PeopleSoft has announced the Upgrade Services Roadmap, a comprehensive set of services designed to dramatically cut the time and cost required to upgrade to PeopleSoft 8.
"PeopleSoft Upgrade Services Roadmap is driven by a new upgrade approach developed by PeopleSoft Consulting," says Jan Coetzee, MD of PeopleSoft SA. "This approach combines a technical upgrade in parallel with a new eBusiness solution implementation, contrasted with the traditional sequential approach. This upgrade Services Roadmap has the potential to cut upgrade time and cost for PeopleSoft 8 as much as 40%."
It includes eBusiness implementation best practices, fixed-time/fixed cost packaged services, milestone review services, project management services, all available at a client site or via PeopleSoft implementation centres.
Cybex International, a maker of physical fitness equipment and an existing PeopleSoft customer, plans to upgrade to PeopleSoft 8 using the Upgrade Services Roadmap.
"The ability for Cybex to pick and choose the packaged services we need is critical differentiator for PeopleSoft Consulting`s Upgrade Roadmap," comments Brian Lyman, manager of eCommerce for Cybex International. "This flexibility will clearly reduce the complexity of our implementation, and speed up time-to-benefit."
PeopleSoft Upgrade Services Roadmap is based on PeopleSoft Compass, the industry`s only implementation methodology specifically developed for PeopleSoft 8 pure Internet applications, which gets customers up and running quickly on PeopleSoft 8 by breaking down implementations into manageable components, each with a defined scope and concrete deliverables. Such componentization allows PeopleSoft consultants to transfer knowledge quickly to customers` internal development and end-user teams, and offers customers the flexibility to implement systems rapidly while also supporting new eBusiness processes. PeopleSoft Compass also helps customers identify and prioritize products to implement in parallel, driving improved upgrade reliability and predictability.
In addition, componentisation allows PeopleSoft Compass to be compatible with the methodologies of PeopleSoft consulting partners resulting in smoother, more focused joint implementations.
"Organisations such as PeopleSoft Consulting have adopted the right philosophy and have created an open framework that allows for easy integration with external methodologies," says Barry Wilderman, senior VP with META Group.
PeopleSoft Upgrade Services Roadmap and PeopleSoft Compass are part of PeopleSoft`s Client Lifecycle Services initiative, which provides clients with a starting point and the fastest path forward to eBusiness value and is a new initiative for PeopleSoft 8. Client Lifecycle Services provide support for changing client requirements over time and deliver results to clients through three integrated services roadmaps - Implementation, Optimistion and Upgrade Services. Each roadmap is comprised of Packaged Services, Project Management Services, Milestone Review Services and are governed by PeopleSoft`s new pure internet implementation methodology - PeopleSoft Compass.
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