The PeopleSoft promise is enticing: Here's a way for your company to implement a complete and flexible financial infrastructure in a client/server environment without the burdens of low-level programming. But, implementation remains complex and requires reengineering of the business processes and cultures of the using organizations. The author, an exporienced implementor of PeopleSoft systems, discusses the issues that arise and the pitfalls to avoid. Every member of the implementation team-from entry-level accounting clerk through MIS staff to executive sponsors-will benefit from reading this book. The views it contains, coming from an independent authority, will also prove useful to those who are considering adopting PeopleSoft for their companies.

What's inside: - Skills and staffing: how to ensure adequate expertise
                            - How to develop your implementation strategy
                            - Managing the end-user view of financial
                               information
                            - Use of customization, interfaces and business
                               processes
                            - Landmines: where they lurk and how to avoid
                               them
                            - Is your organization ready for PeopleSoft?
                            - Setting executive-level expectations
                            - And more

1. PeopleSoft Financials
2. Technology
3. Expertise
4. Implementation strategy
5. Choosing an implementation partner
6. Installation
7. Implementation options
8. Putting the prototype into action
9. Production
10. Financial reporting
11. Keys to success