14030 PeopleSoft Success – One Strategy For
Staying Current and On Track For The Future
Scott Schafer – Oracle
Senior Product Manager
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Aaron De Los Reyes – Cognizant Ashish Jaikaria – Cognizant
IT Director
Senior Manager
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Program Agenda
• Value Of Staying Current
• PeopleTools – More Than You Think
• Cognizant’s Background & Strategy
• Staying Current Cognizant’s way
• Questions & Answers
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Value Of Staying Current
• What are we hearing?
– Business is asking for new capabilities
– Business is not familiar with PeopleTools
• Many only understand application upgrade
– Business is talking with new application vendors
• Not all topics are being discussed
– Security
– Reporting
– Integration
• Staying current = ‘best practice’
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Value Of Staying Current
PeopleSoft Investment Strategy
OBJECTIVES
STRATEGY
• Enhance User Experience
• Simple
• Productive
• Intuitive
• Deliver Value to Customers
• TCO
• Business-led Upgrades
• Evolve PeopleSoft User Experience
toward Next Generation
• Incorporate Capabilities as Optional in
an Upgrade
• Align Investments with our Customers’
Direction and Timing
PeopleTools
Applications
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8.50
8.51
8.52
8.53
8.54
8.55
8.56
9.1
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
9.2
Feature Pack
Feature Pack
9.3
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Program Agenda
• Value Of Staying Current
• PeopleTools – More Than You Think
• Cognizant’s Background & Strategy
• Staying Current Cognizant’s way
• Questions
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Investment Themes Before
• PeopleTools is more than just a technology layer
– Better understand change – impact analysis
• Change Impact Analyzer
– Data management
• Data archive manager
– Reduce system downtime
• Pre-load cache
• Parallel boot
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Investment Themes Today
• PeopleTools is more than just a technology layer
– Improve user productivity
– Reduce cost of ownership
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Improve User Productivity
– Model secondary pages
• Contextual data
• Actionable data
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Improve User Productivity
– Model secondary
pages
– Related content
• In context of
transactions
• Easy to deploy
• Open and flexible
• Being delivered by PS
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Improve User Productivity
– Model secondary pages
– Related content
– Workcenters &
Dashboards
• Everyday activities and
tasks
• Navigation and search
easier and quicker
• Reports and data needed
for day-to-day work
• Role-based
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Improve User Productivity
– Model secondary
pages
– Related content
– PeopleTools charting
• Improved analytics
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Improve User Productivity
– Model secondary pages
– Related content
– PeopleTools charting
• Improved analytics
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Improve User Productivity
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Model secondary pages
Related content
PeopleTools charting
Feeds
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content of
interest…
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Reduce Cost Of Ownership
• PeopleSoft Test Framework – PTF
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Introduced in PeopleTools 8.51
More than just a “Record and Playback” tool
Integrated with lifecycle management
Integrated with PeopleTools
Tests and test cases are PeopleTools managed objects
• Comparable
• Copyable
– Enhances data from Usage Monitor and Compare Report
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
Reduce Cost Of Ownership
• Usage Monitor – new in 8.51
– Critical to impact analysis
• Understand what objects are used in your application
• Extends PTF and Compare Report data
• Compare Reports To Tables – new in 8.51
– Stores compare data is application tables
– Critical to impact analysis
• Understand what objects are being changed
• Extends Usage Monitor and PTF data
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PeopleTools – More Than You Think
PeopleSoft Test Framework
PSFT Application
• Why Invest in PTF ?
– Application system testing
• Automated testing
Usage
– Impact Analysis
Change
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Test Cases
PeopleTools – More Than You Think
PeopleSoft Test Framework
• Value of meta data
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Impacted Test
Cases
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Non-Impacted
Testa Cases
PeopleTools - More Than You Think
System Management
• Enterprise Manager - centralize and simplify
• Proactive system monitor
and management
• Leverage best of breed
Oracle management
technology
• Lower your total cost of
ownership (TCO)
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Program Agenda
• Value Of Staying Current
• How PeopleTools Is Helping
• Cognizant’s Background & Strategy
• Staying current Cognizant’s Way
• Questions
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Cognizant Corporate Overview
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Tier 1 IT and BPO services provider
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Very strong financial base with sequential growth since listing in
June 1998
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$4.59 Billion in revenues in 2010, up over 40.1% year-over-year
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Employees: 111,000+ *
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714 active clients, 46 of Fortune 100
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Universally recognized as Tier One provider
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Fastest growing firm in the industry
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Born Global – US based with proven global delivery model
Named Best IR company in computer
services & IT consulting
category by Institutional Investor Feb 2010
2010
Named to Business Week 50 Top
Performing U.S. Companies -April
2009
2009
2008
Entered the Fortune 1000 list
Ranked 12th in Business Week 50 of “Best in
2007
Added to S&P 500 Index
2006
2005
Class”
Fastest IT services company to reach $1 billion annualized
run rate
Identified as a Tier 1 IT Services Company
2004
by Gartner, Forrester and other leading industry research bodies
Added to the NASDAQ 100 Index
Assessed at SEI-CMMi level 5 and P-CMM Level 5
2002
Expanding global delivery capabilities
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Operating more than 52 facilities around the world
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Projects spread over US, Europe and APAC
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Global delivery center established in Manila, Philippines
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Expanded Buenos Aires, Argentina and Shanghai, China
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1998
1996
1994
IMS Health divests its stake and Cognizant becomes widely held
Listed on NASDAQ
Became the first IT company leveraging India to get listed on the NASDAQ
Servicing other clients
focusing on an onsite-offshore model of execution
Captive technology arm for The D&B Corp. and group
companies
PeopleSoft Footprint in Cognizant
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Related Content Functionality – Background / Business Need
• PeopleSoft Absence Management is being deployed globally & needs to feed data
into our time-sheet system
• PeopleSoft time & expense module is used to capture time-sheet
• Time-sheet is filled by 120,000+ users bi-weekly, with 90+ % compliance rate
• Time-sheet data is a input to our billing system & hence is a critical activity
• The requirement came from our CFO & thereby had the visibility at the highest level
• Requirement – To make the user experience between time-sheet and absence management system as
seamless as possible with minimal change management.
