User manual SABA WORKFORCE PLANNING DATASHEET

[. . . ] Data Sheet Saba Workforce Planning Benefits Proactively identify future workforce needs before they become critical Drive company growth by providing management with the ability to plan for talent mobility and properly staff critical company initiatives Ensure you have the right people in the right roles at the right time to achieve organizational success Reduce the risks associated with staffing gaps and turnover Features Scenario planning to support talent mobility and critical project staffing decisions Model future workforce allocation through a rich, graphical user interface Create and save multiple workforce model iterations using organization charts and extensible 9-box grids Access robust decision-support tools and detailed profile data to make key talent decisions Utilize position-management features to enable a global view of open and filled positions, incumbents, succession candidates, and success requirements Configurable to support unique organizational needs Includes embedded career and competencymanagement capabilities The industry's strongest global capabilities, including support for 26 languages Choice of delivery models; in the cloud or on-premise In today's ultra-competitive environment, smart organizations have spent significant time and resources defining and communicating a corporate strategy that charts a course for success. However, few of these organizations can tell you if they have -- or will have -- the people to execute against this plan. [. . . ] Both workforce planners and line managers are empowered to scenario plan, including the ability to create and save models of the organization's future utilizing familiar visual representations of the organization's talent such as organizational charts and extensible 9-box grids. And because Saba Workforce Planning is part of Saba's unified people systems, these models are based on much more than just budgets and numbers. Full insight is provided into detailed people profiles, job requirements, and talent metrics that help the organization highlight areas of risk, such as too few employees with the particular skills needed for a critical role. Dynamic Decision-Support Tools Accurate, detailed workforce plans can drive better decisionmaking in almost any people process. The most important decisions require access to rich profile data as well as innovative views to compare talent and help inform future workforce placement. This embedded decision support is particularly helpful in situations such as: Talent mobility -- Does an individual or a group of individuals have the skills, experience, and personal desire to lead a new business initiative? Promotion and/or successor selection -- Is this person ready now, or do they need more time, development, or more experience/exposure? Compensation -- How much will the workforce we need cost, and how might a change in how we spend affect how we retain pivotal talent such as key performers, high potentials, or critical roles? Development planning -- What are the critical skills we need to develop internally and how long will it take us to get there? Recruiting -- Which roles need to be filled via recruiting efforts, because we just don't have the skills or experience to fill them via internal promotion or development? Managers and workforce planning professionals can utilize our extensible 9-box grid as a key decision-making tool today, while also creating models that represent expectations for the future. People "System of Record" Just as Saba provides the tools to create a meaningful success plan for an individual, managers also need tools that help plan for an organization's future success. [. . . ] Saba, the Saba logo, Saba Centra, and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Saba 2400 Bridge Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065-1166 USA (+1) 877. SABA. 101 or (+1) 650. 779. 2791 www. saba. com talent-ds02_10/10 [. . . ]