Title: Karen Beaman CEOFounder, Jeitosa Group International Kelvin Gray Director of Sales Support, Workday
1Karen BeamanCEO/Founder, Jeitosa Group
International Kelvin GrayDirector of Sales
Support, Workday
Web Services and SOA Impact Within the HCM
Marketplace
2Todays Agenda
- Challenges with Enterprise Applications
- Web Services to the Rescue
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Web Services/SOA Driving Business Models
- Impact Within the HCM Marketplace
3Enterprise Applications
- State of the CIO survey
- The number-one technology concern of CIOs has
been integration since the surveys began in 2002. - CIO Magazine, September 2005
State of the CIO survey IT Too expensive, too
slow and too inflexible - caused by
integration CIO Magazine, September 2005
4Application Integration Simplistic View
Bolt-ons
Self-service
Payroll
HCM
Finance
Recruiting
Performance
CRM
Supply Chain
How many interfaces? n(n 1) or
5Application Integration - Reality
6Usual Suspect
A typical Global 2000 company has 30 to 50
enterprise applications and spends 25 to 40 of
its information technology (IT) budget on
application integration. Source CSC
7Web Services to the Rescue
- What are Web services?
- Distributed business applications, accessible via
the internet. Web services adhere to common
standards and protocols that give applications
the ability to communicate with each other to
complete business processes.
8Web Services - Alphabet Soup
9Web Services What?
Web Services Examples
- Employee
- Address Validation
- Transfer Employee
- Promote Employee
- Terminate Employee
- End Contract
- Applicant
- Get All Applicants
- Create Applicant
- Find Applicant
- Update Applicant
- Evaluate Applicant
- Qualify Applicant
- Hire Employee
- Organization
- Create Geographic Org
- Create Supervisory Org
- Request Open Position
- Request Headcount
10Web Services So What?
- Why all the hype? Ive heard these claims
before. - Whats different?
- Widely accepted standards
11A View of Enterprise Applications
Traditional Monolithic HCM Applications
12A Better View of Enterprise Applications
Web service-enabled HCM Applications
Traditional Monolithic HCM Applications
Keep it simple
13Flexible Business Processes
Collect Applications
Post Job to Co Website
Post Job Specification
Create Job Specification
Create Job Requisition
Select Candidate
Assess Candidates
Conduct Interviews
Contact Candidates
Filter Candidates
Extend Offer
Budget Check
Authorize New Hire
Background Check
14Flexible Business Processes
Post Job Specification
Create Job Specification
Authorize New Hire
Budget Check
Create Job Requisition
Contact Candidates
Background Check
Filter Candidates
Collect Applications
Post Job to Co Website
Extend Offer
Select Candidate
Assess Candidates
Conduct Interviews
15Web Services - Adoption Deployment
16Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
17SOA
- Framework for connecting collections of services
- Adds process to function
18Loose Coupling vs. Tight Coupling
19Modern SOA Technology Architecture
GOVERNANCE
GLOBAL
CROSS-BOUNDARY
SECURITY
20Management Issues
- Exception management
- Billing and metering for internal charge backs,
and external pay for usage - Performance management for tuning issues
- Security of the services to ensure authorized
access only - Quality of Service (QoS) is in place to meet
service-level agreements - Availability of services
- Visibility of services
21Web Services/SOA Driving Business Models
22The Impact on SaaS
- Havent we been here before - The ASP Model
- Software as a Service Whats Different?
- Integration standards
- Multi-tenancy
- Vendor viability
- Issues
- Security
- Data protection laws
- Application integration there is still work to
do - The Management View
- Core competencies
- Pay-as-you-realize-value
23Impact Within the HCM Marketplace
24Evolution in Technology
Todays Technology Environment Web 2.0
Yesterdays Technology Platform Web 1.0
versus
Environment
Hardwired / Monolithic
Web Services / SOA
Componentized / OO
SQL / Relational
Development
Customization / Coding
Composition / Orchestration
Implementation
Perpetual License
Pricing/Delivery
On Demand / SaaS
Integrated / Extended Network
Business Perspective
Standalone / Within 4 Walls
Business Effectiveness
Primary Value
Process Efficiency
Economic Focus
Return on Investment
Total Cost of Ownership
25Evolution in the Business Environment
Todays Business Imperative Work 2.0
Yesterdays Business Agenda Work 1.0
versus
Automation
Back Office
Everyone
Business Events
Transactions
System of Record
Hierarchical
Collaborative
Organization
Episodic / Serial
Rate of Change
Constant / Simultaneous
Tacit Knowledge
Business Perspective
Skills Expertise
People Assets
Primary Value
Physical Assets
Economic Focus
Bottom Line
Top Line
26Evolution in the Workforce
Todays Human Capital People
Yesterdays Human Resource Labor
versus
Organization
Departmentally Focused
Externally Focused
Mobile / Virtual
Brick and Mortar
Work Place
Consistent / Constant
Divergent / Sporadic
Work Style
Homogeneous
World View
Global, Multi-cultural
People as Asset
Business Perspective
Labor as Expense
Performance Accountability
Primary Value
Process Efficiency
Economic Focus
Company-for-Life
All-About-Me
27Evolution in Human Resource Systems
Todays HCM Suite HCMS
Yesterdays HRIS Application HRIS
versus
Functionality
Payroll Benefits
Competencies Performance
At the Core
An Afterthought
Global
Regulatory Compliance
Comprehensive Framework
Governance
Reporting / Analytics
Business Output
Embedded Intelligence
Business Partner
Business Perspective
Gatekeeper
Quality / Performance
Primary Value
Efficiency / Costs
Economic Focus
Efficient Records Automation
Effective Talent Management
28What do Web Services Mean for HR
- Business Agility through Business Process
Management (BPM), provides a way to flexibly
change and extend service offerings, - Systems Agility business agility requires
systems agility, making change/configuration
intrinsic to the systems architecture. - OnDemand enables a hosted platform that
continuously improves functionality without
installing patches or impacting interfaces - Business Intelligence encapsulates
intelligence, embedding real-time analytics and
performance management - Collaboration provides the ability to link
distributed and diverse systems, devices, and
providers across space and time - Efficiency componentized architecture and
reusability lowers total of cost of ownership
29Thank You!
- Karen Beaman
- karen.beaman_at_jeitosa.com
Kelvin Gray kelvin.gray_at_workday.com