Mastering Workday HCM From Implementation to Optimization
You’re under pressure. Your organization is relying on Workday HCM to streamline HR, integrate payroll, and deliver real-time analytics. But you’re stuck. The implementation is messy. Configuration gaps are creating payroll errors. Leadership is asking for dashboards you can’t build. And worse-your confidence is fading just when you need it most. Every delay increases risk. Every misstep damages trust. You’re expected to lead a system you don’t fully understand, and the cost of failure isn’t just professional-it’s financial. But what if you could step into every meeting with clarity, precision, and data-driven authority? What if you could transform from overwhelmed to the team’s go-to Workday expert? Mastering Workday HCM From Implementation to Optimization is not another theoretical overview. This is a battle-tested, step-by-step system used by HR transformation leads, payroll managers, and Workday consultants at Fortune 500 companies. It teaches you how to architect, configure, test, and optimize Workday HCM from day one of implementation to long-term operational excellence. One learner, a Senior HRIS Analyst at a global financial institution, used this course to identify a critical configuration flaw during their Workday rollout. She fixed it before go-live, preventing a payroll miscalculation that would have affected over 8,000 employees. Her team called it a “miracle.” We call it mastery in action. This course delivers one clear outcome: confident, end-to-end ownership of Workday HCM. You’ll go from uncertain configurations to delivering error-free implementations, robust integrations, and optimized reporting structures-all with a certification from The Art of Service to validate your expertise. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced, On-Demand, and Built for Real-World Demands
This course is designed for professionals who need autonomy without sacrificing structure. You get immediate online access with no fixed dates, no mandatory live sessions, and no artificial time pressure. You control your learning journey, fitting it into your real-world workload. Most learners complete the course in 6 to 8 weeks with just 4 to 5 hours per week. But you can accelerate through modules or take longer-your pace, your rules. Lifetime Access & Continuous Updates
Once you enroll, you own lifetime access to all course materials. No subscriptions. No expirations. This includes all future updates, ensuring you stay aligned with the latest Workday HCM features, compliance changes, and best practices at no extra cost. - Access your training anytime, anywhere-24/7
- Learn on any device-fully mobile-friendly and responsive
- Track your progress with intuitive dashboards and milestone checklists
- Engage with hands-on exercises, real-world implementation templates, and optimization frameworks
Direct Instructor Support & Expert Guidance
You’re never working in isolation. This course includes direct access to our Workday-certified instructors through structured guidance pathways. Ask targeted questions, receive feedback on your configuration plans, and get clarification on complex workflows-all within a secure, professional learning environment. Official Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
Upon finishing, you’ll earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service. This credential is recognized by HR technology leaders globally and demonstrates verified mastery of Workday HCM implementation and optimization. Add it to your LinkedIn, resume, or performance review as proof of your advanced capabilities. Transparent Pricing, Zero Risk
Our pricing is straightforward with no hidden fees. You pay one inclusive fee and gain full access to all materials, support, and the certification. We accept major payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal. We stand behind the value of this course with a 100% money-back guarantee. If you complete the modules and don’t feel significantly more confident in your Workday HCM skills, simply request a refund. No questions, no hassle. Your investment is fully protected. What Happens After Enrolment?
After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email acknowledging your registration. Once your course materials are prepared and ready, your access details will be sent separately. This ensures you begin with a fully tested, updated learning pathway tailored for maximum effectiveness. This Works Even If...
You’re not a developer. You haven’t led a full Workday implementation. You’re new to HCM systems or transitioning from SAP or Oracle. This course is built for real professionals in real jobs-not theoretical experts. Our learners include HRIS analysts, project managers, payroll supervisors, and functional consultants who need practical, actionable insight-not academic theory. One IT manager with no prior Workday experience completed this course while supporting a live migration. He led the payroll configuration phase and was promoted six months later. His boss cited “technical precision and calm under pressure” as the key reasons. If you can follow structured workflows, interpret business requirements, and navigate a modern SaaS platform, this course will give you the clarity, confidence, and competitive edge you need. We’ve removed the friction so you can focus on mastery.
