Performing an Impact Analysis

Before you deploy any update, complete a thorough analysis of the benefits and costs associated with each update. Not all updates are relevant to your business or to the way you conduct your business. Careful planning at this stage is critical to the success of applying an update. It is recommended that you perform the impact analysis in two phases:

1. Perform a rough cut by reviewing SARs associated with the update. This review will help you determine if the update is relevant to your needs.

2. If you determine that an update is relevant, download and install it to your deployment server. Use the Impact Analysis tool to conduct a thorough review, or apply and run the update in the Pristine environment (PS900).

The Impact Analysis tool provided with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne helps perform an impact analysis. A key feature of this tool is a list of the objects in the update that you have modified. You must reapply the modifications using the JD Edwards ER Compare tool.

See also:

• Using the Software Update Impact Analysis Tool