Enterprise software updates are increasingly delivered at a rate that surpasses the capabilities of most testing teams. The Oracle 26B release will bring changes in the Financials, SCM, and HCM modules that could have an impact on the workflow, integration, approval process, reporting, and user access privileges. A large number of firms still depend on spreadsheets and manual methods during quarterly upgrades. Such methods can lead to inefficient operations, security threats, and issues after the deployment of software.
- Understanding Business Impact Faster: Running tests for all Oracle updates with equal importance is wasteful and puts too much pressure on the process. Companies must prioritize processes that have an immediate financial, procurement, supply chain, payroll, and employee management impact. The faster the impact assessment, the easier it becomes for the team to determine which Oracle updates need to go through comprehensive regression testing and which require minimal testing. In addition, the teams will get better insight into configuration changes, role-based access changes, and integration issues before deploying them into production.
- Improving Release Readiness Planning: A successful testing plan for Oracle applications requires a good approach from day one before any deployment actions take place. It is essential for an organization to evaluate the release change, prioritize its testing needs, and set up the environment prior to executing the process. Testing visibility based on roles will allow the finance team, human resources, procurement team, and operations team to consider changes that matter to them alone. The introduction of AI capabilities in the new release of Oracle might need another conversation due to its impact on user interaction.
- Strengthening Financials and SCM Validation: There are various updates to Oracle 26B that need to be validated prior to the go-live date. The company needs to validate the procurement processes, integration of inventory, taxes, receivables, and warehouses without compromising on their ongoing business operations. Integration failure between different applications is capable of causing delays and errors in reporting, disrupting operations throughout the organization. With automated validation, companies can test their key workflows consistently and save time spent on manual validation. It also makes it easy for them to identify any issues in the configuration process and role permissions.
- Creating Faster Testing Decisions: A large number of companies waste productive testing time by analyzing extensive release notes from Oracle. Quick decision-making is needed at the start of the process when it comes to understanding the level of severity, the impacted module, and the priority of testing. Intelligent test guidance will make it easy for teams to understand if the updates need regression testing, validation, or monitoring only. This avoids repetitive cycles and allows teams to focus on business-critical issues. Companies also gain from faster communication within and among different business groups and management due to clarity regarding impact.
In conclusion, businesses require a better process to handle quarterly updates from Oracle without complicating their testing process. Opkey is compatible with the Oracle environment using AI-based impact analysis, zero coding automation, and role-based testing recommendations made specifically for enterprise software applications. Utilizing Argus AI technology, the company offers over 20 AI agents for testing management, analysis, configuration, training, and changes validation of cloud applications. With Opkey, businesses can cut down their efforts up to 80%, achieve faster go-live with a 30% improvement, and reduce downtime risks by 92%.