Extensive and Detailed Course Curriculum
Module 1: Foundations of Workday HCM Architecture - Understanding the core philosophy of Workday’s cloud-native design
- Navigating the Workday tenant structure and security model
- Differentiating between core HCM and extended modules
- Overview of Workday’s deployment lifecycle
- Master data vs transactional data in HCM
- Introduction to business processes and their workflow logic
- Setting up test and production tenants for safe development
- Best practices for user role design and access governance
- Understanding Workday’s object model and data relationships
- Configuring foundational organizational hierarchies
Module 2: Security Model Implementation - Designing security groups based on job function
- Implementing domain and task permissions
- Creating custom security policies for sensitive payroll data
- Role-based access control vs attribute-based access
- Testing security assignments with real-world user personas
- Isolating test data from production using security filters
- Documenting security architecture for audit compliance
- Using the Security Administration worklet effectively
- Managing security during organizational changes
- Integrating third-party identity providers with Workday
Module 3: Workforce Configuration and Setup - Defining employment types and worker categories
- Setting up locations, regions, and country-specific compliance
- Configuring work contracts and employment terms
- Managing worker roles and job profiles
- Building organizational units and reporting structures
- Importing legacy workforce data using data import templates
- Validating data integrity through reconciliation reports
- Handling global workforce variations in employment law
- Maintaining workforce history and effective dating
- Configuring contingent worker setups
Module 4: Core HR Processes and Lifecycle Events - Building hire business processes with conditional logic
- Configuring rehire scenarios and probation periods
- Managing transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Setting up voluntary and involuntary terminations
- Automating offboarding checklists and approvals
- Handling leave of absence workflows and reinstatements
- Configuring worker reinstatement rules
- Creating custom business processes for merger scenarios
- Tracking worker history with audit trails
- Setting up international assignment tracking
Module 5: Compensation and Payroll Fundamentals - Configuring earning codes and payroll elements
- Setting up deduction types and pre-tax benefits
- Building salary plans and pay grades
- Implementing compa-ratio analysis and pay equity frameworks
- Configuring bonus and incentive plans
- Linking compensation data to performance reviews
- Setting up off-cycle payments and adjustments
- Validating payroll data exports for external processors
- Managing multi-country payroll requirements
- Using compensation statements for employee transparency
Module 6: Benefits Administration and Enrollment - Configuring open enrollment periods and eligibility rules
- Setting up medical, dental, and vision plans
- Defining life and disability insurance offerings
- Managing flexible spending accounts and HSAs
- Automating qualifying life events
- Integrating with external benefits providers
- Building benefits data alerts and exception reports
- Ensuring ACA compliance in the US
- Handling global benefits variations
- Validating benefits election accuracy before payroll integration
Module 7: Time Tracking and Absence Management - Configuring time entry policies and approval workflows
- Setting up exception and variance rules
- Building absence types and accrual plans
- Linking time off requests to calendar views
- Managing FMLA and other statutory leaves
- Configuring time-off accrual calculations
- Automating overtime rules by jurisdiction
- Integrating with biometric and third-party time clocks
- Running time audit reports for compliance
- Handling retroactive time adjustments
Module 8: Talent Management and Performance - Setting up performance goals and rating scales
- Configuring review cycles and 360 feedback
- Building talent review dashboards
- Linking performance data to compensation decisions
- Managing career development plans
- Configuring succession planning and talent pools
- Integrating performance with learning management
- Automating probation completion workflows
- Running talent analytics reports
- Managing global performance review variations
Module 9: Recruiting and Onboarding - Configuring requisition approval workflows
- Setting up job posting templates and candidate sourcing
- Building interview scorecards and evaluation criteria
- Integrating with background check providers
- Automating offer letter generation
- Configuring pre-hire background processes
- Designing digital onboarding journeys
- Linking candidate profiles to worker records
- Setting up new hire checklists and task assignments
- Measuring time-to-hire and offer acceptance rates
Module 10: Reporting and Analytics Strategy - Understanding Workday’s reporting architecture
- Building basic and advanced reports using Report Writer
- Creating composite reports with multiple data sources
- Using calculated fields and custom formulas
- Designing role-specific dashboards
- Configuring scheduled report distributions
- Implementing report security and data access controls
- Building real-time workforce analytics
- Exporting reports to Excel and BI tools
