I can identify with these guys. This could be a promo for Hybrid solutions.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Org Charting Is A Great Candidate For The Tablet
I was speaking a to a customer today and they mentioned that their executives used to print organizational charts and take those printouts with them to meetings to better understand the roles and responsibilities of people. Not any more. Now-a-days they use SuccessFactors Business Execution app to look up people, their managers and their team members. This is based on actual behavior.
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Interesting Conversation About SAP and SuccessFactors
Martin Gillet and Jarret Pazahanick on SAP HR and SuccessFactors solutions and what it means for SAP customers. I found the conversation balanced and fair.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
OnBoarding A Sales Team Using SuccessFactors Jam
SAP is hiring a many new Human Capital Management software sales people this year. David Ludlow, the head of solution management for HCM and my manager suggested that we practice what we preach and use SuccessFactors Jam for OnBoarding all the new sales colleagues.
SuccessFactors Jam is now available for all the 55,000 employees at SAP.
This means all SAP employees can now access Jam and participate in communities from their desktop, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android devices.
It is integrated with our organizational chart
This means that my sales colleagues can click on the name of any participant in the community and get an idea of who they are, who the work for, the content they have shared and so on.
Single SignOn is enabled.
This means that we can share a link of a document posted in Jam via email to a large audience and they can reach that document, or page with one click.
We can track content views and the people who viewed the content
We can track the number of views on the content we post. Not only that. Everyone can see who viewed the documents and even the version of the document they viewed. So we will be able to tell which sales colleague has seen which version of the document. We will be able to track the popularity of a piece of content and the consumption of any particular individual in the community. All this information is all transparent for everyone to see.
Using SuccessFactors Jam, we are going to significantly speed up the OnBoarding process of our sales colleagues. We are going to have detailed analytics on the content level and person level to focus on a piece of content that needs improvement or a person who needs attention.
Rapid rich media content creation
Our solution managers can not only share presentations, the can also create share videos of how they will present the content to customers using simple video content creation and sharing tools within Jam.
Conversations at a micro content level.
Our sales colleagues can ask questions to the product experts about specific pages in a presentation or specific segments in a video.
Support for multiple mobile devices
Support for iPad, iPhone, Android and Blackbeery devices means our sales colleagues can consume fresh content on their mobile devices when every they want from where ever they are.
I am sure we will learn a thing or two doing this. I'll keep you posted.
SuccessFactors Jam is now available for all the 55,000 employees at SAP.
This means all SAP employees can now access Jam and participate in communities from their desktop, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android devices.
It is integrated with our organizational chart
This means that my sales colleagues can click on the name of any participant in the community and get an idea of who they are, who the work for, the content they have shared and so on.
Single SignOn is enabled.
This means that we can share a link of a document posted in Jam via email to a large audience and they can reach that document, or page with one click.
We can track the number of views on the content we post. Not only that. Everyone can see who viewed the documents and even the version of the document they viewed. So we will be able to tell which sales colleague has seen which version of the document. We will be able to track the popularity of a piece of content and the consumption of any particular individual in the community. All this information is all transparent for everyone to see.
Using SuccessFactors Jam, we are going to significantly speed up the OnBoarding process of our sales colleagues. We are going to have detailed analytics on the content level and person level to focus on a piece of content that needs improvement or a person who needs attention.
Rapid rich media content creation
Our solution managers can not only share presentations, the can also create share videos of how they will present the content to customers using simple video content creation and sharing tools within Jam.
Conversations at a micro content level.
Our sales colleagues can ask questions to the product experts about specific pages in a presentation or specific segments in a video.
Support for multiple mobile devices
Support for iPad, iPhone, Android and Blackbeery devices means our sales colleagues can consume fresh content on their mobile devices when every they want from where ever they are.
I am sure we will learn a thing or two doing this. I'll keep you posted.
Building Architect Vs Landlord
Designers of OnPremise Enterprise software are a bit like building architects. They care a lot about how the product looks and functions on the day of release rather than think about how the product will meet the needs of people a year from the day of release. Like a building architect making a statement with the facade of his or her building, designers of OnPremise software try to demonstrate great features with every release. The designer of OnPremise software strives for more complex features with many spectacular moving parts that show off the latest and greatest technologies.
The OnPremise software designer is not rewarded for building software that is easy to maintain or has lower total cost of ownership. Like a building architect who is rewarded for making a statement with his building on opening day, the OnPremise software designer is rewarded for making a big bang release.
The designer of cloud software is like a landlord. He cares about how the building will function for years to come. The Landlord cares about how the building is going to meet the needs of his tenants because if it does not, they will move out. He cares about how much time he needs to devote for the upkeep of the building, because more time devoted to maintenance means less profit margins. He worries about how much money he need to spend to fix or modify things so that the building is usable by the tenant.
The landlord does not care about fancy features. He cares about features that work, break less often, meet the needs of his tenants today and modular enough to accommodate future needs and expansion.
I think an architect will have a hard time becoming a landlord and vice versa.
The designer of cloud software is like a landlord. He cares about how the building will function for years to come. The Landlord cares about how the building is going to meet the needs of his tenants because if it does not, they will move out. He cares about how much time he needs to devote for the upkeep of the building, because more time devoted to maintenance means less profit margins. He worries about how much money he need to spend to fix or modify things so that the building is usable by the tenant.
The landlord does not care about fancy features. He cares about features that work, break less often, meet the needs of his tenants today and modular enough to accommodate future needs and expansion.
I think an architect will have a hard time becoming a landlord and vice versa.
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