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NOAD EQM4 Enterprise Change
Management
Trusted and Timely Delivery of SAP BusinessObjects and
QlikView Applications to the Enterprise
Faced with ever-growing, market-wide pressures, BI teams are seeking solutions to meet the rapidly evolving
needs of their businesses while being compliant with regulations. In order to survive in today’s market
companies need to make changes timelier, compelling, and less costly while maintaining security and quality
in an increasingly becoming complex environment.
Among some in BI, there is still a tendency to view development as a single, monolithic stage rather than
accepting the fact that development should be managed as a set of distinct, identifiable stages. Working
with version control alone, managers are faced with a lack of visibility and management of BI development
processes, people and assets; limited regulatory and standards compliance; a slower time to market;
increased business disruption due to program defects; and lower returns on investment.
Implementing NOAD EQM4, the leading BI enterprise change management solution for QlikView and SAP
BusinessObjects, could mean the difference between success and failure. It will improve BI process
management by providing enforceable, traceable change processes to meet
business demands for higher productivity and improved time to market. For
example, standards of changes make it possible for multi-developer teams to
embrace an ongoing approach to development, greatly reducing errors that
can stall a project for weeks. Distributed development capabilities give a team
the option to use offshore resources when that is deemed cost-effective. Audit history makes the completion
of an audit request possible in an hour or even less instead of weeks.
There are many version control tools that help your developers manage their BI application components
while coding. But when they’re done, how do you keep track of different builds? How do you route the
application components into the development lifecycle for testing or QA? How do you roll back to a
previous version of a release if something goes wrong? Developing applications can be a daunting task even
in the most simplistic development environment. But combine multiple applications with multiple
development teams in multiple locations, and you add a degree of complexity that can become
unmanageable. And then, what happens if you get audited? How can you pass an IT audit with flying colors?
While version control tools give you the ability to manage versioning through check-outs and check-ins, they
can’t help you with the release process. NOAD EQM4 Change Manager and Deployment Manager Solution
give you total control of the entire lifecycle and additional brings compliance to it. Once the initial
application is imported into EQM4’s single repository, you will be able to track, manage and deploy your
application through our automated workflow and best practices. You can improve quality and reduce cost
with EQM4’s complete ability to capture, see, track and report on all changes and releases in the
development lifecycle.
NOAD EQM4 automated deployment allows you have (geographically) distributed development; the
components are deployed to appropriate target locations at every stage, completely integrated into SAP
BusinessObjects and QlikView so the process cannot be by-passed. By replacing your manual processes, you
can reduce costs, ensure application integrity, gain efficiencies, and speed up application delivery times. And
because our solution offers you a structured application lifecycle process with complete traceability, you can
easily meet regulatory compliance and your management will have complete visibility.
How does a top global Networking company manage their code migration and
deployment in extensive SAP BusinessObjects environments?
Challenge
SAP Business Objects is one of the enterprise BI tools being used extensively at Cisco. Hence it became
essential that all the BO applications and BI content changes were accountable, registered automatically
according to compliance guidelines, and fully documented. The need was for delegated code deployment by
the BI delivery teams with automation and work-flow capabilities.
Solution
Realizing that extended version control and delegated code migration and deployment in SAP
BusinessObjects was lacking, Cisco implemented NOAD EQM4 for their automated BO code migration and
deployment. Cisco is also planning to control their technical documentation with NOAD EQM4, making it
possible to restore previously approved versions in a production environment without searching for a
particular version on their many file servers. Additionally, NOAD EQM4 provides real-time, online audit trails
of every change, complete with time-stamps and user details.
“We have implemented NOAD EQM4 for
delegated code migration and deployment in
our enterprise SAP-BO environments to
select BO development teams. After realizing
that NOAD EQM4 has given us the ability to
provide self-service capability to our BI
delivery teams, increased agility in BI delivery
and productivity gains, we are planning to
roll this to all our BO development teams
NOAD EQM4 Change Manager is the integrated version control solution that keeps you in control of your
application development lifecycle. Our secure check-out and check-in process with intelligent labeling will
ensure versions are never overwritten, even in a distributed development environment. Its comprehensive
activity tracking, supported by enforced workflows, and performance reporting provide management with the
input and feedback needed to optimize IT’s responsiveness.
NOAD EQM4 Change Manager will increase your developer’s productivity!
Key features:
- Integrated in SAP BusinessObjects XIR2 & 3 and QlikView 8.5 or higher (combined), providing
complete visibility of development across all environments.
- Besides SAP BusinessObjects Universes, Deski and Webi documents and QlikView QVW files, all
other files can be managed by NOAD EQM4 such as project documentation in Word and Excel files,
SQL, etc..
- Increase information quality with EQM4’s Difference, Build and Relational analysis for (linked)
Universes, Deski and Webi documents and QVW files. Table and Object Impact analysis is available
for SAP BusinessObjects Universes and Deski and Webi documents.
- Secured by powerful authorization and authentication; users/groups can be granted various levels of
authority.
- Single click automation for editing, processing and distribution supported by an enforced workflow.
- Automatic tracking of activities on all applications components for audit purposes.
How does a leading global biopharma company focused on severe diseases manage
their SAP BusinessObjects deployment in order to comply with Good Clinical
Practices?
Challenge
Strict internal and external rules and regulations for drug development companies like UCB Pharma demand
written documentation for all software programs and systems development processes, compliance with GxP
(Good Clinical Practices) require specific registration of any modifications. Existing rules and regulations from
various agencies, such as the US Food & Drug Administration, vary from country to country and from
authority to authority. For SAP BusinessObjects, this meant written documentation for every single program
change which resulted in excessive man hours.