- Using Workday Prism for external data integration
Module 11: Integration Framework and EIBs - Understanding Workday’s integration cloud (WDIC)
- Building and testing External Integration Business Processes
- Setting up file-based integrations with secure FTP
- Configuring inbound and outbound EIBs
- Mapping data fields between Workday and external systems
- Using pre-built integration templates
- Validating integration success with audit logs
- Troubleshooting common integration failures
- Monitoring integration health and error queues
- Documenting integration specifications for IT teams
Module 12: Advanced Configuration: Calculated Fields and Xpress - Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
Module 1: Foundations of Workday HCM Architecture - Understanding the core philosophy of Workday’s cloud-native design
- Navigating the Workday tenant structure and security model
- Differentiating between core HCM and extended modules
- Overview of Workday’s deployment lifecycle
- Master data vs transactional data in HCM
- Introduction to business processes and their workflow logic
- Setting up test and production tenants for safe development
- Best practices for user role design and access governance
- Understanding Workday’s object model and data relationships
- Configuring foundational organizational hierarchies
Module 2: Security Model Implementation - Designing security groups based on job function
- Implementing domain and task permissions
- Creating custom security policies for sensitive payroll data
- Role-based access control vs attribute-based access
- Testing security assignments with real-world user personas
- Isolating test data from production using security filters
- Documenting security architecture for audit compliance
- Using the Security Administration worklet effectively
- Managing security during organizational changes
- Integrating third-party identity providers with Workday
Module 3: Workforce Configuration and Setup - Defining employment types and worker categories
- Setting up locations, regions, and country-specific compliance
- Configuring work contracts and employment terms
- Managing worker roles and job profiles
- Building organizational units and reporting structures
- Importing legacy workforce data using data import templates
- Validating data integrity through reconciliation reports
- Handling global workforce variations in employment law
- Maintaining workforce history and effective dating
- Configuring contingent worker setups
Module 4: Core HR Processes and Lifecycle Events - Building hire business processes with conditional logic
- Configuring rehire scenarios and probation periods
- Managing transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Setting up voluntary and involuntary terminations
- Automating offboarding checklists and approvals
- Handling leave of absence workflows and reinstatements
- Configuring worker reinstatement rules
- Creating custom business processes for merger scenarios
- Tracking worker history with audit trails
- Setting up international assignment tracking
Module 5: Compensation and Payroll Fundamentals - Configuring earning codes and payroll elements
- Setting up deduction types and pre-tax benefits
- Building salary plans and pay grades
- Implementing compa-ratio analysis and pay equity frameworks
- Configuring bonus and incentive plans
- Linking compensation data to performance reviews
- Setting up off-cycle payments and adjustments
- Validating payroll data exports for external processors
- Managing multi-country payroll requirements
- Using compensation statements for employee transparency
Module 6: Benefits Administration and Enrollment - Configuring open enrollment periods and eligibility rules
- Setting up medical, dental, and vision plans
- Defining life and disability insurance offerings
- Managing flexible spending accounts and HSAs
- Automating qualifying life events
- Integrating with external benefits providers
- Building benefits data alerts and exception reports
- Ensuring ACA compliance in the US
- Handling global benefits variations
- Validating benefits election accuracy before payroll integration
Module 7: Time Tracking and Absence Management - Configuring time entry policies and approval workflows
- Setting up exception and variance rules
- Building absence types and accrual plans
- Linking time off requests to calendar views
- Managing FMLA and other statutory leaves
- Configuring time-off accrual calculations
- Automating overtime rules by jurisdiction
- Integrating with biometric and third-party time clocks
- Running time audit reports for compliance
- Handling retroactive time adjustments
Module 8: Talent Management and Performance - Setting up performance goals and rating scales
- Configuring review cycles and 360 feedback
- Building talent review dashboards
- Linking performance data to compensation decisions
- Managing career development plans
- Configuring succession planning and talent pools
- Integrating performance with learning management
- Automating probation completion workflows
- Running talent analytics reports
- Managing global performance review variations
Module 9: Recruiting and Onboarding - Configuring requisition approval workflows
- Setting up job posting templates and candidate sourcing
- Building interview scorecards and evaluation criteria
- Integrating with background check providers
- Automating offer letter generation
- Configuring pre-hire background processes
- Designing digital onboarding journeys
