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PeopleSoft WorkCenters Meeting user demand for simple, intuitive business applications. October 02, 2014. Agenda. Introductions. Introductions. Stephen Gier Senior Consultant with Emtec Inc. Working with PeopleSoft HCM since version 5.1
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PeopleSoft WorkCenters Meeting user demand for simple, intuitive business applications October 02, 2014
Introductions • Stephen Gier • Senior Consultant with Emtec Inc. • Working with PeopleSoft HCM since version 5.1 • PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 Human Capital Management Human Resources Consultant Certified Expert
Introductions Emtec…‘ Big enough to do the work, small enough to care’ 100+ PeopleSoft Upgrades Oracle Specialized Financials HCM PeopleTools 10+ Average Years of Functional Experience • EMTEC • Serving clients for nearly 50 years • 12 locations, including 6 development centers • Over 500 full-time professionals • Voted One of the Top 100 Places to Work by Crain’s Chicago in 2012 • Emtec has completed more than 1,100 ERP, CRM & EPM engagements, including: • 400+ Oracle clients with more than 700 engagements • 200+ PeopleSoft clients and over 300 engagements 75+ PeopleSoft-focused Resources 90%+ PeopleSoft Certified In-House Infrastructure Team PeopleSoft LAB In Chicago Offshore Center of Excellence Platinum Partner
Differences between WorkCenters, Dashboards, and Interaction Hub • Purpose • Interaction Hub aggregates content from multiple applications • WorkCenters\Dashboards are for specific user roles within an application • Dashboards can display pivot grids (good for high level view for managers • WorkCenters consolidate tasks to one page • Licensing • WorkCenters and Dashboards are a part of PeopleTools • Interaction Hub (previously PS Application Portal) is a separate product
Business Processes and Testing • To design a WorkCenter the following must be clearly understood: • True business process requirements • Exception processes • Reporting requirements • Up and down stream requirements/impacts • Security requirements • Testing must include positive and negative scenarios as well as exception processing
Overall Benefits • One location • Consolidated delivery of actionable info • Less navigation, fewer open windows • Interruption mitigation • All PeopleSoft work saved on one page • Less work lost upon interruption of a task • Increased efficiency in switching tasks • Within and outside of PeopleSoft • Complete picture view • View transactions throughout entire process
What Roles Benefit from a WorkCenter? • PeopleSoft to deliver the following HCM WorkCenters: • Time and Labor WorkCenter • ePerformance WorkCenter • Roles that manage data and transactions • Exception processing • Focus on daily tasks • Roles that require multiple windows open
WorkCenter Personalization • Users can personalize their workcenters • Personalizations include: • Setting pagelets to be minimized or open when entering the workcenter • Setting the display order • Ability to reset to PeopleSoft defaults
Lessons Learned • Planning is vital • Focus on core business processes • User personalizations increase value