The Competency Tree

PeopleSoft Resource Management requires that you maintain a tree with the name COMPETENCY. The Competency tree is a pictorial representation of the Competency table (COMPETENCY_TBL) and Competency Type table (RS_TYPE_TBL). The tree organizes competencies into hierarchies based on competency types. You can use the Competency tree that is delivered with PeopleSoft Resource Management, or you can build a Competency tree with PeopleSoft Tree Manager in the same way that you build any other tree. Competency types are created as nodes on the tree. Competencies are the detail values that users can select from the tree.

The Competency tree that is delivered with the PeopleSoft system has multiple nodes. Each node represents a competency type and the detail values, or competencies, are dynamically identified. Each time that you create a new competency, it automatically appears on the tree—as long as you associate the competency with a competency type that exists on the tree.

You do not need to order competency codes in a particular sequence to use the Competency tree. For example, it is not necessary to set up management-level competencies in one range (such as 100 to 199) and technical competencies in another range (such as 200 to 299).

See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Tree Manager