Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s (CHW) outdated PeopleSoft application posed significant risks and was requiring more and more budget to maintain. Thanks to a quick, affordable lift-and-shift upgrade to PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), CHW has saved time, lowered the total cost of ownership, and reduced risk, all while transforming their IT organization from a cost center to a value provider.

CHALLENGE PRESENTED: CHW’s aging infrastructure lacked a Disaster Recovery solution and was no longer actively supported with vendor upgrades, patches, and technical support. These gaps resulted in security vulnerabilities, software incompatibility, and compliance issues, poor performance and reliability, as well as rising support costs.

PROPOSED SOLUTION: SpearMC helped CHW upgrade their legacy, server-based PeopleSoft application to a more modern solution hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).                  

HOW WE HELPED CHW SUCCEED:
-Provided on-site employee training on OCI, PeopleSoft Cloud Manager, OCI Maintenance, PeopleSoft Update Manager, PeopleSoft Integration Tools, plus important considerations and best practices
-Performed a lift-and-shift to PeopleSoft OCI for upgraded functionality with minimal business impact
-Built a library of automated test scripts using the PeopleSoft Test Framework for fast future updates

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

PeopleSoft’s delivered 9.2 Fluid OnBoarding offers a compelling, accessible onboarding experience for new employees. There are some hurdles, though, that can make delivered Onboarding an impractical solution. These include:
-How do you transition data from your Applicant Tracking System to Onboarding to Hire without manual steps and data re-entry?
-To prevent duplicate IDs, you want to gather their birthdate and SSN using Onboarding to see if they already have IDs, but they can’t access Onboarding without an Emplid and a UserID…
-You want them to start Onboarding before their first day of work, especially Section 1 of the I-9, but they can’t access Onboarding until they are hired in Job Data.
-The delivered Onboarding steps are nice, but you need to meet requirements unique to your organization.

The good news is that all these hurdles can be, well, hurdled! We’ll present solutions for each, painting a realistic picture of how delivered 9.2 Fluid Onboarding can work for you.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

In 9.2 applications, the concept of Selective Adoption is introduced with regards to how maintenance is applied to the system.  One of the challenges to taking advantage of this adoption method is if your system has customizations to the delivered objects.  This presentation is designed to show you how you can utilize new functionalities in the latest versions of PeopleTools which provide alternatives to performing those customizations to your PeopleSoft system. We will focus on the top ways to use delivered functionality to meet your business requirements WITHOUT customization to the system. The top areas covered are: Related Content, WorkCenters and Dashboards, Forms Builder, Activity Guides, and Secure Enterprise Search/Peopletools Search Framework.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Ever feel that you're so snowed under with PeopleSoft transactions that you can't see the forest for the trees? PeopleSoft has some powerful tools available that can give you the big picture, letting you focus your attention where it is most needed. When those tools let you drill down from insight-heavy graphics to taking action on specific transactions, you have the power to master your workload. BYU has been investing in these visual tools, and we'll demonstrate them in this session.

BYU partnered with Gideon Taylor to create a pivot grid-based tool that helps users see what's happening across thousands of eForm transactions. Related Actions let users drill into the transactions themselves, send emails to participants, and leverage administrative tools, all conditioned on user security.

Gideon Taylor will also review other visualization tools available in PeopleSoft, including Simplified Analytics, Fluid Dashboards, Oracle JET, and Kibana.

Come see what you've been missing!

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Reporting & Validation of results are cornerstone to a successful PTF implementation and continued product life cycle. In this session, we will go over the various methods and levels of reporting including Pivot Grids, composite Queries, XML reports in HTML form. Validation of results by end users is another critical and often overlooked aspect of PTF automation. We will go over the various methods my clients utilize to validate results and sign-off.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

WorkStrategy will provide attendees with an overview of some key concepts and implementation tips for the Talent Management and new OnBoarding modules.  Presenters will review the latest features in the following modules: Profile Management, OnBoarding, ePerformance, Succession & Career Planning, and Reporting tools.

Come hear about some of the latest PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 enhancements including Fluid Self Service, Employee Snapshot, Dashboards and Activity Guides, Talent Administrator functions, Simplified Analytics, Talent Profiles, and new Activity Guide Composer tool.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

In this session hear how SPPS and Collier IT (CIT) collaborated to build and support Oracle’s PeopleSoft Human Resources and PeopleSoft Financials in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. SPPS is a Minnesota-based public school system and CIT is a technology consulting company, and the two have partnered to successfully migrate SPPS’s PeopleSoft workload to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Learn about its success strategies and lessons learned about the implementation and transition phases. Learn how SPPS leveraged the expertise of CIT to move to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Hear how CIT provided ongoing infrastructure support services to keep SPPS infrastructure up and running.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Chatbots are quickly becoming a popular way for people to get the information they need from an organization in the consumer world. Come to this session to learn how Chatbots are becoming more and more prevalent in the world of Human Resources for employees, managers, and administrators to initiate transactions and look up information in PeopleSoft. You will learn about the latest chatbots available in PeopleSoft for all customers as well as what is planned in the PeopleSoft roadmap. You will also see a demonstration of how the Oracle Digital Assistant application works to convert regular chat conversations into actionable transactions via PeopleSoft.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Participants will learn the methodology and concepts used in designing and developing an Approval Framework process. We will first understand how you can utilize and set up the delivered approval processes, and then understand how to develop an approval process from scratch including developing an approval page, corresponding records, component, PeopleCode and SQL Object. The online configuration will include the Transaction Registry, Transaction Configuration, Approval Process Setup which includes Stages, Paths, and Steps for the recipients.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Many organizations are turning to PeopleSoft Absence Management, especially in the public sector, to handle complex leave policies.  Its configuration is extremely flexible besides having a rigorous and accurate retro process. This presentation will go over the major frameworks and concepts that make up Absence Management while touching on the benefits and dangers of its flexibility.