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How it all began

I’ve always had a passion for motorcycles – I saw my first one when I was four-years-old, and have been a biker ever since I got my license. I crave the sense of freedom and adventure you feel when riding. But more important, riding has given me a taste for risks and adventure, and makes me dream about possibilities – not just on the open road, but in my personal and professional life, too.

Nothing beats hopping on my bike to explore new places and push my boundaries, and that thrill-seeking side of me has impacted who I am in the workplace. I am a firm believer that you bring to work who you are outside, and that work is personal. The best way to fulfill yourself at work is to tap into your core values and interests to develop a strong sense of self-awareness. My passion for motorcycles has taught me a lot about myself as a professional – and has made me a better employee, and leader. Here are three things that being a biker has taught me throughout my career:

The difference between taking a risk and being reckless

I embody a ‘why not’ attitude, meaning I will typically say yes before I say no. My motorcycle fulfills this thirst to push my boundaries, take risks and try new things. However, it is crucial to recognize the difference between taking a risk and being reckless – it’s why I always wear helmet when I ride. The key is to take calculated, measured risks. It is easy to get carried away – but the higher the risk doesn’t always mean the higher the reward.

When it comes to riding a bike, reckless behavior doesn’t only put the careless rider in life-threatening danger – it also threatens the safety, well-being, and even the lives of others. In the workplace, reckless decision-making also has repercussions that can have a ripple-effect that reach beyond the individual who made the decision. Reckless calls not only cost the individual their job security (and even their entire job) – but also the job security and reputation of his or her coworkers and clients.

There is a fine line with risk-taking, but in my role as CMO of SAP Ariba, I have been able to strike a balance. Just as I don’t lose sight of the rules of the road when I’m exploring new territory on my bike – I don’t lose sight of my core values and goals, or my ability to react to my environment, when developing and executing a business strategy. As I take measured risks when it comes to SAP Ariba’s marketing strategy, the goal is to help SAP Ariba stand out from competitors and drive global expansion and ROI.

The need for a roadmap

It’s much more productive and meaningful to hop on my bike with an end destination in mind; the importance and value of outlining a roadmap before a journey is undeniable. Translating this best practice to my work – I have outlined a roadmap for SAP Ariba in 2018, with specific end goals, including:

* Elevating the brand by executing with purpose
* Developing programmatic relationships with key influencers
* Supporting global market expansion through innovation
* Supporting sales through the entire buyer’s journey
* Focusing on customer intimacy, advocacy and loyalty

I’ve also outlined a goal for my journey as CMO of SAP Ariba in the coming year, and that is to become hyper connected to our customers. Nothing will be more critical in 2018 than supporting their digital transformations. And this will require going beyond the traditional marketing funnel and gaining a deep understanding of each customer’s (and potential customer’s) unique business goals. This level of awareness is only possible through personal and targeted interactions and I am dedicated to taking a collaborative, interactive and personal approach to support each leg of our customers’ business journeys.

Being comfortable with being open

The exposed setup of a motorcycle requires bikers to get comfortable with being open. And this is critical in the workplace. Without an open mind, you won’t get very far in either your personal or professional life. You can sit in the middle of an office and talk to anyone as much as you want – but unless you actually listen to, consider, and value what others are saying in each of your interactions, it is impossible to achieve a meaningful connection. Keeping an open mind is also critical to good leadership and key component of risk taking. Without an open mind to try new things – whether it’s a new approach to marketing or new product innovation – leaders will fall victim to the status quo and be disrupted by competitors.

I use a variety of tactics to show my colleagues that I’m an open resource to them. I hold impromptu meetings, whether it is calling my team into a conference room, or taking team members out for a quick coffee or lunch. I welcome creative ideas to make the workspace warm and personal, encouraging teams to organize birthday celebrations and other key milestone events. These gestures convey to my colleagues that I’m an open person to interact with during any and all situations throughout the day. This has helped me to gain a deep understanding of the work my team does and the challenges they face, and has helped me build relationships with them as individuals and instill their trust.

Strap In

My journey has proven that personal hobbies can translate into professional success. The lessons I’ve learned, and best practices I’ve developed as a biker have made me a more strategic, collaborative leader – and have allowed me to execute my role as CMO on a more personal level.

What drives you? Even if you don’t ride a bike – take a moment to reflect on the things that you are passionate about – and how they can fuel your journey. Then strap in and enjoy the ride…

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Hello People !

Being a Success Factors consultant implementing EC,Time-Off and EC Payroll Time Sheet for multiple customers, I have been asked the same set of questions multiple times. How should I test the system, do you have a document to refer? How can I ask my  business users who were not a part of workshop to test the solution, can you refer some testing specific document ?

Ideally the workbook is used for testing across each requirement captured. There is column with test result for each object , however this does not cover the entire functionality of product like functionality (e.g. how to use a timesheet) and to business users it requires an additional explanation.

Hence I came up with following. Have a good reading

Purpose of the document:

Customer requires a simple EC Payroll Time sheet guide for their non-core team to do the testing. Instead of making the read the entire user guide, the customer might require a simple document explaining the feature of EC Payroll time sheet and the relevant features to be tested.

This document also serves as a quick read for beginners in EC Payroll Time sheet and what is expected out of this application. Have fun learning!

Pre-requisite:

Moderate knowledge in EC & EC time-off and awareness of the technical terms used in time.

Step 1: Proxy as test user

Step 2(a): Access Time Sheet via Home Page

or

Step 2(b): Access Time Sheet via People Profile

Step 3: Familiarize time sheet

Refer to number marked in the screen shot above for reference

1 : Time Sheet Day – The time sheet will always denote the current day by default when it is opened and the day is marked in ‘red’ and highlighed with the box. You can always choose any day of the week to enter time by just selecting a day.