– Provide the ability to do multiple tasks of entering time-sheet & absence from one place
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ESA Time-sheet – Related Content Functionality
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Timesheet and Absence in a single page
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Business Benefits
• Provided related information / processes in one place
• Seamless user experience
• Improved usability – Reduced no of clicks and made it a 1click
functionality
• Minimized change management for 120,000+ users
• Minimized multiple logins by leveraging PeopleSoft single-sign on
capability
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework – Background / Business Need
• PeopleSoft ELM 9.0 is a single global instance used by 120,000+ users
across 36 countries
• Around 20,000+ new hires in Q2-2011 underwent training through
Cognizant academy
• Training credits is an important metrics in your appraisal process
• High volume of enhancement request which requires a robust testing
strategy
• Budget / cost pressures to provide higher productivity with reducing cost
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework – Test Scenario
• To check whether the new supplemental learning type of Podcast/Videos is
available for associates
• Associates should be able to add Supplemental Learning for this type and
submit the same to their Manager
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework – Test Scenario
To check whether the new supplemental learning type of Podcast/Videos is available for associates.
Associates should be able to add Supplemental Learning for this type and submit the same to their
Manager
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework
Select the value “Podcast/Videos” and click on “continue” button
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework
The mandatory fields are filled and the user click’s on “Save” button
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework
Supplemental learning should be added. Select, drag and drop the validation button on the message
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework
All the steps performed is recorded in the test framework
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PeopleSoft Testing Framework – Business Benefits
 Provided business confidence & strength to our testing process
 Reduced development & execution time around testing
 Helped in automation of tests through Record and Playback method
 Provided flexibility in storing and running of test scripts
 Test Assets (Test Cases and data) being Peoplesoft metadata objects, simplifies
the upgrade and also enables PTF to validate recorded objects against
PeopleSoft object metadata definitions
 Helped in automation of PeopleSoft specific functions by running the processes
through Process Scheduler
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Cognizant Roadmap
• Q1 – 2011 – Completed PeopleSoft 8.9 ESA & FMS assessment
• Q2 – 2011 – Started the upgrade of ESA & FMS to 9.1. Planned completion date Q1-2012
• Q4 – 2011 – Complete HCM and ELM assessment
• Q2 – 2012 – Complete HCM upgrade to 9.1 & tools 8.5x
• Q3 – 2012 – Complete CRM upgrade to 9.1 & tools 8.5x
• Q4 – 2012 – Complete ELM upgrade to 9.1 & tools 8.5x
• Currently all applications are in tools 8.50 except ELM which is on 8.51
• The goal for 2012 is to have all apps on PeopleSoft 9.1 (including the latest feature pack)
and tools 8.51 or 8.52
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Tools Benefits – Recently used feature
Helps quick access to frequently used pages by reducing the clicks
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Tools Benefits – Improved Menu
Menu navigation without any page refresh. Also, provides more real estate on the page
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Tools Benefits – Modal look-up prompts
Helps provide the context for the lookup. Also, eliminates page refresh and improves performance
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Tools Benefits – Type ahead / Auto complete feature
Provide the result set as the user is typing in the look-up. Reduces the clicks.
