hub16: workforce planning at tableau: finding time compression and process agility
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Workforce Planning at TableauFinding time compression and process agility
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Erin HoffBusiness Analyst
Scott GuinnProduct Line Leader,
Workforce Planning
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We bring your data to life
Founded:
2003 in the labs of Stanford University
Headquarters:
Seattle, WA
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Business Operations
(“BizOps”)
Org structure
• Tableau Desktop 9.3.0
• Tableau Server 9.3.0
• Tableau Reader 9.3.0
• Tableau Online (cloud)
• Tableau Public (cloud)
• Tableau Vizable (mobile)
Development /
Engineering
Marketing
Sales
Operations
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…More accurate headcount
forecasting. And faster!
Problem you were
solving for?
• Needed better visibility into
headcount needs, modeling for:
• driver-based growth, new
initiatives, attrition
• Needed dashboards to be more
timely delivered
• Current process time consuming,
manual, spreadsheet-intensive
“Tableau lives for accurate data, but we still struggled to model and plan headcount and sales planning data.”
- Roya Williams
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Implementation
• Initial Build: 5 Months• Parallel Testing: 3 Months• Change management (goods and bads)
- Reduce process disruption, risk --Run processes in parallel
- Training- User adoption
• Any other challenges?
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Solution: Consolidator Data Map
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Business Operations
(“BizOps”)
Dashboards, reporting, & data
management
Dashboards / Reports
• Current HC
• Forecast HC
• Recruiter pipeline velocity
• Workday Import Templates
• Compensation Consult
Development /
Engineering
Marketing
Sales
Operations• Workday Data Change
Report
• Employee Movement
• Create New Position
• General QA Admin
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Results
• Better visibility into Actuals – leads to better forecasts
• Significant reduction in time for data consolidation,
system maintenance, reporting
• Process agility – we can do it ourselves!
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“Just knowing that with
Anaplan we are helping our
teams own their own data!”
Wow moment
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What’s Next?
Integration
• Early adopter testing for:
• Anaplan API integration
with Workday
• Web data connector
integration with Tableau
Anaplan for Finance
• Company-wide budgeting and expense planning process
Q A
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