Upcoming Conferences:
  • Alliance (Higher Education/Public Sector) – February 27–March 3; Las Vegas, NV
  • COLLABORATE – April 2-6; Las Vegas, NV
  October Conferences: The CAB (Customer Advisory Board) event was held at Oracle Headquarters, October 18 – 20 (See pics below) .     Oracle invites numerous HCM PeopleSoft customers from all over the world to participate in a 3 day event where customers provide feedback & prioritize on the HCM projects targeted for the next 12-18 months.   There are 7 key projects for HCM – 1) Onboarding/Offboarding, 2) Guided Self Service  3) Employee/Job Side By Compare  4) Global HR & Payroll  5) Org Structure (Co. Directory, Matrix Teams)   6) Employee Snapshot and 7) Talent Management   At this year CAB the 3 big themes customers discussed were:
  • Global HR - Successfully deploying PeopleSoft HCM globally and having the ability to configure by country.  A tie for request (with GSS) was for address configurability by country and validation.
  • Integration – Customers who are using Oracle Cloud products (ex. Taleo, Oracle Comp) requested to have tighter/better integration between the two Oracle products.
  • Fluid –Baylor, Scott & White Health, Mutual of Omaha Deutsche Bahn and  shared how they implemented and deployed fluid self service to their employees.  Majority of 9.2 CAB members said fluid was the next big initiative for their company.
  IMPORTANT NOTE:  Image 19 – We delivered a significant change to how you can configure Name Display. The request came for the Global HR Focus Group to assist with name formatting for different countries.  Part of this enhancement, employees now have the ability to update Preferred First Name via Self Service (you do not have to be ‘global’ to use this feature).  I know many of you created modifications to allow employees to enter a preferred first name – please review our solution and consider removing your modification – see documentation attachment for the Name Change.   Customer Corner - I want to highlight the great accomplishments our HR Focus Group Customers have done this monthJ.  If your organization has done something great (upgraded, deployed fluid/new functionality) please let me know so you can get your well deserved recognition.     HR Focus Group Updates:  Thank you to all the customers who volunteered to participate in the focus group
  • Guided Self Service (GSS) Focus Group - New & Improved Manager Self Service.  This project is enhancing existing GSS with new features and functionality for the manager and HR Admin.  Development is working on “clone position request  and request “Leave of Absence” transaction.
  • Global HR Focus Group – We delivered the much anticipated Global Name configurability enhancement with Image 19 (see attachment)!!!
  • Employee Snapshot Focus Group – Employee Snapshot (Promotion Readiness) was delivered in Image 19.
  • Onboarding/Offboarding Focus Group – Focus group met early in the month and development is hard at work on “Day 1” of onboarding.  We presented the focus group requirements & roadmap to the CAB.   We will begin to prioritize and look at our roll out strategy with On-boarding, Off-Boarding, Trans-Boarding, and Pre-Boarding.  On-Boarding focus group will not meet in November, but will have our next meeting the first week of December.
  • Profile Management Focus Group – We are still gathering requirements and looking at the enhancements for Profile Mgmt.  Our inaugural focus group meeting occurred the last week of September.  The CAB  provided input on specific enhancements they would like.  Focus group is planning to meet the first week of December to review requirements/priority.
  • Position Management Focus Group - We will be meeting with the PeopleSoft Executive Team to review focus group priorities the first week of November.  There will be a focus group meeting for Position Mgmt the second week of November, look for invites later this week.
  • ePerformance (NEW) –We will have our meeting the week of November 28.  Please contact pelley@oracle.com if you are interested in being a part of this group.
  • HR Self-Service User Experience (UX) (NEW) - The Oracle Applications UX team is looking for 15-20 customers to participate in an usability feedback session on a new design for HR self-service.  If you interested in participating, please contact swarthout@oracle.com. If you match the profile, we will then be in touch with you to set up your session time, scheduled at your convenience*.
  ***Important Note*** Focus Groups are open to all customers, calls are typically once a month for an hour or as needed.  Your organization needs to have a current CPCA (customer participation confidentiality agreement) since Oracle discloses future design and prototypes.  Email me if you are interested in any of the above focus groups.   Global HCM Updates – https://blogs.oracle.com/PsftLegUpdates/
  • Australia - The Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 – Single Touch Payroll presented during 31st of August 2016 has received Royal Assent on Friday the 16th of September 2016.
  • Singapore - The PAT - IRAS file specification has been amended and a new version 12.0 has been released
  • Malaysia - The Malaysian government presented on 21st October 2016 the budget for Financial Year 2017