Solution
In search for a solution that would help to comply with governmental and internal regulations easily, and
allow for the necessary segregation of duties and system development life cycle stages, UCB Pharma
implemented NOAD EQM4. Using NOAD EQM4 aided the validation of SAP BusinessObjects from a GxP-
compliance perspective because it created a starting point for an electronic audit trail that would track
changes made to SAP BusinessObjects universes and documents that did not previously exist.
“Because of NOAD EQM4, SAP BusinessObjects
maintenance activities take less time and are
much more efficient. Therefore, working with
the system is considerably more enjoyable.
Now, instead of working on “putting out fires”,
the team can actually work on improving the
system. UCB Pharma considers this to be one
Automated distribution of QVW, Universes, Webi, Deski,
Excel or other files to designated target locations at
each stage of the lifecycle
NOAD EQM4 DEPLOYMENT MANAGE
With NOAD EQM4 Deployment Manager you save time and reduce errors by automating the numerous,
repetitive steps of moving new and modified components or applications to other environments, machines
or logical partitions. Combined with NOAD EQM4 Change Manager, you get additional, powerful deployment
package management capabilities, making application re-deployment easy and QlikView and SAP
BusinessObjects rollouts painless. For application rollouts or other updates across an enterprise, the
predefined deployment path allows you to simply select target end points and then point and click to
deliver. Supported by the enforced workflow, only authorized members of your team are allowed to
distribute applications, while NOAD EQM4 tracks the activities automatically.
Key features:
- Automated distribution eliminates errors inherent to manual, scripted process.
- One single repository to manage complex distributed environments globally with secure and
consistent distribution ensuring accuracy of each deployment.
- Painless re-deployment and application rollouts with our powerful integrated deployment
management capabilities with smart labeling.
- Restore applications back to any previously labeled state if the deployment outcome is not what
was expected.
- Setup workflows enforcing your IT policy; have members of your team sign-off to proceed to the
next step in a process/workflow.
- Automatic tracking of activities on all applications components for audit purposes.
How does the world’s leading music company control a successful global rollout of
SAP BusinessObjects while at the same time it had to cut IT spending?
Challenge
UMG faced the challenge to cut IT spending while implementing SAP BusinessObjects. Due to the success of
the initial rollout, requests came from the global organization to use BI as well. IT needed to be in control of
the application set-up, implementation, roll-out and usage; losing track would mean a loss in credibility
among the company leaders who needed information to keep up-to-date in the very competitive landscape
of the music industry. Additionally, IT needed improved controls on the development and distribution of BI
applications, have insight in application usage and maintenance status. This would allow UMG-IT to allocate
resources where it would add the most value.
Solution
Implementing NOAD EQM4 ensured procedures of developing, testing, and deployment were followed. The
ability to directly visualize BI application usage allowed planning of resources in the most economical way.
By visualizing end user behavior, report usage, and universe status, IT was able to accurately reallocate costs
to the departments and contribute in keeping the system lean and mean.
“In a short period of time NOAD EQM4 has
become the cornerstone of UMG´s BI
implementation. NOAD EQM4 made sure
the management worked with accurate
figures, enabled the IT department to roll
out quickly and according to plan, while
NOAD EQM4 automates and accelerates the workflow and change management process. You can create
workflows or custom escalation rules so you can deal with the most complex escalation and approval
business rules possible in any environment. Our workflow and change management solution automatically
authorizes, verifies, opens the editor with the correct component, archives versions, sets states and events
and stores versions so you don’t have to. This means that you can get updates at any time, giving you the
visibility, enforceability, and traceability necessary for internal and external compliance. So with the ability to
define, automate, and enforce rules and processes, you can easily meet business deliverables!
Use NOAD EQM4 Compliance Management to:
- Organize and maintain a central repository of all application components.
- Instantly view and access application components across projects and locations to get status information of any
application including relations between components in applications, any project, or any objects across the
repository, any time.
- Monitor SAP BusinessObjects’ Full Client end user population to have profound insights in the actual usage at
every possible level and analyze user behavior in real time. Developers’ activity is monitored for both supported
platforms, QlikView and SAP BusinessObjects.
- Enables managers to quickly and consistently respond to internal regulations and legislated standards in parallel
with the application development process by defining a process/workflow to ensure that components
automatically pass through the defined phases, and that company policies and government legislation are
enforced.
- NOAD EQM4 tracks all activities to create an online, real time audit trail of every application’s lifecycle. Team
members can see into the deployment process and easily review the details of a specific distribution to identify
failures that require further diagnosis or repair; review distribution history; analyze project productivity, failure
recovery and compliance with technology change regulations.
Technical Architecture overview
NIEUW HOOFDSTUK: NOAD EQM4 IMPLEMENTATION & EDUCATION
NOAD offers comprehensive implementation services for its solutions to ensure they are implemented
effectively and they meet your expectations. As part of the implementation process, NOAD will spend time
understanding your requirements and helping you to determine how Enterprise Change Management can be
implemented to improve control of your business intelligence deployment. With our SPECS© approach,
specifications, cost and timelines can be effectively managed and eliminates fragmented implementations.
A key benefit of working with NOAD’s implementation team is the proven project management process that
is used along with a staff of skilled consultants to reduce risk and manage projects to on-time delivery within
budget. On average, NOAD EQM4 is implemented in 3 to 5 days and training is included.
NOAD Education offers a range of courses on NOAD EQM4 to suit your need, role, timeline and preferred
learning format. Offered through public or onsite classroom training, NOAD Education’s standard and
customized training programs are designed to match your unique requirements.
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