Actuate Migration to Business

Objects

Accelerate migration success with this expert planning service. Review, validate, and
update your reporting requirements; formulate an Actuate to Business Objects migration
strategy; develop a project and resource plan; and develop the architecture and high-level
design as a blueprint for implementation.

Since the implementation of your original reports, you have most likely adjusted your
business requirements. That’s why we created the Actuate migration service to Business
Objects with a careful analysis to determine, validate, and update the driving business
requirements that will meet your current needs.

Benefits:
• Validate and update your enterprise reporting requirements
• Map requirements to a technology solution
• Identify out-of-the-box functionality required to satisfy the requirements
• Identify functionality not provided by out-of-the-box features and prepare a
customization plan
• Identify functionality provided by future Business Objects releases and map a phased
implementation plan
• Identify the Crystal Enterprise™ architecture required to run the reports
• Identify skills needed, map resources to skills, and provide a training plan
• Implementation risk analysis and mitigation assistance
• Classify your reports and identify the effort required to convert them
 Actuate Migration to Business Objects

Objectives:
• Update and document the business requirements
• Identify the optimal technical infrastructure
• Architect the Crystal Enterprise infrastructure
• Provide analysis and classification of the reports and quantify the effort needed to
migrate them to Crystal Reports®
• Develop an implementation strategy
• Identify your organization’s learning needs and develop an education plan

Deliverables:
• Business requirements document
• Functional specifications document
• High-level design
• High-level architecture
• High-level project plan
• Resource plan and skills gap
• Training plan
• Conversion best practices white paper
• Next step recommendations

Scalability, Performance, Self-Sufficiency

Business Objects consultants follow a proven approach to system deployment: the BI
Solution Accelerator, the most robust business intelligence (BI) project methodology in the
industry. This methodology drives each committed deliverable and ensures that your
system will scale and perform optimally.

With in-depth knowledge of the entire Business Objects product set, our consultants are
the best qualified to ensure your organization will make peak use of your Business Objects
investment. We aim to set up your organization quickly and efficiently to benefit from the
value of an Actuate Migration, while continuing to manage and evolve your own BI
systems. Our tailor-made training programs will help you reach these goals by
collaborating with our consulting team.

For more information on how Business Objects Professional Services can quickly deliver
the benefits of an Actuate Migration to your organization, contact your account manager
today.

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