HR Metrics Data Definition Meeting Homework – 3/14/2012

1. Find More Participants (especially for the final meeting!)
2. Review Open Questions
3. Prepare for “6-Minute Definitions”
4. List of Org types

Please continue to evangelize the Data Definitions/Metadata Development/Data Stewardship process to your peers and invite them to attend one of our weekly meetings.  Additionally, anyone that has an interest in the content of our meeting is welcome to attend (regardless of their business function) and as we move more into stewardship, will become an invaluable resource in understanding the impact of and business requirements around HR data throughout the organization.

Unfortunately, a bunch of new questions came up while we were reviewing Talent Source.  Please look at the open questions listed in the minutes from the March 14^th meeting (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/pres-provost/cgi-bin/dg/wordpress/?p=405).  Larry will be chase down the technical explanations but there are still a number of issues that relate to the business definition.

We are down to our last few definitions!  Beyond the previously mentioned open issues, the only remaining terms are Research and Administration.   Currently the definitions are rather technical so please look to create an understandable business definition that clearly speaks to what these term represent in the context of the dashboard.  Be sure to note that these values are based off of Expenditure Type Code rather than the amount of the actual activities that are performed.

In the time before our meeting next week, you can leave comments on the pages (by clicking on the “Add Comment” link at the bottom of the page).  Please use the criteria for a well-defined term from the wiki (https://asconfluence.stanford.edu/confluence/x/1wCGFg) as well as your knowledge of the business.  We will continue “6-Minute Definitions” in our next meeting.

The remaining terms are:

On Help	Concept (Click for Current Metadata)	Status	Review Date
X	Administration	In Progress
X	Research	In Progress
X	Headcount	In Progress
X	Job FTE	In Progress
X	Talent Source	In Progress

 

We are still looking to accumulate the various terms for organizations and groupings of organizations at Stanford.  Currently, the HR Metrics Dashboard has School/VP, Area, Sub-area, Department, Sub-department.  What other terms are used in your area of the university?  Please see the homework from January 18th for examples.