- Linking candidate profiles to worker records
- Setting up new hire checklists and task assignments
- Measuring time-to-hire and offer acceptance rates
Module 10: Reporting and Analytics Strategy - Understanding Workday’s reporting architecture
- Building basic and advanced reports using Report Writer
- Creating composite reports with multiple data sources
- Using calculated fields and custom formulas
- Designing role-specific dashboards
- Configuring scheduled report distributions
- Implementing report security and data access controls
- Building real-time workforce analytics
- Exporting reports to Excel and BI tools
- Using Workday Prism for external data integration
Module 11: Integration Framework and EIBs - Understanding Workday’s integration cloud (WDIC)
- Building and testing External Integration Business Processes
- Setting up file-based integrations with secure FTP
- Configuring inbound and outbound EIBs
- Mapping data fields between Workday and external systems
- Using pre-built integration templates
- Validating integration success with audit logs
- Troubleshooting common integration failures
- Monitoring integration health and error queues
- Documenting integration specifications for IT teams
Module 12: Advanced Configuration: Calculated Fields and Xpress - Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Designing security groups based on job function
- Implementing domain and task permissions
- Creating custom security policies for sensitive payroll data
- Role-based access control vs attribute-based access
- Testing security assignments with real-world user personas
- Isolating test data from production using security filters
- Documenting security architecture for audit compliance
- Using the Security Administration worklet effectively
- Managing security during organizational changes
- Integrating third-party identity providers with Workday
Module 3: Workforce Configuration and Setup - Defining employment types and worker categories
- Setting up locations, regions, and country-specific compliance
- Configuring work contracts and employment terms
- Managing worker roles and job profiles
- Building organizational units and reporting structures
- Importing legacy workforce data using data import templates
- Validating data integrity through reconciliation reports
- Handling global workforce variations in employment law
- Maintaining workforce history and effective dating
- Configuring contingent worker setups
Module 4: Core HR Processes and Lifecycle Events - Building hire business processes with conditional logic
- Configuring rehire scenarios and probation periods
- Managing transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Setting up voluntary and involuntary terminations
- Automating offboarding checklists and approvals
- Handling leave of absence workflows and reinstatements
- Configuring worker reinstatement rules
- Creating custom business processes for merger scenarios
- Tracking worker history with audit trails
- Setting up international assignment tracking
Module 5: Compensation and Payroll Fundamentals - Configuring earning codes and payroll elements
- Setting up deduction types and pre-tax benefits
- Building salary plans and pay grades
- Implementing compa-ratio analysis and pay equity frameworks
- Configuring bonus and incentive plans
- Linking compensation data to performance reviews
- Setting up off-cycle payments and adjustments
- Validating payroll data exports for external processors
- Managing multi-country payroll requirements
- Using compensation statements for employee transparency
Module 6: Benefits Administration and Enrollment - Configuring open enrollment periods and eligibility rules
- Setting up medical, dental, and vision plans
- Defining life and disability insurance offerings
- Managing flexible spending accounts and HSAs
- Automating qualifying life events
- Integrating with external benefits providers
- Building benefits data alerts and exception reports
- Ensuring ACA compliance in the US
- Handling global benefits variations
- Validating benefits election accuracy before payroll integration
Module 7: Time Tracking and Absence Management - Configuring time entry policies and approval workflows
- Setting up exception and variance rules
- Building absence types and accrual plans
- Linking time off requests to calendar views
- Managing FMLA and other statutory leaves
- Configuring time-off accrual calculations
- Automating overtime rules by jurisdiction
- Integrating with biometric and third-party time clocks
- Running time audit reports for compliance
- Handling retroactive time adjustments
Module 8: Talent Management and Performance - Setting up performance goals and rating scales
- Configuring review cycles and 360 feedback
- Building talent review dashboards
- Linking performance data to compensation decisions
- Managing career development plans
- Configuring succession planning and talent pools
- Integrating performance with learning management
- Automating probation completion workflows
- Running talent analytics reports
- Managing global performance review variations
Module 9: Recruiting and Onboarding - Configuring requisition approval workflows
- Setting up job posting templates and candidate sourcing
- Building interview scorecards and evaluation criteria
- Integrating with background check providers
- Automating offer letter generation
- Configuring pre-hire background processes
- Designing digital onboarding journeys
