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So after being told that my talent management \u201cscorecard\u201d was incomplete and inadequate, I visited one of the SuccessFactors webinars and got a high level overview. <\/span>Keep in mind that the opinions here are simply those gained from a 1 hour presentation and I don\u2019t know what I don\u2019t know \u2013 these are just first impressions.<\/p>\n

That said, the first impressions were rather good. <\/span>In fact, I\u2019m quite positively impressed. <\/span>First of all, I really like the on-demand software model. <\/span>Vendor hosts everything and rolls out modules to clients as needed similar to the salesforce.com or workday.com model. <\/span>Secondly, they sport a pretty impressive client list. <\/span>I won\u2019t name them here, but you can check it out at successfactors.com<\/a>. <\/span>Third, I love any product with dashboards. <\/span>Dashboards are a great way to tell managers (who never have enough time) how they are doing on key metrics on a single page. <\/span>I\u2019m not a communications expert, but navigation and layout seemed pretty intuitive to me.<\/p>\n

In terms of functionality, SuccessFactors is really a workforce performance management play with some other stuff. <\/span>Succession, performance, compensation, employee surveys are all core functions with goals and competencies wrapped around the whole thing (and then analytics further wrapped around that). <\/span>All in all, a very nice package. <\/span>Their performance and succession modules were very robust, but I felt a bit disappointed in the comp management side. <\/span>Granted I didn\u2019t see all there was to see. <\/span><\/p>\n

Rant:<\/p>\n

I should note here that I\u2019m always disappointed in the comp side of TMS products. <\/span>Compensation is similar to LMS and LCMS. <\/span>The functionality needed there is so extreme that you really need specific software. <\/span>So even though when I talk about integrated TMS as talent acquisition, succession, LMS, performance, comp\u2026 there are certain grouping of functionality that easily fit together, and others that require more specialization. <\/span>So this isn\u2019t really a critique of SuccessFactors since I believe none of the TMS vendors to LMS and Comp that well unless its their specialty. <\/span><\/o><\/i><\/p>\n

OK \u2013 back to reality. <\/span>What\u2019s wrong with comp? <\/span>Well, nothing really. <\/span>It\u2019s basic comp. <\/span>This means that you can post merit increases, do some stuff with variable pay and non-cash incentives. <\/span>When I talk about full comp functionality (that nobody but Hewitt, Mercer, Towers Perrin and Wyatt have) I\u2019m talking about full global compensation databases with job categorizations and the whole shebang. <\/span>SuccessFactors is not competitive with the big comp players, but sufficiently competitive with the other TMS players.<\/p>\n

So all in all, I have very positive first impressions of their TMS suite. <\/span>I\u2019m hoping to see more of them (perhaps in a vendor selection) in real practice.<\/p>\n

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