Using Oracle Guided Learning Paths

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Using Oracle Guided Learning Paths

• Oracle Security and GRC Professional Development
  Program

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Presenters Bio

• Roger Drolet CPA, MBA, CISA, CITP is the Founder
  and President of Oracle Independent Consultants
  (OIC) LLC. Roger has more than 35 years of
  business experience. This includes experience
  working as an external auditor for a national CPA
  firm, and serving in positions as Controller and
  Director of Accounting. During the last 16 years
  Roger has been implementing and upgrading Oracle
  Financials, Security and GRC applications.
• To send Roger a message, please click the link
  below.
• roger.drolet_at_theoicllc.com

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Road Map

• Lesson Objectives
• Storyboard
• Introduction to Oracle Guided Learning Paths
• GLP Levels
• Areas of Specialization (Roles)
• OPN Champion Accreditation
• Benefits realized as an Certified OPN Champion
• Types of people who can benefit using GLPs and
  earning OPN Champion Certification
• Contact Us to help you design your own Oracle
  Professional Development Program
• Become an OIC Contractor access to Oracle Demo
  Vision Instances for R11.5.10.2 and R12.1.1

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Lesson Objectives

• After completing this lesson, you should be able
  to
• Describe Oracle Guided Learning Paths (GLPs) and
  their levels of Awareness, Proficiency and
  Advanced.
• Identity the six areas of specialization (roles)
  Sales Consultant, Presales Consultant,
  Implementation Consultant, Integration
  Consultant, Support Consultant and Developer.
• Understand and describe the OPN Champion
  Accreditation Program and the requirements for
  Certification as an OPN Champion.
• Understand and describe the benefits that you can
  realize as an OPN Champion.
• Identify the types of people who can benefit from
  the OPM Champion Accreditation
• Access Oracle Guided Learning Paths and use them
  to design an Oracle Security and GRC Professional
  Development Program to help you achieve your
  goals.
• Save your GLP as a Project

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Storyboard

• Introduction
• We would like to introduce to you Roger. He is a
  Senior Oracle Financials and GRC functional
  consultant with a strong background in auditing,
  accounting and finance. Roger also has a strong
  background in IT Security and Auditing. He has a
  BS in Accounting, a MBA and he has earned
  professional credentials including CPA, CISA and
  CITP.
• Roger wants to leverage his business and Oracle
  experience and education to become a Certified
  Oracle Identity Management Pre-Sales Champion.
  This will enable him to work with Oracle
  Consulting and Oracle Partners and participate in
  Oracle IdM pre-sales activities.
• Roger will leverage OIC OPN resources and Oracle
  Guided Learning Paths (GLPs) and Oracle by
  Example (OBE) to achieve his Oracle Professional
  Development goals.

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What are Guided Learning Paths?

• Oracle PartnerNetwork Guided Learning Paths
• The Oracle PartnerNetwork has created a number of
  guided learning paths to assist in learning
  Oracle products, services, and skills. The
  learning paths contain a list of recommended and
  required training courses for each partner role,
  either online through Oracle University Online or
  in-class training by attending Oracle University
  Instructor-Led classes. Each GLP also includes
  an assessment exam and a certificate.
• A guided learning path may contain up to three
  levels Awareness, Proficiency and Advanced.
• Awareness level The awareness courses are
  intended to provide partner a high level
  understanding of Oracle products.
• Proficiency level The proficiency level courses
  are intended to provide you with the knowledge
  you need to be successful as an Oracle
  Champion.Upon completion there is a self-paced
  assessment, to ensure that you, the participant,
  have attained core competency. The goal of all of
  this is to enable you in the field with the
  knowledge required to compete and excel in your
  jobs.
• Advanced level Other additional resources that
  help partner to be more informed on Oracle
  products.

