Steve Bogner is Managing Partner at Insight Consulting Partners and worked with SAP HR/Payroll since 1993. Follow Steve's thoughts on SAP HR technology, process and people, as well as the consulting profession here at the Insight Blog. Steve is also on Twitter at 'SteveBogner'.
| Title |
Date Posted |
Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| More Effort on People & Processes - Not Tech | 2010-Jul-25 |
People, processes and technology all have to work together to have a successful HR organization. We – consultants and companies alike – know that, yet so often we seem to lose track of it. Or more precisely, we lose track of the importance of balancing our effort among all three... |
| The benefits of not being noticed | 2010-Jul-14 |
When was the last time you were congratulated for getting your basic work done accurately, completely and on-time? Did anyone notice? On the other hand, did anyone notice the last time you made mistakes, didn't finish something, or didn't complete it on time? When companies... |
| The Usability Problem in SAP HR | 2010-Jul-07 |
According to 'The Psychology of Design' in the latest SAP Spectrum magazine, research found that roughly 10% of software users' time is spent dealing with usability issues. That is really a significant amount of time! Let... |
| Searching for Answers to Questions | 2010-Jul-02 |
Every few days I look at our web site's statistics to get an idea of what is going on. It's always interesting to see the search phrases that people use to find our site. Often there are people looking to answer some questions about SAP HR features or functionality. Hopefully they are... |
| Why Onsite All the Time? | 2010-Jun-21 |
Why is it that firms are willing to outsource - both off-shore and near-shore – critical business processes yet they continue to insist on implementation teams being together onsite every week for months or years at a time? Many firms trust a business partner in some remote location to... |
| Managing Expectations: Good, Fast & Cheap | 2010-Jun-15 |
I came across some wise words a few days ago; and as wise words will do, they have been spurring some thought:
As a consultant it sounds a bit self-serving, I realize. Stepping outside the consulting... |
| Looking at SAP HR for Higher Education | 2010-Jun-04 |
When SAP created the HR module most of their customers were in manufacturing. Over the years they adapted the HR module to fit a broader range of customers, and the past few years they have been expanding it for Higher Education customers. That expansion is still happening, and there are still... |
| Why SAP HR/Payroll Projects Fail | 2010-May-31 |
Two SAP HR/Payroll project failures have been in the news recently - Queensland Health and Marin County. That reminded me of a couple earlier... |
| Wrinkles with Enhancement Packs | 2010-May-27 |
SAP's Enhancement Packs (EHP) are great for releasing new functionality to customers. They can install and fairly-conveniently switch-on only the additional functions they want. SAP is taking Enhancement Pack 5 into ramp-up now, and it promises to deliver some good new HR functionality.... |
| What Does In-Memory Database Mean for SAP HR? | 2010-May-25 |
SAP made a big deal of In-Memory Databases (IMDB) at SAPPHIRE NOW this year. And, it is a big deal - this technology transfers the database from disk into main memory, which frees it from... |
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