- Linking candidate profiles to worker records
- Setting up new hire checklists and task assignments
- Measuring time-to-hire and offer acceptance rates
Module 10: Reporting and Analytics Strategy - Understanding Workday’s reporting architecture
- Building basic and advanced reports using Report Writer
- Creating composite reports with multiple data sources
- Using calculated fields and custom formulas
- Designing role-specific dashboards
- Configuring scheduled report distributions
- Implementing report security and data access controls
- Building real-time workforce analytics
- Exporting reports to Excel and BI tools
- Using Workday Prism for external data integration
Module 11: Integration Framework and EIBs - Understanding Workday’s integration cloud (WDIC)
- Building and testing External Integration Business Processes
- Setting up file-based integrations with secure FTP
- Configuring inbound and outbound EIBs
- Mapping data fields between Workday and external systems
- Using pre-built integration templates
- Validating integration success with audit logs
- Troubleshooting common integration failures
- Monitoring integration health and error queues
- Documenting integration specifications for IT teams
Module 12: Advanced Configuration: Calculated Fields and Xpress - Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Building hire business processes with conditional logic
- Configuring rehire scenarios and probation periods
- Managing transfers, promotions, and demotions
- Setting up voluntary and involuntary terminations
- Automating offboarding checklists and approvals
- Handling leave of absence workflows and reinstatements
- Configuring worker reinstatement rules
- Creating custom business processes for merger scenarios
- Tracking worker history with audit trails
- Setting up international assignment tracking
Module 5: Compensation and Payroll Fundamentals - Configuring earning codes and payroll elements
- Setting up deduction types and pre-tax benefits
- Building salary plans and pay grades
- Implementing compa-ratio analysis and pay equity frameworks
- Configuring bonus and incentive plans
- Linking compensation data to performance reviews
- Setting up off-cycle payments and adjustments
- Validating payroll data exports for external processors
- Managing multi-country payroll requirements
- Using compensation statements for employee transparency
Module 6: Benefits Administration and Enrollment - Configuring open enrollment periods and eligibility rules
- Setting up medical, dental, and vision plans
- Defining life and disability insurance offerings
- Managing flexible spending accounts and HSAs
- Automating qualifying life events
- Integrating with external benefits providers
- Building benefits data alerts and exception reports
- Ensuring ACA compliance in the US
- Handling global benefits variations
- Validating benefits election accuracy before payroll integration
Module 7: Time Tracking and Absence Management - Configuring time entry policies and approval workflows
- Setting up exception and variance rules
- Building absence types and accrual plans
- Linking time off requests to calendar views
- Managing FMLA and other statutory leaves
- Configuring time-off accrual calculations
- Automating overtime rules by jurisdiction
- Integrating with biometric and third-party time clocks
- Running time audit reports for compliance
- Handling retroactive time adjustments
Module 8: Talent Management and Performance - Setting up performance goals and rating scales
- Configuring review cycles and 360 feedback
- Building talent review dashboards
- Linking performance data to compensation decisions
- Managing career development plans
- Configuring succession planning and talent pools
- Integrating performance with learning management
- Automating probation completion workflows
- Running talent analytics reports
- Managing global performance review variations
Module 9: Recruiting and Onboarding - Configuring requisition approval workflows
- Setting up job posting templates and candidate sourcing
- Building interview scorecards and evaluation criteria
- Integrating with background check providers
- Automating offer letter generation
- Configuring pre-hire background processes
- Designing digital onboarding journeys
- Linking candidate profiles to worker records
- Setting up new hire checklists and task assignments
- Measuring time-to-hire and offer acceptance rates
Module 10: Reporting and Analytics Strategy - Understanding Workday’s reporting architecture
- Building basic and advanced reports using Report Writer
- Creating composite reports with multiple data sources
- Using calculated fields and custom formulas
- Designing role-specific dashboards
- Configuring scheduled report distributions
- Implementing report security and data access controls
- Building real-time workforce analytics
- Exporting reports to Excel and BI tools
- Using Workday Prism for external data integration
Module 11: Integration Framework and EIBs - Understanding Workday’s integration cloud (WDIC)
- Building and testing External Integration Business Processes
- Setting up file-based integrations with secure FTP
- Configuring inbound and outbound EIBs
- Mapping data fields between Workday and external systems
- Using pre-built integration templates
- Validating integration success with audit logs
- Troubleshooting common integration failures
- Monitoring integration health and error queues
- Documenting integration specifications for IT teams
