PeopleSoft Program Management Business Processes

PeopleSoft Program Management supports the main business process of resource and project portfolio management. PeopleSoft Program Management is not a standalone application, as it leverages the functionality that is within PeopleSoft Resource Management, Project Costing, Expenses, and Project Portfolio Management to provide a fully integrated program management solution. PeopleSoft Program Management includes these business processes:

• Create and submit one or more versions of a project request.

  • Route project requests to the parties who are responsible for operationally and financially authorizing the initiation of a project or program.

  • Create bottoms-up business case justifications for a project or program.

• Create project.

  • Define the project scope and deliverables.

  • Define the tasks and work breakdown structure, schedule, dependencies, constraints, and milestones.

  • Establish a budget, if it's not predetermined.

  • Obtain the approval to begin project.

  • Define the resources.

• Assign resources to project.

  • Define the resource requirements.

  • Assign generic resources during planning phases.

  • Search for top candidates.

  • Create assignments from search results.

  • Directly assign specific resources.

• Manage project.

  • Review and analyze project deliverables, deliverable quality, schedule, milestones, activities, resources, and costs.

  • Manage status reporting.

  • Track and manage issues.

  • Track and manage changes.

  • Track and manage risks.

  • Review and forecast remaining work.

• Manage Programs

  • Organize projects into programs.

  • Create program budgets.

  • Track progress of all projects under a program and monitor program health.

• Forecast Services.

  • Obtain updated work effort forecasts at regular intervals.

  • Review and approve forecasts at the project manager, supervisor, or administrator level.

  • Anticipate future resource utilization and examine past utilization.

  • Apply standard rates to forecasts to calculate cost and revenue estimates.