Willis Towers Watson reduces conversiontime from over a year to under 5 months with Jade Global’s InfatoODI migration tool

Case Study

Jade Global deployed its patent pending InfatoODI automatedconversion tool to migrate and upgrade Willis Towers Watson'sexisting environment, and improve the process quality by 90%

Essential to the success of the project has been the speed and

quality of the ETL conversion work, and Jade Global rapidly put

governance processes in place to provide us with the visibility

and confidence as the project progressed. Where we have hit

inevitable issues, Jade Global have quickly applied additional

resources to ensure we stick to schedule.

We look forward to working with the Jade Global team on other

initiatives as this initial engagement has demonstrated their

ability to deliver to schedule, budget and quality.

Tony WaltersDirector, Enterprise ReportingWillis Towers Watson

Client

Willis Tower Watson

Industry

Financial Service

Engagement Scope

Upgrade OBI Applications from

OBIA 7.9.6.4 to OBI Applications

11.1.1.9.2

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Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) is a leading global multinational risk management, insurance

brokerage and advisory company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.

With presence in more than 120 countries, Willis Towers Watson has 39,000 employees globally and is

a member of the Hedge Fund Standards Board.

About Willis Towers Watson

In early 2016, London based Willis Group Holdings PLC and Arlington based Towers Watson merged as

equals to form Willis Towers Watson. As a part of the 3-year merger roadmap, it was decided to move the

merged company onto the existing Towers Watson’s Oracle EBS system and utilize the OBIEE reporting

platform. This platform formed the technical base for future initiatives for business enablement and merger

strategy. To be a part of the current OBIA platform and to utilize the latest technology stack, Willis Towers

Watson wanted to upgrade their OBI Applications from 7.9.6.4 to 11.1.1.9.2.

Business Requirement

The 3-year roadmap included a technical OBIA platform upgrade. This upgrade entailed conversion of 650

Informatica mappings into the latest technical stack which involved ODI. Post assessment by in-house team

and external vendors, the upgrade was estimated to take a minimum of 12 to 13 months derailing the

scheduled merger.

Business Challenge

Willis Towers Watson approached Jade Global to help them resolve their predicament and migrate to OBIA with

ODI 11g using Jade Global’s First and Only Patent Pending Informatica to Oracle Data Integrator conversion tool.

The Jade Global Approach

The InfatoODI tool and processes enabled up to 80% automatic conversion of the existing customized mappings.

This significantly reduced the duration of the conversion from the estimated 12-13 months to 4.5 months, thereby

mitigating risk of disruption for Willis Towers Watson's merger plans.

InfatoODI Automated Conversion

Jade Global Phased & Iterative Conversion Methodology

Phase-1(Assessment, Planning

& Installation)

Phase-2(Mapping Conversion)

Phase-3(Testing)

Phase-4(Migration & Go-Live)

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Track-3

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Track-2

Track-1

Assessment Installation ProdMigration

UAT &Sign-Off

IntegrationTesting

Load Plan &Data Load.....

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IT Team enablement on ODI

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MediumConversion

Unit-Test &Data-Load

SimpleConversion

PostConversion

Bug Fixes

ComplexConversion

Pre-Conversion

Demo on ODI

Sessionon ODI forStarters

KT onMigration

Demo onConversion

Process

KT onLoad Plan

PostConversion

Training

Conversion(Infa 2 ODI Tool)

MediumConversion

Unit-Test &Data-Load

SimpleConversion

PostConversion

Bug Fixes

ComplexConversion

Pre-Conversion

InfatoODI accelerated the migration process, reduced the implementation time and increased the speed of

project execution by 63%. Jade’s Global Delivery Model (GDM) ensured on-time project delivery as part of a

Fixed Price engagement. The automated conversion helped reduce manual interventions leading to substantial

saving in testing efforts. With Jade Global’s InfatoODI tool, Willis Towers Watson’s strategic 3-year merger plan

was back on-track and within budget. The new technical stack enhanced the OBIA functionality with newer

modules and ODI investment as E-LT of choice for future integrations with third party systems and Big Data.

After the success of this project, Jade Global became Willis Towers Watson’s preferred partner to help achieve

their long term BI strategic initiatives.

Business Value Delivered

As part of Jade Global’s engagement, Willis Towers Watson’s technical team was cross-trained on ODI. The

primary training program included demos on ODI and conversion process, sessions on ODI, and knowledge

transfer on migration. Jade Global’s experts also supported the technical team post deployment until the

in-house technical team was comfortable with the newly adopted IT environment.

IT Team Enablement on ODI

Jade Global is a premier Advisory, Integration, Testing, Cloud & Consulting Services, Business Solutions and IT

outsourcing company headquartered in San Jose, California with offices in San Diego, Atlanta, Reading, Pune, Noida

and Hyderabad. With more than 600 employees worldwide, Jade Global is a trusted partner of choice to its clients.

Jade’s global team of experts successfully deliver business and technology solutions across diverse industries to

drive its customers' long term growth and success. know more at www.jadeglobal.com.

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