ISECON 2001 The PeopleSoft On Campus Program Implementation Into An Information Systems Curriculum.

ISECON 2001

The PeopleSoft On Campus Program Implementation Into An Information Systems Curriculum

Tom Farrell

Associate Professor of Business and Information Systems

Dakota State University Madison, SD 57042 E-mail [email protected]

About PeopleSoft

A leading provider of collaborative enterprise software.

PeopleSoft’s pure internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity through collaboration with their customers, suppliers, and employees.

More About PeopleSoft

PeopleSoft's integrated applications include Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Service Automation, Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Financial Management, and Enterprise Performance Management.

4,700 customers in 107 countries

What Is the PeopleSoft On Campus Program An industry-academic partnership that

supports the integration of PeopleSoft into the curriculum of colleges and universities.

On Campus Provides

Provides students with real world enterprise management tools and experience

Provides the the faculty with development and curriculum resources

Provides the institution with commercial enterprise-class software

On Campus Participants Receive

Commercial, "academic use" single-user versions of our HRMS and Financials software

Faculty and technical staff training opportunities

Application User training software, a demonstration database, and instructional materials

Technical support through the institutions' existing PeopleSoft services contract

What is Required to Participate

Proposal on integration plans into courses Designation of primary point of contact for

planning and implementation Budget the annual fee of $10K Commit to faculty training Plan for first level technical support Pre-installation survey and signing licenses

More on the Proposal

List of courses/departments in which PeopleSoft will be used

Acknowledge commitment to staff and faculty as well as how PeopleSoft will be supported

The impact of incorporating PeopleSoft into the curriculum

Total enrollment and projected number of students to be served with PeopleSoft software

What if Not a PeopleSoft Customer Preference given to those institution that

are customers However Dakota State University is not

a PeopleSoft customer we are able to participate because of a corporate sponsor

Our sponsor is Mutual of Omaha

Brief PeopleSoft History

Founded in 1987 1988 introduced Human Resources

Management Systems 1988 Financials were introduced 1995 Student Administration System

introduced

In 2000

PeopleSoft 8 was released Paradigm shift to the Internet and

enterprise software architecture Therefore no more code residing on the

client machine Only requires a web browser on the

client side

Paper Details

DSU’s business partnerships with PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems and Mutual of Omaha

Mutual of Omaha’s involvement with DSU

More specifics on classes currently offering

DSU’s Presidential Commitment

The administration at Dakota State University have demonstrated their strong commitment to this project by allocating approximately $30,000 to cover the cost of training for faculty

With the On Campus program there is no charge for enrolling in classes, but there are costs of getting to classes

On Campus Training

Classes were cancelled for two days during the fall of 2000 for the purposes of all College of Business and Information Systems faculty and staff receiving training

One day was spent with overview activities taught by staff with PeopleSoft training

On Campus (cont’d)

Business faculty received one day course equivalent to Introduction to Financials

Computing faculty received a technical Tools overview class

Both classes taught by PeopleSoft instructors from the Midwest region

PeopleSoft Curriculum at DSU

Two courses: BUS 270 Special Topics: ERP

– 3 credit class taught every semester since fall 2000

CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: PeopleSoft– 1 credit class taught one time - spring 2001

Class for Spring 2002

CSC470 Special Topics: PeopleSoft Two class period overviews of

PeopleSoft financials will be presented in all of the Accounting II classes

Currently on Drawing Board

These classes will be taught during academic year 2002 – 2003

CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: Introduction to Financials

CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: Introduction to HRMS

CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: Introduction to PeopleTools

CSC 470 Special Topics: PeopleCode

PeopleSoft Placements

Since the inception of the program three students have obtained PeopleSoft positions

One additional is currently a finalist for a December opening

Additional students have expanded their job searches to include companies with PeopleSoft opportunities

ERP Major

Currently the College of Business and Information Systems is developing an ERP major

That could become ISECON 2002 paper

Still at the research level

Course Details

Available within the paper Also on websites: http://courses.dsu.edu/csc206/Farrell/

csc206.htm http://homepages.dsu.edu/websterj/

ADA/websterj/ERP%20Final%20Information.htm

CSC 206 Website

Web Address for On Campus Program http://www.peoplesoft.com/en/us/produc

ts/

indsolutions/highered/oncampus/index.html

On Campus Website

Academic Advisory Council and Other Participating Institutions

PeopleSoft Contact

Mark Conway

[email protected]