Derek Tomei - PSoftPros Founder

Defining Your Test Strategy
Although, you will not be performing the testing until a later time in your upgrade project, you will need to define the testing strategy before the project begins or soon after. Your testing strategy will provide the basis for understanding how you will test your newly upgraded applications. There are several points within the technical upgrade process where your developers will unit test programs, but the majority of testing will occur after your application… Continue

This is the fifth in a series of articles: Upgrading Like a PeopleSoft Pro. So far, we have discussed the various requirements and information gathering stages, we have also discussed the Business Fit Gap Analysis of our current version of the application and the new release of the application. Now we will discuss Planning, Planning, and Planning. Did I mention Planning?

Now that you have gathered this enormous amount of information and performed your business fit gap analysis, you should be kn… Continue

This is the fourth in a series of articles: Upgrading Like a PeopleSoft Pro. So far, we have discussed the various requirements and information gathering stages. Here is where we start to roll up are sleeves and do some analysis against our current version of the application and the new release of the application. This is called a Business Fit Gap Analysis.

Got Customizations?
Well if you have a lot of customizations and you are embarking upon an upgrade from an earlier release, this tas… Continue

This is the third in a series of articles: Upgrading Like a PeopleSoft Pro. So far, I have discussed acquiring pertinent upgrade information, and training your staff. Now, I would like to discuss your Business Requirements and Critical Success Factors. According to our PeopleSoft Pros Poll, many companies have not started or are still in the planning stages of their upgrade. Reading these articles will help you along your journey.

Do you know what the Critical Success Factors (CSF) are for your… Continue

This is the second in a series of articles: Upgrading Like a PeopleSoft Pro. In our previous post, I discussed the first and one of the most important steps: "Acquire all pertinent upgrade information and materials" Now, I would like to make mention of another crucial step in the upgrade process. This step has to deal with Training Your Team.

Your PeopleSoft upgrade project team members will require training at one level or another. Furthermore, these team members are the key to a fast and smoo… Continue