Gathering business requirements --Oracle financial functional

What is the process of Business requirement gathering?
What type of information will collect by functional consultant?
Edited by: guru_prasad on Aug 17, 2010 7:35 AM

Hi! I had the same question.
Nobody was able to give me an answer.
I asked people who work in this field and even asked them to check with their friends. Nobody gave me an answer.
I even sent an email to Oracle. Larry was too busy keeping an eye on gates to respond to me. I called Oracle. Nobody knew or pretended to know anything.
So I came to the conclusion that this must be the most closely guarded secret, vital for our national security, since WWII. So I gave up.
If you had any better luck, let me know.
PS. One person did have a cynical answer. He said Larry competes with private individuals for services. A private person maybe happy to bill $100-$150/hr (which is not bad money for an individual) against Larry's much higher billing (which is not that high for corporations) . According to this person Larry wanted a little less competition for his boys.
I don't know if that makes sense, but that was the only comment anybody gavbe me so far.

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