IBM SG24-7645-00 manual Solution Architect, Maximo Developer, Testers, Database Administrators

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￿Domain Knowledge.

￿Functional knowledge of Maximo.

￿Working knowledge of UML.

￿Knowledge of industry best practices to suggest to client.

Solution Architect

The solution architect is the person who designs the complete solution. This includes the integration with various third party systems. The various attributes and tasks this role undertakes are:

￿Strong technical skills on Maximo

￿The ability to map business processes to technology

￿Understand functional integration points

￿Understand technical integration points

￿Build the overall solution design

￿Walk the team on how the various aspects of implementation will be achieved

￿Resolve technical issues

Maximo Developer

This group of people will actually install and configure the software to work in accordance with the customer’s needs. The major tasks to be performed by the developers are:

￿Maximo installation

￿Configuration of screens, information flow

￿Work on integration

￿Develop custom classes, if required

￿System optimization

Testers

Critical to every project is testing - System Integration, Functional and Performance. Depending on the complexity of the project this role can be played by the developer or there can be a specialized group for this. The major tasks include:

￿Functional Testing: Testing the flows, communication templates, data flow between screens and functions for accuracy.

￿System Integration: Testing the integrations to ensure the data between systems is flowing accurately.

￿Performance Testing: This test ensures response times are accurate and the system is responding in the most optimum way.

Database Administrators

Like any enterprise system, Maximo’s database will be accessed by multiple people and multiple times. The uptime of the database is very critical and the

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