Competency Name:

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)

Broad Definition:
This competency refers to the ability of the individual to define, develop, design and deploy OBIEE projects.
Criteria
E0
E1
E2
E3
I Criteria for defining
proficiency vis--vis knowledge
& skills
1.Precondition
[ Expressed as a prerequisite - in
terms of academic qualification
AND / OR industry experience
(whichever is applicable) AND /
OR relevant knowledge in any
other competency

Should have knowledge

of basic Database
concepts and basic
PL/SQL

2. Knowledge
[Expressed as Area of knowledge
and not skill, includes knowledge
of process, methodologies,
concepts and tools.]

Should have knowledge

of the following
RDBMS concepts
BI/DW concepts
Reports and
Dashboards concepts

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E4

Should satisfy all

Should satisfy all
Should satisfy all
Should satisfy all
conditions of the previous conditions of the previous conditions of the previous conditions of the previous
levels.
levels.
levels.
levels.
Should have knowledge
of BI/DW concepts and
basic understanding of
OLAP concepts
Should have knowledge
of the following
All OBIEE Layers Physical, BMM &
Presentation
OBIEE Repository
OBIEE Answers
OBIEE Dashboards
Ability of design and
develop a simple
repository from a single
data source
Ability of design and
develop simple reports
and dashboards

Should have knowledge

of the following
Advanced Query
building
Complex Dashboard
building
Build BI Publisher
reports

Should have knowledge

of the following
Installation and
Configuration
Upgradation and
Migration
Multi User Development
Clustering and Load
Balancing
Should know how to
Defining Security
design and develop a
Scheme for
complex repository from Authentication and
federated data sources
Authorization
Third Party Integration
Should know how to
Delivers setup and
design and develop
configuration
complex reports and
Design Architecture
dashboards with multiple Sizing
drill down and drill across Usage Tracking
capabilities
Multi-Lingual Conversion
Performance Tuning
Should have Domain
awareness

Should have knowledge

of the following
Enterprise OLAP
Architecture
Best Practices
Comparison with other
OLAP Tools
Offerings and pre-built
solutions

3. Experience
[Expressed as duration in months
/ years wrt exposure, including
breadth & the depth of
assignments; also beyond project
experience]
3.1 Type of project experience
[Includes 'type' in the form of
implementation, end-to-end
project, support, roll outs,
upgrades, professional services,
consulting engagements AND /
OR the Number of projects AND /
OR Time spent on the project ( for
eg., 3 consulting projects of
minimum 6 months duration ; 1
roll out project of at least 18
months]

Should have a minimum

of 3 months of
Development / Support
project experience.

Should have a minimum

of 6-12 months of
Development / Support
project experience.

Should have a minimum

of 1-2 years of
Development / Support
project experience and of
this, a minimum of 6
months should be spend
on application building /
enhancement.
Should have experience
as a Product Architect
and have worked at a
BI/DW project or any
other OLAP tool.

Should have a minimum

of 2-4 years of
Development / Support
project experience in
multiple projects including
a minimum of 1-2 years in
coding, application
building / enhancement,
working with customers
independently.
Should have technically
led a project team of 1020 associates.
Should have experience
as a Solution Architect
and have BI/DW project
experience.

Should have a minimum

of 5-6 years of
Development / Support
project experience in
multiple projects and
customers and of this, a
minimum of 3-4 years
should be spend on
coding, application
building / enhancement,
working with customers
independently and
technically leading and
managing a project size
of 20-50 associates.
Should have experience
as an Enterprise Architect
and have multiple BI/DW
project experience.

Should have in-depth

experience in any other
OLAP tool.

3.2 Beyond project

development experience
[Includes
[1) Solutioning of proposals
2) Reviews done
3) No. of contributions made to
trainings/training material]

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Should make minimum 1

significant contribution per
quarter in terms of
- Taking technical
interviews
- Conducting training as
faculty
- Reviewing development
artifacts of other projects
like design, code, test
plan etc.

Should make minimum 1

significant contribution per
quarter in terms of
- Project Reviews
- Critical Issue resolution
of other projects
- Proposals
- Customer Presentations
- Build Training Materials

Should make minimum 1

significant contribution per
year in terms of
- Build Solutions Offerings
- Identify Trends
- Build Plan for
Organization Capability
Growth

4. Asset Creation
[Expressed as any reusable and
deployable assets created in the
knowledge management system
of the organization]
N/A
4.1 Process frameworks
defined
[Articulated as the process
improvement designed OR a new
process framework designed]

N/A

N/A

Should contribute 1 asset

/ year in the area of
process improvement or a
new process framework
designed.

Should have designed a

new process
improvement or a process
framework, along with the
scope of deploying the
same in the organisation.

N/A
4.2 Tool creation
[Expressed as a system or
function tool designed OR created
towards improving business
delivery / learning]

N/A

N/A

Should contribute 1 asset

/ year towards improving
business delivery /
learning.

Should have identified

new assets to be updated
towards improving
business delivery /
learning along the scope
of deploying the same in
the organisation.

