PeopleSoft Technology
Update & Product Roadmap
Jeff Robbins
Senior Director, PeopleSoft Strategy
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Program
• Investment Strategy
• PeopleTools 8.53 Features
• PeopleSoft Update Manager
• Future Plans
PeopleSoft Roadmap
Long Term Investment Strategy
PeopleSoft 9.2
PeopleSoft 9.3
9.2 Feature Packs
2013
2014
PeopleSoft 9.4
9.3 Feature Packs
2015
PeopleTools 8.54
2016
2017
9.4 Feature Packs
2018
PeopleTools 8.56
PeopleTools 8.53
PeopleTools 8.55
Ongoing Delivery of
Off-Cycle Capabilities
PeopleTools Releases &
Feature Packs 12 -18 Months
2019
PeopleTools 8.58
PeopleTools 8.57
PeopleTools 8.59
Major Releases
Every ~3 Years
Design Objectives
Based on Customer Feedback
Intuitive and simple
Improved user experience
Reduce customizations
Allow users to be more effective
Improves productivity and efficiency
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PeopleSoft Interaction Model
Interactive Application Content
PeopleSoft Application Search
PeopleSoft Mobile
PeopleSoft Update Manager
And many PeopleTools Features that are changing the
usage paradigm for PeopleSoft Applications
Program
• Investment Strategy
• PeopleTools 8.53 Features
• PeopleSoft Update Manager
• Future Plans
Program
• PeopleTools 8.53 Features
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User Interaction
Mobile
Reporting & Analytics
Integration
PeopleSoft User Interaction
Enabled for all applications
• PeopleSoft Applications now provide:
• Site-wide branding for consistent
look-and-feel
• Homepage and personalized dashboards
• Unified navigation across multiple apps
• Rich user collaboration
PeopleSoft Interaction Hub restricted use
license included with PeopleTools
PeopleSoft User Interaction
Forms-Based Applications are Outdated
Web forms that gather data for
back-end process automation are
No Longer Acceptable
for Enterprise Applications.
Today, your Employees are asked to:
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Analyze
Visualize
Socialize
Engage
… and the application resources you
deploy have to keep up.
PeopleSoft User Interaction
Deploy a website for users to access content
PeopleSoft User Interaction
Leverage Role-based Dynamic Content
PeopleSoft User Interaction
Provide intuitive visual process flow
PeopleSoft User Interaction
Associate action with familiar information
8.53 Style Enhancements
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More contemporary look & colors
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Significant CSS investment, flexible
and easily configurable
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Introduced Gear icons for Pagelets
(provides options for pagelet
properties)
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… more
PeopleSoft Mobile
Solutions Today
PeopleSoft + Mobility
HTML5 Mobile Solutions
• Delivered HTML5 Solutions
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Mobile Company Directory
Mobile Approvals
Mobile Expense
Mobile eProcurement
• Planned HTML5 Solutions
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Time and Labor
Absence Management
Cash Position Management
HR Self-Service
PeopleSoft + Mobility
Bottom Line – One Solution, Many Devices
• Browser Based
• Platform Independent
• Multiple Devices
PeopleSoft Reporting &
Analytics
PeopleSoft + Reporting
Technology Strategy
Responding to how users work today
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Functional and Operational Analytics
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Online, real-time viewing of data
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Reusable components, multiple publication options
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Information available where and when it’s needed
PeopleSoft + Reporting
Technology Strategy
Pivot Grids
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Much improved graphical charting, SVG, PNG
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Related Actions integration
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Pivoting in chart mode (not just grid)
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Progressive filtering
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Improved administration
Program
• Investment Strategy
• PeopleTools 8.53 Features
• PeopleSoft Update Manager
• Future Plans
PeopleSoft Lifecycle Management
PeopleSoft Update Manager
Change Packages Tailored to a Customer’s
Unique Needs and Maintenance History
Get Current Regardless
of Prior Maintenance
Level
Apply Maintenance on
Your Schedule
Enables Maintenance
Best Practices
Single Change Package
Streamlines
Maintenance Process
PeopleSoft Lifecycle Management
Using PeopleSoft Update Manager
Customer’s
PeopleSoft
Environments
2 Customer uses PeopleSoft
Update Manager to generate tailored
Change Package
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Customer uses Change
