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  • COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY - PeopleSoft HCM and Portal UPGRADE on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

    Coppin State University is a model urban, residential liberal arts university located in the Northwest section of the city of Baltimore that provides academic programs in the arts and sciences, teacher education, nursing, graduate studies, and continuing education.

    • The Challenges
    • The Solution
    • Results Delivered

    Business 

    Aging and Retiring Workforce

    Coppin needed to upgrade and integrate its PeopleSoft applications to make them efficient and easier to use. Being a leader in technology themselves, Coppin wanted to leverage Cloud technologies. 

    • Risk of HCM 9.0 going out of support

    • Aging and retiring workforce

    • Attrition resulting in knowledge drain

    • The high cost of on-premise infrastructure

    Technology

    Maintaining Multiple Releases and Security Risks

    The Coppin IT Team was supporting PeopleSoft applications across different releases which complicated their operational and support models. FSCM was on V9.2, and Portal (Interaction Hub) was on V9.1, whereas, HCM and CS were both on V9.0. HR users were lacking self-service capabilities which most other organizations were already using. Assistance was needed to upgrade to a modern environment that included a migration to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

    • Security and compliance risks associated with being on an unsupported PeopleSoft version

    • Inability to patch and update older versions of the software

    • Resource and skills challenges in-house to upgrade to PeopleSoft V9.2

    • HCM 9.0 application with legacy features and antiquated UI

         

    Cloud

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

    By rapidly deploying a low-cost, high-performance architecture on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Astute Business Solutions accelerated Coppin's upgrade projects, with predictable costs and measurable outcomes. 

    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for HCM and Portal Upgrades

    • Automated instance build, tear-down, cloning, and patching

    • Pre-Built PTF Test Library

    • FasTest Automation Tools 

    Consulting

    Application Upgrades, Enhanced Workflows, and New Features

    Astute Business Solutions implemented a rapid upgrade solution that not only included a technical upgrade, but also gave Coppin much needed upgrades including HCM Fluid UI Self Service, Fluid UI Home Pages for HR, Benefits, and Payroll, and enhanced AWE-based workflow capabilities. Astute helped Coppin understand and adopt new features in HCM V9.2 by conducting CFO workshops and fit-gap analyses to quantify and explain the value of the new features. 

    • Fixed-fee accelerated PeopleSoft Upgrade Service using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

    • Technical and Functional Upgrades including Fluid UI, AWE Workflow and HCM Self Service

    • Automated functional regression testing for V9.2 Upgrade using PeopleSoft Test Framework

    • Vanilla and custom-built PTF Tests and Shell Tests tailored to Coppin's code, configuration, and customization

         

    Business

    30% Reduction Costs

    Coppin achieved its primary objectives of completing PeopleSoft projects on time with limited staff and resources and offering self-service capabilities in PeopleSoft HCM to its business users by utilizing Astute and OCI.

    • Fluid UI with HCM Self Service

    • On-Time On-Budget projects

    • 30% reduction in HCM 9.2 Upgrade cost

    • Automated testing with PTF

    Technology

    Reduced the Efforts, Time, and Cost of In-house Projects

    In spite of losing some of its senior staff to retirement and attrition, Coppin was able to successfully complete its PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Upgrade and Interaction Hub (Portal) PUM Get Current Update projects on time. By avoiding traditional effort, cost, and time overheads of on-premise infrastructure for these projects and instead, focused on delivering business value with the latest Fluid UI, Workflow, and Self-Service capabilities.

    • Burst into Cloud for PeopleSoft projects and avoid on-premise infrastructure overheads

    • Reduce efforts, cost and time for PeopleSoft lifecycle management projects

    • Automate testing with FasTest and PeopleSoft Test Framework for HCM 9.2 Upgrade

    • 1-click instance deployment, cloning, and refresh on OCI

         
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    Using Oracle Cloud for PeopleSoft Upgrade,

    to gain strategic and tactical advantages

    30%

    Lower Cost

    85%

    Higher Performance

    40%

    Reduced Time

    100%

    Audit Compliant

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    Top 10 Reasons to Adopt Oracle Cloud

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is purpose-built for PeopleSoft and Oracle workloads. The Gen2 architecture makes it easy to run Non-Oracle workloads such as Microsoft SQL Server as well. 

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    Migrate PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud for Free

    Astute's Zero Cost Migration helps you eliminate financial barriers of moving PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. 

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    Top 5 Things You Can Do Better with PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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