Tag: Drew Simmons
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Busy HR Team, Meet Your Project Manager (Your New Best Friend)
Written by Drew Simmons The start of an HCM implementation project can be daunting. At first, it is normal to experience an intimidating feeling where you may feel like you have little or no guidance on how the project will come to fruition. Rest assured that through it all, you will not be Read Article »
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HCM Detective Work: Best Practices for Opening Cases
Written by Drew Simmons When working in your Human Capital Management system, you are bound to encounter issues that will require the need to open a support case or support ticket with your system vendor. When opening a case, the details you provide can dramatically impact the vendor’s ability to resolve your issue. Therefore, Read Article »
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Tips to Ensure a Smooth UAT Process: Part Two
Written by Drew Simmons In the first part of this two-part blog post, we discussed the steps to plan an effective User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process. In this installment, we will review how to effectively execute the testing process according to that plan. There are two phases of UAT: execution and validation. Execution During the Read Article »
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Internal Challenges in Implementations and How to Solve Them
Written by Drew Simmons When I was growing up, my mother would always tell me, “nothing worth having in life is ever easy.” It was one of those sayings where I would always roll my eyes every time I heard it. I’m sure we have all had similar experiences as children. However, this Read Article »
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Things You Can Do With Your HR Technology That Will Make Your Employees’ Lives Easier
Written by Drew Simmons At some point, your company has implemented a new HR or Payroll technology product. During this process, your leadership team and Finance executives have visions of the amount of administrative costs that will be saved and how they will maximize their return-on-investment due to this massive, yet necessary expenditure. Read Article »
Tags: Automated Reporting and Analytics , automation , change communication , Change Management , corporate culture , Drew Simmons , Employee and Manager Self-Service , HCM , HCM implementation , HR technology , HR technology systems , Optimization , payroll , User Adoption