Oracle Cloud Success Navigator (OCSN) Partner Labs 

It was great to see Ingmar Hermans representing Walpole Partnership at the Success Navigator Partner Labs in Vilvoorde (Belgium) earlier this week hosted by the honourable, omni-present Joep van Schaik.

The sessions, led by Johnny Needham and Christina Dowling, provided highly practical insight into how Success Navigator helps partners and customers accelerate and govern their Oracle Cloud journeys.

Key takeaways included:
• Working on our own dedicated Walpole instance and understanding how customers operate Success Navigator with access for their partners.
• Hands-on exploration of how Success Navigator supports implementation workflows across CPQ, Fusion, EPM and cross-platform contexts, including guided value discovery, governance, and release-readiness.
• Confirmation that, while not a methodology, Success Navigator offers a strong governance framework when multiple System Integrators collaborate on a single programme or project.
• Deep alignment with Cloud Customer Connect, learning materials, training plans, and roadmap assets that support customer change, release preparation, testing, and long-term adoption.

Key aspects of Success Navigator:
• Guidance: Best practices for AI, databases and multi-cloud deployments.
• Resources: Starter Configurations, implementation guides and rich learning content.
• Milestone Tracking: Clear visibility into progress across the cloud adoption lifecycle.
• Innovation: Support for adopting new Oracle release features and updates.
• AI Integration: AI Assist to accelerate discovery, implementation and adoption.
In essence, Success Navigator is a comprehensive platform that makes Oracle Cloud adoption smoother, smarter and more successful for customers, and an invaluable tool for boutique expert partners like us.

Thank you to the Oracle team for the collaboration and forward-looking dialogue. We are confident that applying these insights will better support our customers’ transformation journeys.