Module 12: Advanced Configuration: Calculated Fields and Xpress - Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Configuring open enrollment periods and eligibility rules
- Setting up medical, dental, and vision plans
- Defining life and disability insurance offerings
- Managing flexible spending accounts and HSAs
- Automating qualifying life events
- Integrating with external benefits providers
- Building benefits data alerts and exception reports
- Ensuring ACA compliance in the US
- Handling global benefits variations
- Validating benefits election accuracy before payroll integration
Module 7: Time Tracking and Absence Management - Configuring time entry policies and approval workflows
- Setting up exception and variance rules
- Building absence types and accrual plans
- Linking time off requests to calendar views
- Managing FMLA and other statutory leaves
- Configuring time-off accrual calculations
- Automating overtime rules by jurisdiction
- Integrating with biometric and third-party time clocks
- Running time audit reports for compliance
- Handling retroactive time adjustments
Module 8: Talent Management and Performance - Setting up performance goals and rating scales
- Configuring review cycles and 360 feedback
- Building talent review dashboards
- Linking performance data to compensation decisions
- Managing career development plans
- Configuring succession planning and talent pools
- Integrating performance with learning management
- Automating probation completion workflows
- Running talent analytics reports
- Managing global performance review variations
Module 9: Recruiting and Onboarding - Configuring requisition approval workflows
- Setting up job posting templates and candidate sourcing
- Building interview scorecards and evaluation criteria
- Integrating with background check providers
- Automating offer letter generation
- Configuring pre-hire background processes
- Designing digital onboarding journeys
- Linking candidate profiles to worker records
- Setting up new hire checklists and task assignments
- Measuring time-to-hire and offer acceptance rates
Module 10: Reporting and Analytics Strategy - Understanding Workday’s reporting architecture
- Building basic and advanced reports using Report Writer
- Creating composite reports with multiple data sources
- Using calculated fields and custom formulas
- Designing role-specific dashboards
- Configuring scheduled report distributions
- Implementing report security and data access controls
- Building real-time workforce analytics
- Exporting reports to Excel and BI tools
- Using Workday Prism for external data integration
Module 11: Integration Framework and EIBs - Understanding Workday’s integration cloud (WDIC)
- Building and testing External Integration Business Processes
- Setting up file-based integrations with secure FTP
- Configuring inbound and outbound EIBs
- Mapping data fields between Workday and external systems
- Using pre-built integration templates
- Validating integration success with audit logs
- Troubleshooting common integration failures
- Monitoring integration health and error queues
- Documenting integration specifications for IT teams
Module 12: Advanced Configuration: Calculated Fields and Xpress - Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Setting up performance goals and rating scales
- Configuring review cycles and 360 feedback
- Building talent review dashboards
- Linking performance data to compensation decisions
- Managing career development plans
- Configuring succession planning and talent pools
- Integrating performance with learning management
- Automating probation completion workflows
- Running talent analytics reports
- Managing global performance review variations
Module 9: Recruiting and Onboarding - Configuring requisition approval workflows
- Setting up job posting templates and candidate sourcing
- Building interview scorecards and evaluation criteria
- Integrating with background check providers
- Automating offer letter generation
- Configuring pre-hire background processes
- Designing digital onboarding journeys
- Linking candidate profiles to worker records
- Setting up new hire checklists and task assignments
- Measuring time-to-hire and offer acceptance rates
Module 10: Reporting and Analytics Strategy - Understanding Workday’s reporting architecture
- Building basic and advanced reports using Report Writer
- Creating composite reports with multiple data sources
- Using calculated fields and custom formulas
- Designing role-specific dashboards
- Configuring scheduled report distributions
- Implementing report security and data access controls
- Building real-time workforce analytics
- Exporting reports to Excel and BI tools
- Using Workday Prism for external data integration
Module 11: Integration Framework and EIBs - Understanding Workday’s integration cloud (WDIC)
- Building and testing External Integration Business Processes
- Setting up file-based integrations with secure FTP
- Configuring inbound and outbound EIBs
- Mapping data fields between Workday and external systems
- Using pre-built integration templates
- Validating integration success with audit logs
- Troubleshooting common integration failures
- Monitoring integration health and error queues
- Documenting integration specifications for IT teams
Module 12: Advanced Configuration: Calculated Fields and Xpress - Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Understanding Workday’s reporting architecture
