Project Planning
CTE works with its customers to plan their PeopleSoft projects. Whether the project is an implementation, upgrade, development, or analysis effort, CTE will add value to the process.

CTE’s PeopleSoft consultants have experience working with a variety of PeopleSoft implementation project plans including PeopleSoft's "Compass Methodology", and PeopleSoft's "Advantage Tool Kit", as well as numerous other customized implementation methodologies.

CTE has experience in developing custom project plans by working with customers’ individual needs. CTE can bring a project plan skeleton to an engagement and work with you to develop a plan which satisfies your unique requirements.

Business Process Analysis
CTE recognizes that a PeopleSoft implementation presents a tremendous opportunity for business re-engineering. The change associated with moving from a legacy system to PeopleSoft or even upgrading to a newer product release can be the catalyst for improving business processes. This can take the form of a complete process re-design or mapping business processes to take advantage of the best practices imbedded in the software. CTE can work with you to perform a business process evaluation. The goal of this analysis is to develop efficient business processes which fulfill the objectives of the organization and utilize the power of the software.

CTE can work with your firm in executing a Business Process Analysis that includes:
• "As-Is" documentation and analysis
• Functional requirements gathering
• "To-Be" process flow development and Workflow Analysis
• Fit/Gap Analysis of Applications

Application Configuration
CTE will work with customers to develop an appropriate application configuration and to define the "Control Data" required to run the system. CTE’s PeopleSoft consultants have an excellent track record of working with users to configure PeopleSoft so that the software meets the business' needs.
Currently, CTE offers configuration expertise in the following PeopleSoft Applications:

• PeopleSoft Purchasing
• PeopleSoft Payables
• PeopleSoft General Ledger
• PeopleSoft Treasury
• PeopleSoft Accounts Receivable
• PeopleSoft Asset Management
• PeopleSoft Projects
• PeopleSoft Recruiting
• PeopleSoft Inventory
• PeopleSoft Human Resources
• PeopleSoft Order Management
• PeopleSoft Payroll
• PeopleSoft Time & Labor
• PeopleSoft Expense

Modification and Development
CTE can work according to your business requirements and system fit/gap analysis to develop your customizations. CTE’s PeopleSoft consultants are equipped to design functional and technical specifications, develop customizations, and test and deploy the PeopleSoft customizations your firm requires. CTE’s PeopleSoft consultants are proficient with the following development tools utilized by PeopleSoft:

• Application Designer
• Application Messaging
• Business Interlinks
• Business Process Design
• PeopleCode
• Security Administrator
• SQR/SQL
• Application Engine
• Cognos
• Crystal
• nVision

CTE has refined a methodology for custom PeopleSoft development. We ensure effective documentation, coding standards, interactive user input, customer acceptance, and migration deployment.

Workflow Development
CTE will work with your functional users and the results of any Business Process Analysis to develop Workflow capabilities for your PeopleSoft Applications. Workflow is one of the most distinguishing technologies offered by PeopleSoft. CTE’s PeopleSoft consultants have the skills to develop and customize this powerful tool to add more robust functionality to your applications.

• Definition of Transaction Approval Paths
• Establishment of Roles
• Development of Optional Routings
• Application of Workflow Agent
• Development of Electronic Form Authorizations

CTE has the ability to put PeopleSoft's new technologies to practice in your company.