Oracle's PeopleSoft applications are the basis for a great number of the University's mission critical functions. Other enterprise applications integrate with PeopleSoft to provide specific functionality to targeted user populations. The OIT PeopleSoft Application Development team publishes the information on this page for the University of Minnesota business analysts and technology staff who represent business process owners in the support of the group of PeopleSoft applications.

Page Audience

Business analysts responsible for direct support of one or more modules of a PeopleSoft application

Page Purpose

Provide guidance for requesting and documenting a request to migrate a change into the PeopleSoft production environment for any of the four applications on a date other than the standard monthly Sunday Release Date.

Considerations

When a code change is needed to resolve a production issue, please consider the following questions when evaluating whether an emergency migration is justified.

  • Where does the applicable deadline (e.g., business cycle deadline, regulatory deadline, etc.) fall relative to "now" and the next standard migration window? What flexibility, if any, exists for those deadlines relative to the next standard migration window?
  • How many users are affected? Are they all affected in the same way and at the same time? Can any accommodations be made to mitigate the negative effects to some/all of those users?
  • What is the nature of the workaround? How complex is it? How sustainable is it and over what timeframe?

Procedure

When an emergency migration is requested, please include the following information in the business justification (as well as any other information that is pertinent). Review the justification with your team lead and IT Director, then have your IT Director route it to OIT PeopleSoft ERP Support Product Management.

  • Briefly describe the issue and the approach for the solution.
  • Include any specific business process cycle deadline dates and indicate the nature of the date (e.g., relates to University policy, or is set by state/federal regulations); if there is a gap between the requested emergency migration date and that deadline (especially if the standard migration date falls between them), then articulate the reason for the gap (e.g., is there a require review period prior to the deadline, etc.)
  • Describe the size of the affected user population.
  • Describe what happens if the migration doesn't occur when requested (e.g. what is the negative business cycle impact; what is the compliance sanction); provide a brief outline of the contingencies that were considered.
  • If the requested migration date falls within a IT Change Freeze or Caution period, describe the business process and technical actions that have or will be performed to reduce the risk of performing the change during those periods.
  • As needed, participate in the discussion with the Enterprise Change Approval Board.