How to make your SAP SuccessFactors projects more successful

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What can you do to have a more successful SAP SuccessFactors implementation? Our podcast team has some great advice! Join Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Luke Marson, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs to learn about tips and methods to make your project more successful. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify or at the main podcast site insightcp.com/insights

 

 

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Submitted by James Fox (not verified) on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 14:38

Valuable insights, thank you!

A comment was made regarding “micro deliverables” on the subject of methodologies. A challenge for me has been identifying so called “minimum viable products” that can be released somewhat independently from other functionality. Perhaps an interesting topic for future discussions would be whether releasing particular MVP’s before others worked well (or not so well) on projects and why.

On the topic of customers preparing for projects and being ready to make decisions, I would argue that the business analyst function plays a key role here. Decision points should be properly supported by context and facts for decision makers. To use the home building industry as an analogy, at no point is the homeowner told, “first things first, we need to excavate for your foundation…how long and how wide do you want your house to be?” Homeowners are guided from abstracted ideas about their future home to refined building plans by putting key decisions into context utilizing, for example, renderings, floor plans, models, and eventually blueprints. Similarly, I believe there is demand in the software industry for clients to be guided through decision making about their software implementations. Including a business analysis plan in the SOW can be a good start.

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Meet the Podcast Team

Steve Bogner

Steve is Managing Partner at Insight Consulting Partners and has worked with SAP HR/Payroll since 1993. Focusing on core-HR, Payroll and Project Management around SAP and SuccessFactors HCM, he has worked with all sizes and types of companies. Steve presents at conferences around the world and is an SAP Mentor alumnus. Read his blogs at www.insightcp.com/blog and periodic musings on Twitter at SteveBogner

 

Becky MurrayRebecca Murray

Rebecca Murray is a founder and Managing Partner at Illumiti HCM. Rebecca is an experienced HCM Consultant, helping companies develop and continuously maintain optimal and high-performing workforces. She specializes in the design and integration of talent management and ESS and MSS solutions. Rebecca helps clients across the world implement sustainable global workforce development strategies. She applies her insight and knowledge to each endeavor and excels in delivering a positive user experience. Rebecca holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Administration. She is also a SuccessFactors Certified Professional Consultant and a Boomi Certified Process Developer. Follow her on Twitter at @Rebecca_Murray3.

Sven Ringling

Sven Ringling is SAP HXM Solution Advisor at ORBIS People GmbH (www.orbis-people.de), a consultancy for Digital HR with SAP's HXM portfolio including SAP SuccessFactors, Qualtrics, H4S4 and SAP HCM. He advises customers on their digital HR transformation journey from strategy and roadmap to implementation and continuous improvement. Sven started his career in 1996 as an SAP HR consultant at IDS Scheer in Germany. He subsequently co-founded SAP HCM consultancies in Germany and the UK and led their cloud transformation initiatives. He has worked with >100 customers across a variety of countries and has been a speaker on Digital HR on conferences on 4 continents. His books and articles published in German, English, and Chinese cover SAP HCM, SAP Concur, Qualtrics and SAP SuccessFactors. Sven is on Twitter at svenringling.

Brandon Toombs

Brandon has worked in HR technology 20+ years. He specializes in Employee Central with over 30 implementations under his belt.  His clients include airlines, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, financial services, and public sector. Brandon has held many project roles - change management, project management, trainer, functional analysis, and a developer. He brings a unique blend of business, functional and technical expertise. He has presented at numerous conferences, is co-author of the latest version of the SAP Press Employee Central book and hosts the only known YouTube channel devoted to Employee Central. Brandon is a passionate believer in the potential of Human Capital processes and technology to supercharge performance of organizations. He can be found on Twitter at BrandonToombs.