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Sally - I mentioned this issue when I was over in Houston and hoped to cover
it again when we discussed EnVision ( following your meeting with Mary and Joel - I think Joel was organising ) Brent - Do you have a moment to catch up Envision and the on the common timetable specifically ? All - I am planning to organise a Houston / Europe conference call to discuss Enlighten and the applications and current/future business requirements that are dependent on it. I would like to get an understanding of your prefered level of involvement Regards Mike ---------------------- Forwarded by Mike Jordan/LON/ECT on 05/09/2000 11:19 --------------------------- John Paskin 05/09/2000 08:01 To: Cindy Horn/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Mike Jordan/LON/ECT@ECT Subject: Re: Enlighten Common Timetable Cindy Sorry if there was any confusion in my email - it was not actually prompted by your questions about Enlighten, which haven't caused ripples and in any case are appropriate questions to ask. I'm really trying to get commitment from business sponsors (principally Mike on this side) on both sides of the pond to agree a common timetable for functionality. If we don't get this, it may be difficult for us to maintain a common database across Houston and London, and IT will end up acting as a broker between different business areas when establishing priorities. I doubt any of us want that. Cheers John Cindy Horn 04/09/2000 22:55 To: John Paskin/LON/ECT@ECT cc: Mike Jordan/LON/ECT@ECT, Steve Whitaker/LON/ECT@ECT, Scott Williamson/HOU/ECT@ECT, Cindy Wisemiller/HOU/ECT@ECT, Dragan Jojic/LON/ECT@ECT, Phil Yoxall/LON/ECT@ECT, Steve Price/LON/ECT@ECT, Richard Samuel/LON/ECT@ECT Subject: Re: Enlighten Common Timetable For Global Markets, we were not scheduled to get anything by the end of the year from Enlighten, Envoice or DTL. But in order to establish what could potentially be delivered by July 2001, we were inquiring as to the data elements that were going to be stored as well as the functionality. It would be hard to make committments to use an application, without really knowing what it does. Clarification was what we were trying to get and will require, to do a true gap analysis so we can quantify the extent that these applications fit or do not fit our business. I received a functional spec for Envoice today and would like to get one for DTL and Enlighten to get a better understanding of the scope of these and possible enhancements that could be added on later. I am sorry if my queries caused some "ripples". I still would like some tangible information to start looking at regarding these applications. Please let me know what information you can supply us. Thanks Cindy John Paskin 04/09/2000 12:30 To: Mike Jordan/LON/ECT@ECT, Steve Whitaker/LON/ECT@ECT, Scott Williamson/HOU/ECT@ECT, Cindy Horn/HOU/ECT@ECT, Cindy Wisemiller/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Dragan Jojic/LON/ECT@ECT, Phil Yoxall/LON/ECT@ECT, Steve Price/LON/ECT@ECT, Richard Samuel/LON/ECT@ECT Subject: Enlighten Common Timetable Dear all There is currently some debate as to what is going to be delivered by Enlighten. Some clarification and a question: Clarification: Enlighten (certainly in London) is actually a data hub, rather than an application. In itself, it will not add business value. However, the tools which sit on top of this system will add business value. These tools are currently DTL, Envoice, Zebra. However, I think we all anticipate more requirements being developed as this central data store becomes richer. Question (for business sponsors): We are trying hard to coordinate US and UK efforts. However, this will be extremely difficult if our respective business timelines are not the same. Say - for example - Mike wants Enlighten to deliver volumetric reporting by then end of 2000 but Cindy instead wants a full DPR in the same timeline. Our data architects are going to struggle to coordinate and prioritise their work if we are working for two separate sets of masters. So: If we are really to reap the rewards of a UK/US implementation, a common timetable is extremely important. Who are our primary UK and US business sponsors and can we ask them to agree a mutual timeline ? I suspect if we are to try and make this a joint development, nothing will make delivery harder than having separate and sometimes mutually exclusive sets of requirements from our user communities. Comments/answers please... Cheers John
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