PeopleTechGroup’s PeopleSoft Proprietary Tools for Upgrade

PeopleTechGroup’s extensive experience in PeopleSoft and other Enterprise Solutions upgrade projects has enabled it to set up an upgrade lab, with a comprehensive set of in-house tools that help reduce upgrade time and customization accuracy. (Customizations are also evaluated on a case-by-case basis to retrofit with business process on the new PeopleSoft instance).

uQuestionnaire

Set of questions aimed to collect all the information to initiate an upgrade project.

Questions help understand customer’s PeopleSoft environment.

Questions originated from various business case studies and covers many aspects of an upgrade project.

uCustomizeIT

Automated tool to identify and retrofit documented as well as undocumented customizations in an PeopleSoft
environment.

Two stage approach,

Stage I – Identify customizations.

Stage II – Auto-apply customizations.

Excel sheet output - Efficient way to do fit-gap analysis.

Multiple Output Types

By Object Type - like by records, pages, people code, components etc.

By Project Definitions.

uSQR

Automated tool to identify and apply table structure changes to a custom SQR process or report.

Tool also extends functionality to identify and retrofit customizations to a delivered SQR process or report.

Two stage Approach

Stage I – Identify changes.

Stage II – Auto apply/Retrofit changes.

Excel sheet output

Efficient way to do analysis.

Functional Consultant can mark each customization as Retrofit or Skip before going for stage II.

uSQR can be run for

A single SQR.

Group of SQRs by Project or

All SQRs on file server.

Inputs comments in SQR at header level as well as for each customization re-applied.

uSecureIt

Secures key application data in Copy of Production database before being handed over to development team for lab upgrades.

Ensure key data like SSN, Account Codes, email ids, Bank details etc are not exposed to external project team.

Setup driven tool.

User chooses list of tables and fields that needs to secured.

uSecureIT reads user’s preference and secures the data.

Allows multiple techniques of securing the data based of level security

Edit Masking

Less secured, uses predefined edit mask to secure the data.

Hacker can analyze the edit mask and strip off the masking.

Data Encryption

Highly secured.

Uses standard encryption techniques.

Strip off the key data.

Permanently deletes the key data.

uValidateIt

Validates all aspects of newly created PeopleSoft instance.

Ensures all PIA components like App Server, web server, DB, Batch server and file servers are aligned with the new instance.

Compares DDDAUDIT, SYSAUDIT and UPGCOUNT reports to validate the instance.

Generates detailed verification document that can be used as exit criteria before handing over the instance to development team.

SERVICES

PeopleTechGroup’s PeopleSoft Centre Of Excellence brings in right resources, processes, technology evolutions into PeopleTechGroups PeopleSoft Services. PeopleTechGroup offers expert and experienced technical and project management services that utilize our proven methodologies and strategies to create a solid, scalable and efficient core technology foundation for your enterprise.