N/A

N/A

Should contribute 1 asset

/ year in the area of presales or delivery
assurance or consulting,
of the following type Standards
Checklists
Questionnaires
Guidelines
Case studies

Should contribute 1 asset

/ year in the area of presales or delivery
assurance or consulting,
of the following type Best practices
Lessons learnt
Templates
Accelerators

Should have identified

assets to be updated,
along with purpose and
benefits, and the scope of
deploying the same

N/A

Should have created or

revised 1 E0 or E1
material / year.

Should have created or

revised 1 E1 or E2
material / year.

Should have created or

revised 1 E2 or E3
material / year.

4.3 Reusable & deployable

assets created
[Expressed as reusable and
deployable assets created (like
those in Mighty & Knowmax]

OR
No. of training material created N/A
[Expressed as the number of
relevant training material created
towards development of a
particular body of knowledge or
skill]

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5. Industry contribution
[Expressed as the contributions
made to the industry.This criteria
should be measured by
mechanisms for eg: TCS GEMS]
N/A
5.1 Recognized by Peers
[Expressed as the recognition
given by the peer community and
should be measured by
appropriate mechanism such as
TCS GEMS]

AND/OR
Recognized by a Parent Body
[Expressed as the contribution
recognized by a renowned and
recognized parent body]

AND/OR

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N/A

Should be recognized by
technical committee,
formed by Enterprise
Solutions Oracle CoE, for
any of the following
contributions
* Asset creation
* Presales activities
* Delivery success
* Consulting activities
* Design solutions
* Architecture solutions
* Review activities
* Competency building

Should be recognised as
an expert by virtue of the
following: - should lead technical
committees, formed by
Enterprise Solutions
Oracle CoE, for any of the
following contributions
* Asset creation
* Presales activities
* Delivery success
* Consulting activities
* Design solutions
* Architecture solutions
* Review activities
* Competency building

Should be recognised as
an expert by virtue of the
following: - Should have lead the
Enterprise Solutions
Oracle CoE in the
technology area either at
Geography or ISU Level
or Organization Level.
- Should be contributors/
reviewers to Large Deals
and Deliveries.

N/A

N/A

Should write or support 1

white paper or technical
article per year for a
renowned and recognized
parent body.

Should write at least 3

white papers or technical
articles per year for a
renowned and recognized
parent body.

N/A
Invited as Speakers
[Expressed as recognition from an
external body when it extends an
invitation to the speaker to
address a recognized forum]

N/A

N/A

Should have been invited

as an expert speaker in
TCS in multiple forums
addressing TCS
associates and/or
customers.

Should have been invited

as a speaker or led the
team of speakers to
address a recognized
forum on a regular basis
like to the Annual Oracle
Open World.

Or
Should have been part of
the team of Speakers
who has been invited to
address a recognized
forum like to the Annual
Oracle Open World.
II Assessment / Evaluation
Methodology vis--vis
Proficiency Level
Should complete the
1. Certification
following Learning Object
[Expressed as achievement of
in iCALMS:
external programs - certifying a
Path 1 - Oracle Business
part of the proficiency level,
Achievement of internal programs - Intelligence (OBIEE) Technology OBIEE
internal trainings attended
Workshop -E0

Should complete the

following Learning Object
in iCALMS:
Path 1 - Oracle Business
Intelligence (OBIEE) Technology OBIEE
Workshop -E1(ver
10.1.3.4)

Should complete the

following Learning Object
in iCALMS:
Path 1 - Oracle Business
Intelligence (OBIEE) Technology OBIEE
Workshop -E2(ver
10.1.3.4)

Should have done a self

assessment, followed by
a learning object in
iCALMS.

Should have done a self

assessment, followed by
a learning object in
iCALMS.

Should have done a self

assessment, followed by
a learning object, followed
by a supervisor
assessment in iCALMS.

2. Evaluation Test
[Expressed as a certification the
individual has to achieve towards
the said proficiency level. (for
eg.,Type of tests for each
proficiency should be defined-like
for E0 level it will be only self
assessment, for E1 it should be
panel review etc)]

Version History
Project Details: Enterprise Solutions Oracle CoE
Unit: TEG
Parent Project:: Enterprise Solutions Oracle CoE (1008976)
Project Owner/GL: Sridhar Bakshi (39039)
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Should have done a self

assessment, followed by
a learning object, followed
by a supervisor
assessment, followed by
an SME assessment in
iCALMS.

Should have done a self

assessment, followed by
a learning object, followed
by a supervisor
assessment, followed by
an SME assessment in
iCALMS.

Amendment History:
Version

Defined By - Role & Group

1.0

Riju Saha
(#111091), BI
Lead, ES Oracle
CoE

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ES Oracle CoE

Approved By - Role &

Group
Sameer Mithani
(#171434)
CoE Lead
Enterprise Solutions Oracle CoE

Faqcilitated by

Date

Gail C (187629)
Executive RCM

12-Jan-10

Remarks