So you just spent six months creating a Request For Proposal (RFP), distributing that RFP to a list of 15 possible vendors, shortlisting the vendors, conducting oral presentations, selecting your implementation partner, executing weeks of contract negotiations and finally after thousands of person hours invested you are ready to start the implementation. So, what’s the
Read More...I recently engaged a new prospective customer who is interested in upgrading PeopleTools to version 8.5. One of the primary reasons for this client to undertake the PeopleTools upgrade is to preempt an inevitable upgrade to HCM v9.1, as they are currently on v 9.0 MP3. What’s motivating them to upgrade HCM? It’s a story
Read More...It’s Friday, and that means I get to answer the hundreds of reader emails I don’t get. From anyone. Ever. So what I do is sit around on Thursday night and send emails to myself from ancient, forgotten email accounts, then I answer them. Sad and pathetic? Yes. Sociopathic? Probably. But how many well-written, inquisitive
Read More...No long commentary today, but I did find an interesting take on archiving from an entertainment industry perspective, as opposed to the more typical IT, taxes or business records standpoints. If you think about the digital assets the entertainment industry generates (film, animation, models, textures, CGI artwork, etc.), you begin to see how archiving needs
Read More...I’ve always been a little bit of a techno-geek. While I am rarely bleeding edge, I usually like to be one of the first to embrace a new technology. Over the years, I have watched the crossover create convergence, and found myself amazed at the transition. Does anybody remember writing memorandums and actually sending (or
Read More...Last week, I talked to you about Charleston, South Carolina and the very real chance that you would burst into flame if you dared walk outside. I’m happy to say that I have returned uncombusted and in fact with a report of perhaps the best singular meal I’ve ever eaten. So yes, here I’m going
Read More...In past blogs we have discussed both business intelligence, PeopleSoft functionality and the potential to merge both of those worlds. With some of the delivered features and enhancements with PeopleTools 8.51 we can get very specific of how we can embed business intelligence into the PeopleSoft business transaction. ERP solutions allow you to run your
Read More...The99percent.com has posted Simon Sinek’s talk about leadership, trust, authenticity and meaning. Sinek is a well-known ethnographer and leadership expert, and here he argues that everything we say and do is a symbol of who we really are. He also argues something I’ve said several times over on this blog: if you communicate genuinely, without
Read More...I recently attended the Oracle Human Resources Group (OHUG) meeting in Orlando. As a consulting partner/vendor I had a chance to talk to a large number customers — both Oracle eBusiness and PeopleSoft HCM– about their current plans and their perception of Fusion. I have to admit, I was surprised by what I perceived to
Read More...In the PeopleSoft context, a web service provides external applications a web-based means of accessing PeopleSoft data. Web services are implemented through the PeopleTools Integration Broker (IB) framework. PeopleSoft Enterprise delivers web services that facilitate integration, including integrations with external partners, making processes more streamlined and efficient. Integrations can be costly to develop, maintain and
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