PeopleSoft Resource Management 9.1 PeopleBook

Getting Started with PeopleSoft Resource Management

This chapter discusses:

PeopleSoft Resource Management overview.
PeopleSoft Resource Management business processes.
PeopleSoft Resource Management integrations.
PeopleSoft Resource Management implementation.

PeopleSoft Resource Management Overview

To successfully deliver professional services (or internal services), managers must have effective tools to perform optimal capacity planning, quickly find the right resources for jobs and anticipate resource supply and demand. Employees should also have the tools that enable them to shape the direction of their careers. PeopleSoft Resource Management meets these challenges by optimizing resources, planning and managing resource supply and demand, and assisting employees with finding new jobs.

PeopleSoft Resource Management Business Processes

PeopleSoft Resource Management supports the main business process of resource and project portfolio management. The following diagram illustrates the Resource Management business processes:

PeopleSoft Resource Management business processes

We discuss these business processes in the business process chapters in this PeopleBook.

PeopleSoft Resource Management Integrations

PeopleSoft Resource Management integrates with these PeopleSoft and third-party applications:

PeopleSoft Resource Management integrations

We discuss integration considerations in the implementation chapters in this PeopleBook.

Supplemental information about third-party application integrations is located on Oracle's My Oracle Support website.

PeopleSoft Resource Management Implementation

PeopleSoft Setup Manager enables you to review a list of setup tasks for your organization for the products that you are implementing. The setup tasks include the components that you must set up, listed in the order in which you must enter data into the component tables, and links to the corresponding PeopleBook documentation.

PeopleSoft Resource Management also provides component interfaces to help you load data from an existing system into Resource Management tables. Use the Excel to Component Interface utility with the component interfaces to populate the tables.

This table lists the components that have setup component interfaces for loading data.

Component	Component Interface	References
RS_CM_COMPTNCY_TBL	RS_CM_COMPTNCY_TBL	See Establishing Application Setup Tables for Competencies.
RS_CM_PERSONAL	RS_CM_PERSONAL	See Creating Employee Data.
RS_CUST_INFO	RS_CUST_INFO	See Working with Customer and Contact Profiles.
RS_WRKR_CREATE	RS_WRKR_CREATE	See Establishing and Maintaining Employees and Non-Employees as Resources.

Other Sources of Information

In the planning phase of your implementation, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides, data models, business process maps, and troubleshooting guidelines.