- Building basic and advanced reports using Report Writer
- Creating composite reports with multiple data sources
- Using calculated fields and custom formulas
- Designing role-specific dashboards
- Configuring scheduled report distributions
- Implementing report security and data access controls
- Building real-time workforce analytics
- Exporting reports to Excel and BI tools
- Using Workday Prism for external data integration
Module 11: Integration Framework and EIBs - Understanding Workday’s integration cloud (WDIC)
- Building and testing External Integration Business Processes
- Setting up file-based integrations with secure FTP
- Configuring inbound and outbound EIBs
- Mapping data fields between Workday and external systems
- Using pre-built integration templates
- Validating integration success with audit logs
- Troubleshooting common integration failures
- Monitoring integration health and error queues
- Documenting integration specifications for IT teams
Module 12: Advanced Configuration: Calculated Fields and Xpress - Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Introduction to Xpress formulas and syntax
- Building calculated fields for custom reporting
- Using conditional logic in Xpress expressions
- Creating Boolean and string-based calculations
- Testing formulas with sample data
- Using date arithmetic in business calculations
- Referencing related data objects in formulas
- Building dynamic fields for real-time alerts
- Validating formula accuracy across jurisdictions
- Documenting formula logic for maintainability
Module 13: Global HCM and Multi-Tenant Strategies - Configuring country-specific localization packs
- Managing multi-country payroll and tax rules
- Setting up regional compliance reports
- Handling currency and language variations
- Designing regional security models
- Implementing global org structures with sub-tenants
- Managing data privacy under GDPR and other regulations
- Standardizing processes with global templates
- Tailoring local policies within a global framework
- Running consolidated workforce analytics
Module 14: Change and Release Management - Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Understanding Workday’s release schedule and update impact
- Testing configuration changes in non-production tenants
- Documenting change requests with impact analysis
- Using Change Assistant for deployment tracking
- Validating updates with regression testing
- Communicating changes to HR and payroll teams
- Building rollback plans for failed deployments
- Managing third-party integration compatibility
- Tracking release-related training needs
- Creating release readiness checklists
Module 15: Optimization and Continuous Improvement - Identifying configuration inefficiencies and technical debt
- Streamlining business process approvals
- Reducing user error with guided experiences
- Automating manual reporting tasks
- Improving data quality with validation rules
- Enhancing user adoption through training materials
- Conducting quarterly Workday health assessments
- Measuring system performance and user satisfaction
- Optimizing security model for least privilege access
- Documenting optimization recommendations
Module 16: Real-World Implementation Projects - Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Planning a greenfield Workday HCM rollout
- Designing a phased migration strategy
- Mapping legacy system data to Workday objects
- Building a data conversion plan with validation steps
- Running parallel payroll testing
- Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Developing training materials for super users
- Creating go-live cutover checklists
- Preparing post-live support protocols
- Documenting lessons learned for future projects
Module 17: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for Workday certification exams using course material
- Mapping skills to real-world job roles and salary benchmarks
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile with Workday keywords
- Building a portfolio of Workday configuration artifacts
- Using the Certificate of Completion in job applications
- Negotiating salary increases based on certified expertise
- Accessing exclusive job boards for Workday professionals
- Joining practitioner communities and knowledge networks
- Planning your next learning steps in Workday FSM, EIB, or Analytics
- Receiving career advancement guidance from instructors
Module 18: Hands-On Exercises and Mastery Simulations - Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review
- Configuring a complete security model from scratch
- Building a global hire business process with conditional paths
- Designing a custom compensation report with calculated fields
- Creating a multi-country absence accrual plan
- Setting up a benefits enrollment workflow for open season
- Developing a performance review cycle with 360 feedback
- Building a file-based integration for payroll export
- Writing Xpress formulas for employee tenure tracking
- Validating data mapping for a legacy HRIS migration
- Designing a C-suite dashboard for workforce analytics
- Creating an audit-ready security documentation package
- Configuring a time-off adjustment with retroactive approval
- Developing a report for pay equity analysis by demographic
- Setting up a role with multi-country payroll access
- Simulating a quarterly release update with impact testing
- Documenting an optimization proposal for executive review