EPM Planning & Budgeting Partner Implementation Boot Camp Ready 2 Launch

Question

The Oracle PartnerNetwork launched a new Implementation Boot Camp program at OOW 2008. Since then Oracle has made available to partners ~8 different Boot Camps and expect to have near 20 by the end of February 2009.
That said, we are close to finalizing the content for an EPM Planning & Budgeting Implementation Boot Camp, and I am interested to hear if there is any interest in this Boot Camp among this audience.
Goals / Objectives
The EPM Planning Bootcamp will provide implementation instruction on Oracle’s EPM System products Planning functionality. The bootcamp will be a fast-paced, five-day class, teaching students what they need to know in order to implement and manage EPM Planning applications. Goals for the bootcamp are described below.
The Planning bootcamp is designed to take consultants through all the steps needed in an implementation of Hyperion Planning. The class begins with an overview of Essbase, the foundation of Hyperion Planning. It provides a general overview of Planning and Planning terms, the architecture of all the Planning components, and how they are commonly used. The course goes over all the steps to create an application from scratch. This involves some prep work outside of Planning and leads to developing the application in both the Planning Windows and Web clients. Participants will modify existing dimensions and build out the hierarchies using the Web client.
Audience
This bootcamp is intended for prospective users and implementers of the Planning and Budgeting functionality of Oracle EPM or implementers that are currently familiar with the basics of EPM Planning and looking to strengthen their base of knowledge in the product.
Ideal participants are Oracle partners (SIs and resellers) with backgrounds in business information systems and a clientele of customers with ongoing or prospective EPM initiatives. Alternatively, partners with the background described above and an interest in evolving their practice to a similar profile are suitable participants.
EPM Planning & Budgeting Bootcamp
The bootcamp shows developers how to build out dimensions using Classic Planning and by using EPMA. It covers the mechanics and cover strategies for automating the build process such as interface tables. The reviews data loads using Load Rules to load the Planning database. The course focuses on tasks that end-users must perform during the planning cycle. It walks students through creating and modifying forms, working with forms to enter data, adding annotations, and the rest of the form features such as running business rules and managing task lists. It covers how to use the forms in the Smart View client and finishes up the end-user perspective by going through Workflow Management and the process of submitting a plan for review. The final section of the course covers Security and other administration topics such as automation and deployment.
Applied Planning Course Topics:
• Overview of Essbase & Planning
• Application Design Overview
• Essbase Spreadsheet Add-In & Smart View
• Load Rules for loading data
• Essbase Administration Services (EAS)
• Architecture
• Calculation Fundamentals
• Overview of Planning
• Setting up an Application
• EPMA – Enterprise Performance Management Architect
• Building Forms and Business Rules
• Smart View Client
• Workflow Management
• Security and Administration
Edited by: nkritiko on Nov 6, 2008 1:45 PM

Answer 1

Nick,
Can you let us have the schedule, location and duration of these Boot Camps?
Thanks