We are hiring a SuccessFactors Integration product manager who will be responsible for SuccessFactors to 3rd party packaged integrations. This product manager will be working in the platform product management team. If you are a product manager or a consulting colleague who want to be the global owner of this product, please email me your resume. If you have designed or implemented an integration between Employee Central and other applications, you will have an edge.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Saturday, March 07, 2015
Book - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
I read the book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo. It is a wonderful book and has already started changing my life significantly. Although the book is categorized as a house keeping book, it could also be categorized under philosophy or psychology.
Ironically, I got rid of over 150 books, among other things, after reading this book. Tidying up your space has the same effect on your mind as meditation or exercise.
Complexity has not only crept into our work spaces, but has also crept into our lives and houses. At work, I think everyday about simplifying business and realized that I can't do it if I do not simplify my personal life.
The author suggests that discarding what does not give you joy is the best way to go about it. Once you take that mind set many clothes you own, many books on your shelf and many things in your cupboards start looking unnecessary.
Run Your Life Simple.
Complexity has not only crept into our work spaces, but has also crept into our lives and houses. At work, I think everyday about simplifying business and realized that I can't do it if I do not simplify my personal life.
The author suggests that discarding what does not give you joy is the best way to go about it. Once you take that mind set many clothes you own, many books on your shelf and many things in your cupboards start looking unnecessary.
Run Your Life Simple.
Two Books on SuccessFactors HCM
There are two books on SuccessFactors available for order at this time in Amazon.com. The one by Luke Marson and Amy Grubb is titled SuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCM and focuses on the products and their features. The second one by Venki, Donna, Prashanth, Chinni,Vishnu and many more expert contributors is about Integrating SuccessFactors with SAP and 3rd party applications. The integration book is also available from SAP Press.
When I visited the Amazon page today I noticed that those who bought the first book are already ordering the book on integration. We expected that. Here is some inside story on both the books. We wrote the book on integration while Luke and Amy wrote the second edition of the book titled SuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCM. Luke and I discussed the table of contents of the integration book and ensured that the book on integration complements the book on products and vice versa. In fact, Luke shared the chapter on integration from his book with me and I shared the table of contents of the book on integration and some chapters with Luke to ensure that readers of the books get full value for their money and time investment. The publisher and editors of both books also reviewed the content of both books in details to ensure the same.
The authors of both books are practitioners who write from experience. Each one of them has taken hundreds of hours from their busy schedules last year to generously share their wisdom with everyone. The integration book in particular is full of case studies for many possible scenarios. Get both the books for yourself or your customers. The books will serve your projects and your career for the next several years very well. If you are an SAP SuccessFactors account executive, reading the book and sharing it with your prospect will significantly speed up the decision making process.
You can read the preface of the book on integration here.
When I visited the Amazon page today I noticed that those who bought the first book are already ordering the book on integration. We expected that. Here is some inside story on both the books. We wrote the book on integration while Luke and Amy wrote the second edition of the book titled SuccessFactors with SAP ERP HCM. Luke and I discussed the table of contents of the integration book and ensured that the book on integration complements the book on products and vice versa. In fact, Luke shared the chapter on integration from his book with me and I shared the table of contents of the book on integration and some chapters with Luke to ensure that readers of the books get full value for their money and time investment. The publisher and editors of both books also reviewed the content of both books in details to ensure the same.
The authors of both books are practitioners who write from experience. Each one of them has taken hundreds of hours from their busy schedules last year to generously share their wisdom with everyone. The integration book in particular is full of case studies for many possible scenarios. Get both the books for yourself or your customers. The books will serve your projects and your career for the next several years very well. If you are an SAP SuccessFactors account executive, reading the book and sharing it with your prospect will significantly speed up the decision making process.
You can read the preface of the book on integration here.
Packaged Integration Customer Has Completed Two Compensation Cycles
At the HR Inside Conference recently, I had a chance to meet the first customer who implemented the packaged integrations for employee data and SuccessFactors Compensation. They told me that they have already completed two compensation cycles after they implemented the compensation process integration. It is good to know that the packaged integrations are working well for customers.
Here is the current and planned packaged integrations as of February 2015.
When Is HANA Cloud Integration A Good Integration Technology Option for Talent Hybrid Customers
I met several SAP ERP HCM customers running SuccessFactors Talent Solutions at the HR Insider Conference recently. We discussed how they are integrating SuccessFactors Talent Solutions with SAP ERP HCM. I have been recommending SAP Process Integration (PI) as the integration technology option for Talent Hybrid customers. One such customer said that they are in the process of picking an integration technology at this time. When they asked their CIO to invest in hardware and software licenses for SAP Process Integration (PI), the CIO was not inclined to do so and did not give them the budget for various business reasons. They do not use any other middleware technology on-premise either.
For this customer, I recommended SAP HANA Cloud Integration (HCI). For customers who do not use SAP Process Integration and have no plans to invest in an on-premise integration middleware technology, HANA Cloud Integration(HCI) is a good option. HCI does not require investment in hardware and software licenses because it is delivered from the cloud, and the customer pays only for the service during the contract period, which is usually 3-5 years. The subscription fee can come from the HR team's budget and need not come from a CIO's budget. The cost of subscription is usually much lower than the total cost of ownership of an on-premise middleware technology.
Please note that this recommendation is for the Talent Hybrid scenario. You can learn about the three SuccessFactors cloud deployment options here.
For this customer, I recommended SAP HANA Cloud Integration (HCI). For customers who do not use SAP Process Integration and have no plans to invest in an on-premise integration middleware technology, HANA Cloud Integration(HCI) is a good option. HCI does not require investment in hardware and software licenses because it is delivered from the cloud, and the customer pays only for the service during the contract period, which is usually 3-5 years. The subscription fee can come from the HR team's budget and need not come from a CIO's budget. The cost of subscription is usually much lower than the total cost of ownership of an on-premise middleware technology.
Please note that this recommendation is for the Talent Hybrid scenario. You can learn about the three SuccessFactors cloud deployment options here.
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