ISECON 2001 The PeopleSoft On Campus Program Implementation Into An Information Systems Curriculum

Tom Farrell Associate Professor of Business and Information Systems Dakota State University Madison, SD

About PeopleSoft A leading provider of collaborative enterprise software. PeopleSoft’s pure internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity through collaboration with their customers, suppliers, and employees.

More About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft's integrated applications include Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Service Automation, Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Financial Management, and Enterprise Performance Management. 4,700 customers in 107 countries

What Is the PeopleSoft On Campus Program An industry-academic partnership that supports the integration of PeopleSoft into the curriculum of colleges and universities.

On Campus Provides Provides students with real world enterprise management tools and experience Provides the the faculty with development and curriculum resources Provides the institution with commercial enterprise-class software

On Campus Participants Receive Commercial, "academic use" single-user versions of our HRMS and Financials software Faculty and technical staff training opportunities Application User training software, a demonstration database, and instructional materials Technical support through the institutions' existing PeopleSoft services contract

What is Required to Participate Proposal on integration plans into courses Designation of primary point of contact for planning and implementation Budget the annual fee of $10K Commit to faculty training Plan for first level technical support Pre-installation survey and signing licenses

More on the Proposal List of courses/departments in which PeopleSoft will be used Acknowledge commitment to staff and faculty as well as how PeopleSoft will be supported The impact of incorporating PeopleSoft into the curriculum Total enrollment and projected number of students to be served with PeopleSoft software

What if Not a PeopleSoft Customer Preference given to those institution that are customers However Dakota State University is not a PeopleSoft customer we are able to participate because of a corporate sponsor Our sponsor is Mutual of Omaha

Brief PeopleSoft History Founded in introduced Human Resources Management Systems 1988 Financials were introduced 1995 Student Administration System introduced

In 2000 PeopleSoft 8 was released Paradigm shift to the Internet and enterprise software architecture Therefore no more code residing on the client machine Only requires a web browser on the client side

Paper Details DSU’s business partnerships with PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems and Mutual of Omaha Mutual of Omaha’s involvement with DSU More specifics on classes currently offering

DSU’s Presidential Commitment The administration at Dakota State University have demonstrated their strong commitment to this project by allocating approximately $30,000 to cover the cost of training for faculty With the On Campus program there is no charge for enrolling in classes, but there are costs of getting to classes

On Campus Training Classes were cancelled for two days during the fall of 2000 for the purposes of all College of Business and Information Systems faculty and staff receiving training One day was spent with overview activities taught by staff with PeopleSoft training

On Campus (cont’d) Business faculty received one day course equivalent to Introduction to Financials Computing faculty received a technical Tools overview class Both classes taught by PeopleSoft instructors from the Midwest region

PeopleSoft Curriculum at DSU Two courses: BUS 270 Special Topics: ERP –3 credit class taught every semester since fall 2000 CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: PeopleSoft –1 credit class taught one time - spring 2001

Class for Spring 2002 CSC470 Special Topics: PeopleSoft Two class period overviews of PeopleSoft financials will be presented in all of the Accounting II classes

Currently on Drawing Board These classes will be taught during academic year 2002 – 2003 CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: Introduction to Financials CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: Introduction to HRMS CSC 206 Advanced Computer Applications: Introduction to PeopleTools CSC 470 Special Topics: PeopleCode

PeopleSoft Placements Since the inception of the program three students have obtained PeopleSoft positions One additional is currently a finalist for a December opening Additional students have expanded their job searches to include companies with PeopleSoft opportunities

ERP Major Currently the College of Business and Information Systems is developing an ERP major That could become ISECON 2002 paper Still at the research level

Course Details Available within the paper Also on websites: c206.htm A/websterj/ERP%20Final%20Informatio n.htm

CSC 206 Website

Web Address for On Campus Program ts/ ts/ indsolutions/highered/oncampus/index.ht ml

On Campus Website

Academic Advisory Council and Other Participating Institutions

PeopleSoft Contact Mark Conway