What are the best practices for talent profile and succession configuration?

[GuillaumeL]

Hello SAP community!

I am looking at improving both our employee talent profile and succession module configuration. I would like to know what are the best practice configuration?

Talent Profile: What fields/portlet should be available, how do you enforce data fulfillment by employees, etc...

Succession: How do you manage your process/configuration to determine the successors readiness? Is there a rigorous process behind the values (ready now, 1-2 years, etc.). If so, how is it configured? How do you capture the rationale?

Thanks!

Guillaume

[khbayne]

Hi Guillaume,

You may know this already, but it is advised that you fully complete your Talent Profile implementation before you implement Succession Planning, as there will be fields used in both. You don't have to do this, but most find it works best in this order. Below are some helpful resources, and you can find others on our Community site.

Here is the link to our SAP Best Practices Library:

https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_Best_Practices?q=SuccessFactors

Learning Journeys by either Consultant or Administrator are also very helpful:

https://help.sap.com/learning-journeys/overview?categories=SOL_05_04

Here is the Consultant Learning Journey for Succession Career Development and Mentoring:

https://help.sap.com/learning-journeys/500afefd7a261014a9509d7ecb025ea7