Work of an Oracle Functional Consultant !

Hi all,
in the previous post, you might have seen how an implementation project is carried out as a whole picture. Now let us see in detail about the work that will be handled by an Oracle Applications Functional Consultant.
We will start from the stage where the Client has brought the product from oracle and now looking for a Consultant who can implement it for them.
For discussion purposes, we will take up the Client Name as Anil Passi LTD and Consultant Name as Richard Byrom, and the product to be implemented is Oracle Financial Modules ( AP,AR,GL,CM,FA)
Lets assume that Anil Passi Ltd has appointed Richard Byrom to implement Oracle Financials, we will see the work which Richard Byrom will be perfoming...
>> Find out the reason as to why they want to go for ERP. If they have any bottlenecks in thier software which they have been using, what was it?
>> Understand the Business Process of Anil Passi LTD and find out the operations that are performed and the line of business, and other statutory compliances
>> Document the Current Business Process
>> Document the requirements from the Client or the Key users in modifying the existing Process or building new process ( This step is important, since in future client will always point it out)
>> Map the Current Business process and Clients Requirements in to Oracle Application Business Flows and Set ups
>> Collect Sample data from the client and carry out the setups in application
>> Demonstrate to the client and Key users how Oracle Application will help them in solving thier problems
>> When any requirement is not met by oracle directly, do think about the possibility of Workarounds and Customizations
>> Once the client is satisfied with your solutions, then collect complete data from the client and perform the complete real time setup and test it

Job Well Done !!

It is the Functional Consultants job to make sure that all requirements are taken in to account before the production begins !