Getting Started with Enterprise PeopleTools

This chapter provides an overview of the contents of this book.

Enterprise PeopleTools Overview

Enterprise PeopleTools provides the underlying technology for PeopleSoft applications. All PeopleSoft Enterprise applications, such as Human Capital Management and Customer Relationship Management are built, deployed, and maintained using Enterprise PeopleTools.

With Enterprise PeopleTools you can:

Develop new applications or customize existing applications.
Administer applications that you have deployed within your organization.
Provide decision support and reporting functionality to decision makers.
Integrate PeopleSoft applications with other PeopleSoft applications or third party applications.

The area of Enterprise PeopleTools contains over 40 tools, utilities, and technologies. This document provides two frameworks with which you can gain a better understanding of the delivered technology, how to categorize the tools, and when to use particular tools.

Enterprise PeopleTools Categories

This framework divides the PeopleTools technologies, tools, and utilities into four categories:

Development Tools.
Administration Tools.
Analytic Tools.
Integration Tools.
Life Cycle Management Tools.

Implementation Phases

This framework provides a sample set of implementation phases and lists the tools and technologies that are likely to be used or implemented within a particular phase. The implementation phases are:

Installation.
Application Configuration.
System Configuration.
Decision Support Configuration.
Business Process Integration.
Maintenance.

Note. The implementation phases in this framework are intended to help you gain a better understanding of Enterprise PeopleTools. The implementation phases in no way imply strict dependencies between phases or tools. Every implementation is unique.

Other Sources of Information

This section provides information to consider before you begin to use Enterprise PeopleTools. In addition to implementation considerations presented in this section, take advantage of all PeopleSoft sources of information, including the installation guides, release notes, PeopleBooks, and training courses.

Enterprise PeopleTools Implementation

Implementing Enterprise PeopleTools requires the installation of the PeopleTools CD within a supported environment as described in the Enterprise PeopleTools Installation documentation.