BUG FIXES IN ONE PATCH UNIT TEST NEEDED 1 62 UNIT TESTS NEEDED BUG FIXES IN ONE PATCH SCOPE OF PATCH SAYS NOTHING ABOUT ITS IMPACT OF TEST CASES ARE NOT IMPACTED AND NEEDLESSLY TESTED 36% ARE YOU TESTING THE RIGHT THINGS? OF PATCH FILES INCLUDED ARE ACTUALLY DEPLOYED ONLY 9% FILES DEPLOYED 9 % OF EBS PATCHES AFFECT 4 MAIN MODULES 47% IMPACTED MODULES 53% OF PATCH UPDATES ARE SPREAD ACROSS 13 ADDITIONAL MODULES AP PAYABLES INV INVENTORY AR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE PO PURCHASING 20% 9% 9% 9% Five Things You Didn't Know About Oracle EBS Patches THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PATCHES A COMPANY DEPLOYS ANNUALLY DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF ITS EBS CUSTOMIZATIONS HOW OFTEN DO COMPANIES PATCH? HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED MANY CUSTOMIZATIONS MODERATE CUSTOMIZATIONS SOME CUSTOMIZATIONS MINIMAL TO NO CUSTOMIZATIONS AVG. # OF PATCHES DEPLOYED ANNUALLY 7.8 6.2 6.1 4.5 3 248 3 PATCH #13034718 PATCH #14020534