released soon)

• OUM is business-process and use-case driven. Business processes and use cases are used as the
  primary artifacts for establishing the desired behavior of a system and for communicating that behavior
  among the stakeholders.
• OUM is architecture-centric. Through development of an appropriate architecture, the
  project team ensures that all stakeholders develop a shared understanding of what is needed. The system is incrementally built to those architectural specifications.
• OUM is flexible and scalable. For a given project, the appropriate point of balance between a predictive and adaptive approach is based on project-specific risk and scale factors.
• For questions contact Oracle’s Global Methods team at ominfo_us@oracle.com.