Assistant to apply tailored
Change Package
Virtual
Machine
Change
Assistant
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Customer periodically downloads latest fully
patched PeopleSoft image from My Oracle Support
Development
Staging/Test
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Customer Tailored
Change Package
Customer applies
customization once to tailored
Change Package
Production
Program
• Investment Strategy
• PeopleTools 8.53 Features
• PeopleSoft Update Manager
• Future Plans
PeopleTools User Interface Roadmap
Future Highlights
• Next Generation UI
• Fluid responsive page design
• Branding Framework
• WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guideline)
• Activity Guides
• Simplified setup, process automation
• WSRP 2.0
• Mobile Application Platform
• Definitional UI development
• REST framework
Sample Next Generation UI Page
Responsive Design
Next Generation PeopleSoft Homepage
Dynamic Tile Format
Next Generation PeopleSoft Homepage
Personalized Navigation Bar
Next Generation PeopleSoft Homepage
Personalized Navigation Bar
PeopleTools Analytics Roadmap
Future Highlights
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Next Generation Touch-friendly Pivot Grid
HTML5 Charting Integration
REST enablement of Query results
Next Generation UI for Self Service Reports
Next Generation Pivot Grid
Responsive, Touch-friendly
PeopleSoft Initiative
Mastering PeopleTools
• PeopleSoft continues to invest in new capabilities
• Customers pursue the adoption of these capabilities
• Some customers succeed, others struggle
• The SOURCE of success can be difficult to pinpoint
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Method used
Experience, training
Ease of use of the product
PeopleSoft Initiative
Mastering PeopleTools
Mastering PeopleTools Initiative to Cultivate:
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Best Practice
How to… get started, install, configure, use, extend, excel
Success scenarios
Community of Experts
PeopleSoft Initiative
Mastering PeopleTools
Mastery Areas of Focus
PeopleSoft Integration
PeopleSoft Interaction Hub
Activity Guides
Related Content
PeopleSoft Test Framework
System Performance
Query, Reporting & Analytics
PeopleSoft Security
Key Session Takeaways
 Simpler and more intuitive application user experience
 Increased end user job effectiveness with role based Workcenters
 Greater decision support capabilities and access to actionable
information using in application Pivot Grids
 Reduced need for customizations through functionally deep and
enhancement rich applications
 More affordable to manage and deploy leveraging Oracle Private
Cloud technology
Resources
Where To Get More Information
Customer Sites
• PeopleSoft Applications External Site
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/peoplesoft-enterprise/index.htm
• Support
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash.html
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PeopleSoft Resources
PeopleSoft 9.2 Information Portal
www.peoplesoft92.com
PeopleSoft Resources
PeopleSoft Video Feature Overviews
www.youtube.com/PSFTOracle
General
ERP
 PeopleSoft Update Manager
 Continuous Delivery Overview
 PeopleSoft Information
Development
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Global Search for HCM
Paycheck Modeling
Benefits Life Events
Recruiting: Candidate Gateway
Recruiting: Talent Acquisition
Manager
ePerformance
Enterprise Learning Management
Mobile Company Directory
Setup Overview for Mobile
Company Directory
Total Rewards
Org Chart Viewer
Talent Summary
Manager Dashboard
Supplier Hierarchy
Global Search for FMS/SCM
Mobile Inventory Manager
eProcurement User Interface and
Global Search
Program Management Integration
with Primavera P6
Mobile Expenses
Accounts Payable WorkCenter
Cash Position and Forecast
Tools and Technology
 Global Search, Related Actions,
Component Search
 Actionable Operational Analytics
 WorkCenter Framework
 Pivot Grids
 Mobile Approvals
 PeopleSoft Interaction Hub
 iPad Certification
 Forms and Approvals Builder
PeopleSoft Resources
Additional Documents
Documentation
• Hosted PeopleBooks
http://www.oracle.com/pls/psft/homepage
• Cumulative Feature Overview
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&doctype=SYSTEMDOC&id=1117047.1
• PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 Documentation Homepage
https://support.us.oracle.com/oip/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=1494462.1&h=Y
• PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 Release Value Proposition
https://support.us.oracle.com/oip/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=1473194.1&h=Y
• PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 PreRelease Notes
https://support.us.oracle.com/oip/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=1494929.1&h=Y
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