If the day has scheduled working time (from work schedule), it will show the start & end time of the schedule. Then when an employee books the orginal start & end time, the total hours will be displayed for that day.

Note

* If employee is on an approved leave, the day marked in grey and you cannot input time for that day. If you force any input, it will throw an error message (Refer screen shot 1 a&b below)

* If the day is Public Holiday, the day is marked with an astrix (*) besides the date, however you may input time for that day.  (Refer screen shot 2 below)

Screen shot 1(a)

Screen shot 1(b)

Screen shot 2

2 : Time Sheet Week – Time sheet by default will open the current week always. You can use the slide option to navigate to the past & future time sheets.The time sheet is displayed on weekly basis and time is captured on a hourly base.

3 : Total – Shows the total number of hours booked by the employee for the week. Please note the total is only based on the number hours entered by the employee and not any vaulated time (refer point 4).

4 : Valuation Result – Shows valuation result of the time entered by the employee. E.g. If the employee enters 10 hours of working time for particular day and by rule 8 hours is regular paid and any additional hours paid  at 1.5 times as OT. This rule would be incorporated by time valuation which will split 10 hours into Regular Hours Paid (8) & OT1.5 (2). These two time components are displayed in the Valuation Result section.

Note

* The total hours display in this section may differ to total hours display in section (4) depending on the valuation.

5 : Status – Shows the time sheet status. By default when a fresh time sheet is open, it is To be submitted. If there time sheet requires approval, then upon submission by employee will be on To be approved status. Once approved, it will be on Approved status.

For any reason if the approved sheet is withdrawn by employee the status would be Draft amendment status.

6 : Working Time Account Balance – This shows if there any balance in hours for the hours booked by the employee. E.g. by schedule the employee needs to work 8 hours/day for 5 day a week. On the first day, he works 10 hours, then the 2 hours will appear in the working time account balance as 2 hours. Then on the next day he works only 7.30 hours instead of 8, the balance will reduce by 30 mins and will show 1.30 mins. This balance will also show negative balance.

7 : Allocated Hours – Employee selects the time types allocated to his/her profile (Time Profile) and enters the time in this section.

8 : Details – The detail section hold additional field like Cost Center or any custom field created for that particular entry. Each entry will have details option to be entered. However

Note

If an employee wants to assign a different cost center, he/she may choose to enter the deviating cost center in the details option. This field can also be suppressed by making it not visible in the object definition.

9 : Additional Booking – Apart from booking the allocating time types, employee can also add any ‘On Call Time’ and ‘Allowances’.  Separate time type & allowance types are configured for these add-ons.

In addition to recording attendance time, timesheet also support absences from time-off functionality. Employee can apply for leave through timesheet in the same way as in time-off.

10 : Submit – Once the employee has completed entering the time, he/she can choose the Submit option. Once the Submit is entered the time types which are valuated automatically is send the required approver, if any. Else, the timesheet stays as Approved. Refer to point 6 for Status.

Employees can save the timesheet as Draft and in additional he/she can edit back the Approved time sheets using Make Amendments option.

Trace option comes only if the permission is provided in RBP. This provides log of how time valuation run & the output time types.

Step 6: Testing Scenario

S.NO
Scenario
Step to perform
Actual Outcome
Status

1
Check allowed time types: Depending on employee type, a time profile is attached in Job Info (Time Section). Each of these time profile has the list of attendance types eligible for the employee.
Check the drop-down option in allocated hour (6) and Additional booking (7) to see if the eligible time types are available to enter.
Attendance time types available to enter and save without any error
Pass/Fail

2
Cost Center available in details section: If cost center field is not hidden in details section, it should be available with list of cost centers for employee to choose.
Choose allocated hours (6) or add on-call time or allowance (7) and choose details option. From the drop-down list, choose the relevant cost center. After entering the time entries, save the time sheet.
List of cost center is available to enter and employee able to save the data without any error
Pass/Fail

3
Time Valuation: This scenario is subject customer requirement and the major part of testing goes here.
Time Valuation run the moment we complete the entering the hours. Make sure the booked time is split or accumulated in the right time type group (result). Refer to point 4.
Time records are valuated and resulted in the correct time type group (result)
Pass/Fail

4.
Workflow: This scenario is subject to customer requirement, however if there is requirement for approving the timesheet, this is applicable
Once the time entries are captured for the week, click on Submit button.
Pop-up window appears with option to enter comment to the approver. Make sure the right approver receives the workflow request.
Pass/Fail

5.
Time Recording Admissibility: This field in Job Info (time section) determines, how far in past can the employee edit the time sheet which is approved. E.g. Let assume the admissibility if 4 weeks for this scenario.
Open the timesheet and from the current week, and go back to 4 week using cursor option (refer to point 2). Make amendments to 4th week time sheet and Save. After that try going 1 week further in past (5th week) and try to edit the time sheet.
You should be able to edit the 4th week time sheet but not the 5th week.
Pass/Fail

6.
Working time balance: This is also subject to customer requirement. If required, check the scheduled hours per day and week that the employee needs to work.
E.g. if the EE needs to work 8hr/day and 40hrs/week. Enter 10 hours on day 1 , 7.30 hrs in day 2, 4 hrs in day 3 , 12 hrs in day 4 and 12hrs in day 5. Refer to point 6.

Day 1 balance = 2

Day 2 balance = 1.30

Day 3 balance = (-) 2.30

Day 4 balance =1.30

Day 5 balance =5.30

Note: Taking absence from time sheet uses the same time-off absence application and hence this can be deemed as time-off testing. http://bit.ly/2otCLSe #SAP #SAPCloud #AI