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Areas of Specialization (Roles)

• The Oracle PartnerNetwork features six areas of
  specialization (roles) for Partners working with
  Oracle products, policies, practices, and
  procedures
• Sales Consultant Designed for sales
  representatives and consulting practice leaders
  who are selling and positioning Oracle products
  to their customers.
• Presales Consultant Ideal for sales engineers
  and presales consultants who need more in-depth
  information about Oracle products as they support
  the sales process through demonstrations and
  prototypes.
• Implementation Consultant Perfect for
  implementation consultants who need more in-depth
  information as they work with customers to
  implement solutions based on Oracle products.
• Integration Consultant Designed for developers
  who are building custom applications or are
  integrating third party applications with the
  Oracle's Applications.
• Support Consultant Ideal for specialists who
  need a robust knowledge base for full technology
  support focus on process best practices and
  advanced support technology to proactively
  prevent problems and to accelerate problems
  resolution.
• Developer Designed for developers working with
  Independent Software Vendors or System
  Integrators, who build custom applications,
  integrate applications or manage data warehouses,
  and need to design and deploy these applications
  or data warehouses. Many tracks focus on
  technology and development methods and
  languages.

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OPN Champion Accreditation

• Select a guided learning path based on your
  product and role.
• Register for and attend the in Class courses or
  access the free online courses listed within the
  required guided learning path.
• Complete and pass the required online assessment
  test provided at the end of each path.
• Get your certificate. The certificate is proof of
  partner accreditation as an Oracle Champion,
  specializing in the ORACLE product. In order to
  access this certificate the partner must have a
  score of 80 or greater on the assessment.

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Knowledge Leads to Benefits

• The Oracle PartnerNetwork supports knowledgeable
  Oracle product users through an increased level
  of support and access to valuable tools. You add
  value for your company and you gain valuable new
  skills for your career
• Better compensation and job security.
• Gain cutting-edge knowledge in order to leverage
  the latest Oracle products and technologies.
• Gain recognition by successfully completing
  validation tests that help you meet Oracle
  PartnerNetwork program requirements.

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Types of People Who Can Benefit from GLPs

• Many types of people can benefit from Oracle
  Education
• Managers who wish to build competency within
  their sales, presales, implementation, and
  development teams
• Sales teams requiring training on Oracle products
  and services
• Presales teams charged with selling and
  demonstrating Oracle products
• Implementation teams who need hands-on training
  with Oracle products
• Development teams who need to understand how to
  use and integrate Oracle products Tailored to
  Partners

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Design Your Professional Development Program

1. Log into OIC OPN Account and navigate to Guided
   Learning Paths.

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Design Your Professional Development Program

1. Select a Role
2. Choose a Product
3. Choose a GLP

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Design Your Professional Development Program

• Save your GLP as a Project

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Next Step

• If you are already an Oracle Partner or have
  access to the OPN Portal you can simply log into
  the OPN and begin developing our own Oracle
  Professional Development Program.
• If you are not an Oracle Partner, you do can
  purchase an annual OPN membership for 2,000.
• You will also need access to the Oracle Vision
  Demo Instance for R11.5.10.2 and/or R12 to
  complete the lab exercises, practice and gain
  hands on experience. You can purchase access
  to an Oracle Vision Demo Instance for
  approximately 300 per month, which comes to
  3,600 per year for each instance.
• You can become an OIC Contractor and gain access
  to our OPN Account, My Oracle Support, and our
  dedicated Vision Demo Instances for R11.5.10.2
  and R12.1.1.
• If you are invited to become a member of our TOP
  Team, the OIC will also aggressively market and
  sell your services to Oracle Consulting, Oracle
  Partners and Oracle Customers who lack these
  resources.

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Lesson Summary

• In this lesson, you should have learned how to
• Describe Oracle Guided Learning Paths (GLPs) and
  their levels of Awareness, Proficiency and
  Advanced.
• Identity the six areas of specialization (roles)
  Sales Consultant, Presales Consultant,
  Implementation Consultant, Integration
  Consultant, Support Consultant and Developer.
• Understand and describe the OPN Champion
  Accreditation Program and the requirements for
  Certification as an OPN Champion.
• Understand and describe the benefits that you can
  realize as an OPN Champion.
• Identify the types of people who can benefit from
  the OPM Champion Accreditation
• Access Oracle Guided Learning Paths and use them
  to design an Oracle Security and GRC Professional
  Development Program to help you achieve your
  goals.
• Save your GLP as a Project

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Learn More

• Contact Us and request a free assessment of your
  Oracle skills and training objectives and let us
  develop an Oracle Professional Development
  Program designed to help you achieve those
  objectives.

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