2. The PeopleSoft Ecosystem
PeopleSoft provides multiple solutions,
focusing primarily on Human Resources/
Payroll (HRMS), Financial & Supply Chain
Management (FCSM) and Customer Re-
lationship Management (CRM). A typical
PeopleSoft application is highly customized
through configuration and PeopleCode cus-
tom development.
With the mission-critical function these ap-
plications serve, the IT team typically faces
challenges such as:
• Severe performance issues, mainly due to
SQL queries
• Huge business impact with underperform-
ing Performance, Stability and Security
• Rapid evolution to meet the needs of the
business impacted by a lack of agility
• Risk avoidance becomes costly, so it is
difficult to keep TCO under control
Most development on PeopleSoft applica-
tions is completed by major Systems Integra-
tors (SIs), and development performance is
typically very uneven. Also, Oracle Support
helps more on SQL optimization than ad-
dressing and preventing other issues.
The CAST Answer
CAST Application Intelligence Platform (AIP)
provides repeatable, automated analysis of
PeopleSoft configuration and custom devel-
opment in PeopleCode, checking over 100
PeopleSoft configuration and PeopleCode
development rules.
With CAST AIP for PeopleSoft you can
improve control of PeopleSoft application
quality and:
• Achieve superior insight into the configura-
tion and PeopleCode technical structure
• Avoid the business impact of performance,
stability or data integrity issues rooted in
poor PeopleSoft configuration or People-
Code developments
• Improve agility and reduce development,
maintenance and upgrade costs
• Enable frequent and cost-effective auto-
mated controls, especially when driving
outsourcer’s delivery
• Determine impact analysis and upgrade
risk or cost reduction
For System Integrators
Many SIs leverage CAST AIP for PeopleSoft
development, to monitor overall quality for
executive oversight and establish a Struc-
tural Quality Gate between development and
testing.
The insight provided by CAST AIP allows SIs
to:
• Identify defects and low productivity
practices
• Create a Remediation Action Plan at the
start of all new development cycles
• Facilitate knowledge acquisition and shar-
ing through technical documentation
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With CAST, executives can
manage PeopleSoft applica­
tion quality:
• Bring control and improve­
ment to new heights
• Enable frequent and cost-
effective au­tomated con­
trols
• Access proactive dash­
boards
• Drive outsourc­er delivery

3. Case Study
A major SI was managing a very large imple-
mentation of FSCM PeopleSoft Suite with
a high level of customization. The overall
Technical Quality of the application was
at risk, with the highest concerns around
Performance and Security. The SI had also
identified risks in Transferability, Changeability
and Robustness.
With analysis provided by CAST AIP, includ-
ing version to version trends, team productiv-
ity and required QA effort, the SI was able to
remediate most significant structural issues
and show an immediate performance in-
crease. They also established the framework
for a Structural Quality Gate using insights
provided by AIP.
As a result, the team now focuses on the
most relevant actions needed to reduce costs
by enhancing application maintainability and
improve quality by solving defects before they
reach production. Goal-oriented action plans
have resulted in development team behav-
ior improvement. And the team also saw
a reduction in QA effort as a result of fewer
defects, and overall QA efficiency improved
with visibility on changes.
About CAST
CAST is a pioneer and world leader in Soft-
ware Analysis and Measurement, with unique
technology resulting from more than $100
million in RD investment. CAST introduces
fact-based transparency into application de-
velopment and sourcing to transform it into a
management discipline. More than 250 com-
panies across all industry sectors and ge-
ographies rely on CAST to prevent business
disruption while reducing hard IT costs. CAST
is an integral part of software delivery and
maintenance at the world’s leading IT service
providers such as IBM and Capgemini.
Founded in 1990, CAST is listed on NYSE-
Euronext (Euronext: CAS) and serves IT inten-
sive enterprises worldwide with a network of
offices in North America, Europe and India.
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With CAST, a major
SI can now focus
on reducing costs by
enhancing application
maintainability and
improving quality,
solving defects before
they reach production.