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Learn More
PeopleSoft Information Development Resources
Hosted & Mobile PeopleBooks – PeopleTools PeopleBooks
are available in three formats: Hosted PeopleBooks, PDF’s,
and Amazon’s Kindle format. All can be accessed here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/psftent090284.html
Doc Home Pages – Constantly updated direct links to
PeopleBooks, PeopleBook Updates, Release Notes, Installation
and Upgrade Guides, and other useful product documentation
from My Oracle Support. PeopleTools 8.52 Doc Home Page:
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&docty
pe=REFERENCE&id=1356456.1
Information Portal – Locate the documentation, training, and other
info needed to help with your implementation process. Customers
searching for this information should make this their first online
destination. http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/054275.html
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Learn More
PeopleSoft Information Development Resources
Cumulative Feature Overview (CFO) – Providing concise
descriptions of new and enhanced solutions and
functionality that have become available starting with the
8.4 release through our latest 8.52 release.
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show
&type=NOT&doctype=SYSTEMDOC&id=793143.1
Upgrade Resource Report Tools – Helps you find all the
documentation, scripts, and files you need for your
upgrade project.
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=N
OT&doctype=SYSTEMDOC&id=1117047.1
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PeopleTools Sessions of Interest
Monday
Time
Title
Number
Location
11:00
Improve ROI and Lower Costs by Mastering PeopleSoft Upgrade Tools
and Resources
14509
Moscone West - 3020
Mastering PeopleSoft Query
12440
Moscone West - 2024
PeopleSoft Answers: How to Prevent Hackers from Exploiting Your
System
14841
Moscone West - 2022
Managing Your PeopleSoft Applications with Oracle Enterprise
Manager
12420
InterContinental – Union
Square
Performance Tuning for the PeopleSoft Administrator
14023
Moscone West - 2022
PeopleTools Developer Series: Building and Consuming Web Services
13985
Moscone West - 2024
3:30
PeopleSoft on Oracle Exalogic: A Perfect Fit
14008
Moscone West - 2022
5:00
PeopleTools Product Roadmap
14504
Moscone West – 3002/3004
2:00
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PeopleTools Sessions of Interest
Tuesday
Time
Title
Number
Location
10:15
PeopleSoft Enterprise: Oracle Database Technical Update
13580
Moscone South - 310
11:45
PeopleSoft Success: Best Practices for Using PeopleSoft Test
Framework
14028
Moscone West - 2022
1:15
PeopleSoft Integration Broker in PeopleSoft PeopleTools Release
8.52: Highlights
13987
Moscone West - 2022
PeopleSoft Answers: How to Create a Great PeopleSoft UI
14020
Moscone West - 2024
PeopleSoft PeopleTools Tips and Techniques
14003
Moscone West - 2022
12388
Moscone West - 2016
Platform Update for PeopleSoft
14007
Moscone West - 2024
Upgrading to PeopleSoft Feature Pack Releases
14031
Moscone West - 2022
3:30
Oracle Fusion Middleware for Oracle Applications: Get Answers from
Development
5:00
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PeopleTools Sessions of Interest
Wednesday
Time
Title
Number
Location
10:15
Application Integration for PeopleSoft Enterprise
12750
Moscone West - 3020
14022
Moscone West - 2022
11:45
PeopleSoft PeopleTools Release 8.52: How PeopleSoft's New Search
Features
Will Change The World
1:15
PeopleSoft Success: Using Virtualization to Manage TCO
14006
Moscone West - 2024
5:00
Meet the Experts: PeopleSoft PeopleTools
S317455
Moscone West –
Applications/CRM Lounge
PeopleSoft Success: PeopleSoft Portal Creates Great Self-Service
Solutions
14010
Moscone West - 2022
PeopleTools Developer Series: Secure Coding Practices
14001
Moscone West - 2024
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PeopleTools Sessions of Interest
Thursday
Time
Title
Number
Location
9:00
PeopleSoft Success: One Strategy for Staying Current and On Track
for the Future
14030
Moscone West - 2024
PeopleSoft Answers: How to Provide Seamless User Access, OnPremises or as SaaS
14842
Moscone West - 2022
Extending PeopleSoft Applications with Oracle ADF and Oracle SOA
Suite
12381
InterContinental – Union
Square
10:30
PeopleSoft Answers: How to Enable PeopleSoft for Mobile Users
14000
Moscone West - 2022
12:00
PeopleTools Developer Series: Performance Tips for the PeopleSoft
Developer
14026
Moscone West - 2022
1:30
Hands On Lab - Install Release 9.1 of PeopleSoft Human Capital
Management in Minutes with Oracle VM
21401
Marriott Marquis - Nob Hill CD
PeopleSoft PeopleTools Product Team Panel Discussion
14005
Moscone West - 2022
Hands On Lab - Install Release 9.1 of PeopleSoft Human Capital
Management in Minutes with Oracle VM
21401
Marriott Marquis - Nob Hill CD
PeopleSoft Answers: Oracle Active Data Guard and Oracle GoldenGate for
Read-Only
14009
Moscone West - 2022
PeopleSoft Success: Using the Related Content Framework to Empower
14021
Moscone West - 2024
3:00
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Questions
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