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PEOPLESOFT CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE PARTNERS THAT MADE IT HAPPEN EMORY 9.2 UPGRADE Vijayakumar Janakiraman

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Welcome to OOW ’17 - About Cognizant-KBACE

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Today’s Presenter

VijayaKumar JanakiramanSenior Manager - Projects,

EAS Oracle PeopleSoft

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Cognizant Solution OverviewEmory collaborated with Cognizant on upgrading

PeopleSoft HCM v9.1 to v9.2 and PeopleTools from V8.54 to V8.55

Solution Aligned with Emory’s Objectives

Enable Higher BusinessEffectiveness

Experienced Approach to 9.2 Enablement

9.2 Technical andFunctional Experts

Cognizant analyzed the fit/gap document to implement

• Standardization of business processes

• Improve user experience • Automate manual processes

Implement functionality to create Total Rewards Statement, Enable Fluid Self service components and implement work centers, dashboards & pivots

Experienced approach to leveraging PeopleSoft 9.2 out-of-the-box Fluid UI features

Leverage Usability/Mobility features from successful in-house implementations

Self Service

Activity Guides

Homepage Tiles

• Team of seasoned consultants with experience in PS & Fluid implementation

• Key personnel available at onsite for critical phases of the project

1800+ PeopleSoft consultants delivering business value to our clients

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Project Approach

Application Configuration design and CRP for SMEs. Detailed RICEW review and finalize the list of requirements for HCM

Functional and technical specifications for approved customizations & configure new functionalities

Technical build for RICEW approved components and Unit Testing

Support System Integration, Parallel and User Acceptance Testing

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SOLUTION DEPLOYMENT AND CUTOVER

SUPPORT TESTING

TECHNICAL BUILD AND UNIT TESTING

RICEW DESIGN & CONFIGURENEW FUNCTIONALITIES

ANALYZE RICEW & IMPLEMENT NEWFUNCTIONALITIES

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How was Emory Prepared ?Success of such projects highly depends on the successful Planning and Design phase. Key areas Emory was prepared on

• Pro-active Instance Planning -Prepared an exhaustive instance plan ensuring the instance availability for technical and functional work

• Planned Onboarding and security Accesses for Project team

Other Upgrade Resource Requirements Effective Change Control

• Established a strong Change Management Mechanism to iron out critical requirements that surface at later stages of the project

• Ensured all key stakeholders have knowledge on Fluid to ensure that Demonstration Workshops are off to a great start

• Identified Key SMEs from Healthcare and University for taking timely decisions in the upgrade

• Established Key SME Calendar and prioritized key resource availability for the project

Success is all about People

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Key Functionalities Implemented

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Paycheck ModelerComplete Fluid Adoption

Fluid Org Chart Total Rewards Implementation

Fluid Dashboard and WorkcentersElastic Search

Smart HR for updating LicensesOne PerformanceManagement Form

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Org Chart for University and

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Workcenter for Improved

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Dashboardsfor Real-time

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• Multi concurrent job situation in University and Healthcare

• Performance of Pivot Grid Analytics

• Use of Paycheck Modeler during Supplemental Payroll

• Org Chart Search using Preferred Name

• Fluid-to-Classic Navigation

• Mobile access to External URL on Homepage

• Accessing Attachments in Performance Document over mobile

• Mandatory Nomination of Participants in Performance

• Page Freeze with use of prompts in Fluid Tiles

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Challenges

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Solutions

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Workcenter based Pivot grids for better performance

Data Integrity for Total Rewards Org Chart and Check Modeler

Quick fix for using Preferred Name search in Org Chart

Availability of all deductions during supplemental payroll

Fluid Dashboard Tile for External URL

Use of Browser back button for Classic to Fluid Navigation

Configured Web profiles for Prompt issues in Tiles

Enabled Mandatory Nominate Participant

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Thank you

Vijayakumar JanakiramanVijayakumar.janakiraman2@cognizant.com