Oracle 11i E-Business Suite Essentials

I've recently written a couple of posts on the new certification track for Oracle Applications that has just been released. I've ordered the Oracle 11i e-Business Suite Essentials for Implementers Self-Study CD Course which is designed for the first exam (Exam #1Z0-200) in the Financials certification track. The course consists of two CD-ROM's produced by Thomson Netg and wanted to let you know my first impressions of the course material. I have to say that I'm quite impressed with the training material. Unfortunately, I don't have any other material of a similar nature (from an Oracle perspective) to compare it with. However, I've found it to be a very good introduction to the high level concepts relating to implementation. In particular, although I've been implementing Oracle E-Business Suite for about 5 years now I've pretty much stuck to the functional side of things and I found that this provides you with a good understanding of the technical architecture and concepts. Course Topics are as follows: Oracle 11i e-Business Suite Essentials for Implementers Part 1 Oracle 11i Architecture

Business and Technical Architecture

Shared Entities and Integration Points

Shared Entities and Suite Products

Multi-Org Fundamentals

Multi-Org: Introduction

Multi-Org: Application

Oracle 11i System Administration

Application Security Overview

Defining Users

Creating Responsibilities

Menus and Forms

Oracle 11i e-Business Suite Essentials for Implementers Part 2 Flexfields Fundamentals

Flexfields: Concepts

Value Sets

Key Flexfields

Descriptive Flexfields

Workflow Fundamentals

Workflow: Introduction

Workflow: Components

Workflow: Business Event System

Alerts Fundamentals

Alerts: Introduction

At the end of each course topic there are self assessment questions which are helpful in determining whether you've learnt enough to be ready for the exam. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending this CD based learning to anyone who wants to learn more about Oracle Financials. If you would like to ask me any further questions about the content please add your comments. BTW, I'm not prepared to burn copies of the CD for anyone so please don't ask!! DiggThis | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Richard Byrom is the founder and author of OracleAppsBlog, which documents the daily experiences and learnings of Oracle Applications Consultants and Implementors. He is also an Oracle Applications Consultant, Speaker and Author.