John,
Have there been an considerations to upgrading your current BPCS environments to be all on the same version? It would make your job much easier to control what is modified and what is base. Just a suggestion. Version BPCS S/38 wow that is old!
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From: BPCS-L [mailto:bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kelly, John (Limerick)
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 10:21 AM
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Subject: [BPCS-L] Managing Demand around legacy ERP - tips & techniques?
I have a non- technical BPCS related query that I would welcome this group's input on. I am looking for any tips and techniques you and/or your organisations employ in the area of Demand Management (i.e. user request changes/enhancements) in relation to your ERP systems. I am particularly interested in legacy ERP.
The reason for my query is my organisation is looking to put together a structured approach to manage demand to operate across a number of ERP platforms. The one I support is BPCS (sys 38, v3.6 - so it's pretty old!). To date we have operated an ad hoc approach;
* User raises a request
* Our group assess the request to determine the level of BPCS development required
* Subject to approval we then proceed with development, testing and eventual deployment
Going forward we are being challenged to come up with a more structured approach to managing user demand. In addition instead of deploying enhancements on an ad hoc basis we may also consider moving to a release cycle, whereby changes would be 'bunched' together and implemented in a predetermined timeframe (e.g. quarterly). To complicate things further this approach is to be adopted across a number of ERP platforms, not just 'my' BPCS environment
I would be interested then in seeing if how you deal with Demand Management and also Release Management as it relates to your environment -e.g. what challenges you faced in developing and implementing these processes, lessons learned, what you might do differently were you to start all over again etc.
Kind regards,
John.
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