Key Differences Between AIM and OUM

If you already used AIM's methodology in your projects you will not find a very big difference, majority of task and deliverable remain same, but they reclassified under different Process. Lets take a quick look, if you take first on Phases then AIM was based out of 6 phases where as OUM only 5.

When you compare the process ,12 Processes was mentioned in AIM , where as 14 process is documented in OUM (Implement Focus) as per list and figure below. 

OUM is prepared in such a way to speak universal language in all their approach towards  Phases, Process and Templates. Now you can have one methodology to implement any kind of software product, those can be within the umbrella of oracle or even out of that. Following OUM will be more than sufficient to plan and process with a project. 

Phase Difference: 

AIM & OUM Phases:

AIM Process:

1.     Project Management

2.     Business Process architecture

3.     Business Requirement Definition

4.     Business Requirement Mapping

5.     Application & Technical architecture

6.     Module Design & Build

7.     Data Conversion

8.     Documentation

9.     Business System Testing

10.   Performance Testing

11.   Adoption & Learning

     12.   Production migration. 

OUM Process:

1.             Business Requirements

2.     Requirements Analysis

3.     Analysis

4.     Design

5.     Implementation

6.     Testing

7.     Performance Management

8.     Technical Architecture

9.     Data Acquisition and Conversion

10.   Documentation

11.   Organizational Change Management

12.   Training

13.   Transition

     14.   Operations and Support


Even though there are more than 200 deliverable available with OUM,  there are certain deliverable that are most required to progress through the project, some of them are :