CHAPTER 1
Designing Your Oracle HFM Application

After hours of sales demonstrations and information about the products, you are ready to start implementing Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM). The work may seem a bit overwhelming at first, but this chapter will help. In this chapter, we will cover the basics of the full suite of products, implementation strategy, identifying your internal team and consultation partner, what a good timeline would look like, and—most critical—designing the HFM application. A good foundation built during the design ensures success. With these tools you should be ready to take on implementing HFM.