Commit to Succeed with PeopleSoft Upgrades


If you’re considering upgrading your PeopleSoft system, chances are you’re already well acquainted with the advantages of eBusiness solutions for decentralized organizations. PeopleSoft Internet architecture has the potential to significantly lower your deployment, maintenance and training costs as it has for our other clients who have upgraded. Improve your internal system’s performance and functionality—deploy internet-based self-service solutions. Simplify future product updates. Enhance your core business processes. Become the real-time enterprise.

The only catch is the technological complexity and challenges of upgrading your existing systems. The myriad updates and changes in the new release coupled with new equipment, operational requirements, and security issues introduced can result in an upgrade nightmare.

Lots of challenges. Too many differing solutions. How can you take advantage of all the benefits PeopleSoft offers when you're confronted with solutions that focus exclusively on the technology rather than the total impact to your business? With upgrade solutions from Beacon Application Services Corporation.

You’ll find our combination of practical business knowledge, technological expertise, and leading edge change management tools ensures your system upgrade will not only be better managed, but you'll be left with tools and work product to simplify future upgrades.

The Right People
Beacon upgrade solutions give you access to a small, focused, efficient project team of Beacon consulting professionals. Our consultants have a unique blend of PeopleSoft experience, business expertise, and technology savvy. We know how to quickly assess and anticipate your needs. And we take pride in our ability to complete projects on time and on budget. So with Beacon on your upgrade team, you’ll find your implementation will go smoothly—without costly surprises.

The Right Choice
With Beacon solutions, we put you in control of your upgrade. So you can balance your need to accelerate the upgrade process without risking system stability, your employee’s productivity, or your entire software maintenance budget.

Ready? Get Set. Go!
Choose the level of support you need and we’ll tailor a PeopleSoft upgrade solution to fit your schedule and budget.

Level 1. Basic Upgrade Services
This is our foundation level of upgrade services. We provide you with an understanding of system and infrastructure requirements, create a central repository for modifications, and perform an automated system evaluation and project plan to fit your budget.

Level 2. Enhanced Upgrade Services
Our enhanced solution builds on the assistance provided in Level 1 by performing a detailed customization analysis.

Level 3. Comprehensive Upgrade Services
Planning to use this major upgrade as an opportunity to revisit your business processes? Want to move more towards a “vanilla” environment, making your system easier to maintain and upgrade in the future? This service will analyze your business processes and recommend alternative approaches.

Supplemental Technical Upgrade Preparation
We can supplement and guide your technical staff in paving the way for the new release.

Deliverables Tailored to Meet Your Needs

Delta Documents and Presentations – Highlights new features and functions that are of potential value in your environment.

Customization Analysis – Analysis of application customization including a recommendation for substitution of delivered features/functions that would eliminate the need for the customization.

Infrastructure Fit/Gap Checklist – Notes infrastructure requirements and highlights any deficiencies or issues regarding the existing infrastructure.

High Level Project Plan – An activity-level upgrade project plan to assist in planning your resource needs and the organizational impact of a future upgrade.

Estimated Staff Requirements & Skill Sets– Specifies the number and types of customer personnel necessary to support the upgrade effort in order to plan training for expected project team members and prepare for temporary replacements.

Upgrade Cost Estimate – Documents information regarding the expected cost to support an upgrade project. The estimate will take the impact of customizations, data volumes, and current PeopleSoft release level into account.

Upgrade Readiness Executive Summary – High-level summary of information from the deliverables above suitable for review with your executives at the conclusion of the project.

Report Impact Assessment – Detailed listing of all application reporting indicating whether it will be impacted by an upgrade, and if so, which objects must be addressed.

Business Process Assessment – Analysis of features and functions that could be implemented to increase process efficiency, provide additional services, or otherwise benefit operations.

Executive Summary of Recommended Process Changes – Executive level briefing to describe the recommended business process changes.


Beacon Application Services Corporation. We’re Ready When You Are.
To find out more about Beacon upgrade solutions for PeopleSoft, or to schedule an initial consultation, contact Beacon at 508-663-4433.

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