Ariba Buyer 8 2 2 Upgrade BenefitsEnhancements q

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Benefits/Enhancements q q q q Streamlined User Interface Ø Requisition Function and Company e. Forms Increased Performance Tuning Opportunities Enhanced Chooser Functionality Catalog Enhancements Ø Add multiple Catalog line items by desired ordered quantity Ø Keyword Search: Use ‘And’ & ‘Or’ operator, Exact Phrase and Exclude Words Ø Favorites: - Catalog will ‘flag’ your Favorites, - Create Favorites groups Login Menu Options Ø Go-to Capabilities Session Timeout Warning Feature Ø Allow session to timeout or extend session Export to Excel – System Search Results Ø Export all rows Ø Export current page 1

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Technical Infrastructure Plan q Develop Build Test Training Deploy Technical Infrastructure – This involves the tasks needed to select and design, install and build, and test the development and operations environments. Ø Physical Hardware Ø Code Migration Ø Data Conversion 2

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Plan Stage Technical Infrastructure Plan q Develop Build Test Training Deploy Plan Stage - This involves the analyzing existing functionality and existing code to determine upgrade effort. Ø Code enhancement analysis Ø Evaluation of implemented change requests and SIRs 3

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Develop Stage Technical Infrastructure Plan q Develop Build Test Training Deploy Develop Stage – This stage involves updates to the existing code to establish a usable functional base install. Ø Improved enhancements Ø Any additional/new enhancements identified and approved 4

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Build Stage Technical Infrastructure Plan q Develop Build Test Training Deploy Build Stage - This stage involves the development of the application, technical architecture, technical infrastructure, and the application training. Ø Build code line for Buyer 8. 2. 2 Ø Build environments for Buyer 8. 2. 2 5

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Test Stage Technical Infrastructure Plan q Develop Build Test Training Deploy Test Stage – This stage involves testing the components and validating the solution with users. Ø System Test (Pass 1 through Pass 3) Ø Performance Testing Ø User Acceptance Testing 6

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Training Stage Technical Infrastructure Plan q Develop Build Test Training Deploy Training – This involves development of training materials. Ø Ø What’s New for Buyer 8. 2. 2 Training Any additional training provided by the Process Improvement Team 7

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Deploy Stage Technical Infrastructure Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Stage – This stage involves the rollout of the application, technical architecture, technical infrastructure, and training to the organization. Key tasks include: - User Acceptance Testing - Disaster Recovery Test Execution - Production Support Tuning 8

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Deploy Stage Technical Infrastructure Plan Develop Build Test Training Deploy Stage – This stage involves the rollout of the application, technical architecture, technical infrastructure, and training to the organization. Key tasks include: - User Acceptance Testing - Disaster Recovery Test Execution - Production Support Tuning 9

Ariba Buyer 8. 2. 2 Upgrade Change Review Board Involvement q How this impacts you 10