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Domain Knowledge.
Functional knowledge of Maximo.
Working knowledge of UML.
Knowledge of industry best practices to suggest to client.
Solution Architect
The solution architect is the person who designs the complete solution. This
includes the integration with various third party systems. The various attributes
and tasks this role undertakes are:
Strong technical skills on Maximo
The ability to map business processes to technology
Understand functional integration points
Understand technical integration points
Build the overall solution design
Walk the team on how the various aspects of implementation will be achieved
Resolve technical issues
Maximo Developer
This group of people will actually install and configure the software to work in
accordance with the customer’s needs. The major tasks to be performed by the
developers are:
Maximo installation
Configuration of screens, information flow
Work on integration
Develop custom classes, if required
System optimization
Testers
Critical to every project is testing - System Integration, Functional and
Performance. Depending on the complexity of the project this role can be played
by the developer or there can be a specialized group for this. The major tasks
include:
Functional Testing: Testing the flows, communication templates, data flow
between screens and functions for accuracy.
System Integration: Testing the integrations to ensure the data between
systems is flowing accurately.
Performance Testing: This test ensures response times are accurate and the
system is responding in the most optimum way.
Database Administrators
Like any enterprise system, Maximo’s database will be accessed by multiple
people and multiple times. The uptime of the database is very critical and the