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Power Platform HR case study background
Understanding the wellbeing, attainment and goals for staff across your organisation is crucial to success.
Therefore, your HR departments will undoubtedly use an appraisal process. Collation of this data is key to tracking staff performance within your organisation, but it’s a time-consuming process. Frequently you start the next cycle just at the moment the data is collated. The requirements of the modern workforce only exacerbate the challenge as many may be mobile or remote, so don’t have regular access to their line manager to complete the appraisal process. Using the Power Platform we were up for the challenge.
The Challenge
Every organisation has varying numbers and types of employees, spanning dispersed locations and diverse roles. Consequently making a solution that address the needs of all is a challenge.
Silversands was challenged by a city council to create an appraisal process that allows staff to judge their own performance progress and job satisfaction. They wanted a data input layer that was user-friendly and allowed the employee to rate progress against several predefined questions on a sliding scale. This process needed to auto-select the manager and inform all those involved in an individual’s appraisal that a new cycle had begun. Human resources and the senior management wanted to be able to see both the breakdown of the responses for a team, and the overall council.
This set of requirements is not unusual for an appraisal process. However, there is no standard process which means customisation is necessary. As a result the choice was either buying an off the shelf product, using paper forms or a bespoke and expensive solution.