Education

Tuesday, October 29

9:45 am – 10:45 am

Exploring Options for Automating the Addition of Fixed Assets Records in CGI Advantage Financial Management
(Financial)
211
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

CGI Advantage Financial Management provides several methods for the addition of fixed asset records. This session will include an overview of each method and provide context for the usage of each method. Both automated methods, including program asset generation, fixed asset shell generation and fixed asset intent processing, and manual methods will be addressed. Attendees will become more familiar with options they may not have previously considered, but may be appropriate for future rollout.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to define options for the addition of asset records.

Maximize Your Use of CGI Advantage Vendor Self Service (VSS)
(Procurement, Financial)
212
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

CGI Advantage VSS continues to evolve with each new release of CGI Advantage. Is your organization keeping up with the changes and realizing the benefits of the entire self service offering? This session will provide insight into the latest functions and features available in release 3.9 and beyond and include examples of clients that continue to expand and maximize their VSS investment.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define key capabilities in VSS releases 3.9 and 3.10
  • Describe the benefits and key challenges from recent implementations
  • Identify planned enhancements for release 3.11 and beyond

End-to-End Employee Performance Management Using CGI Advantage Human Resource Management (HRM), Manager Self Service (MSS), and Employee Self Service (ESS)
(HR/Payroll)
213
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Personnel/HR
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Release 3.10 of CGI Advantage HRM, ESS, and MSS includes new performance management features that considerably expand previous capabilities. These features allow sites to track more information in the system than ever before and provide the ability for all CGI Advantage components to be involved in the employee evaluation process. This session will include a comprehensive end-to-end employee evaluation demonstration including all three CGI Advantage modules and the general approach for how sites should implement the new functionality. Strategic enhancements that will be covered include the ability to set ratings and expectations for multiple levels of an organization that can be included on a new Employee Expectations document, which can then be included in a redesigned Employee Evaluation document that can be routed to a manager for approval and sign-off by an employee. By attending this session, CGI Advantage users will get exposure to all three modules focused on one coordinated business process.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Recall the features of Performance Management within CGI Advantage HRM
  • Summarize 3.10 enhancements related to Performance Management
  • Understand an example of employee evaluation using HRM, ESS, and MSS

The Biennial Budget: Is it Right for You?
(Budget)
214
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

As budgets continue to grow larger and more complicated, many governments are moving toward a biennial budget preparation cycle. In this session, we will examine the biennial budget process and discuss the advantages and disadvantages. We will highlight client examples from sites that are doing a biennial budget and those that have a two year outlook prepared annually, and show how the forms are set up in CGI Advantage Performance Budgeting to accomplish each. They will share tips and recommendations for those sites thinking of moving to this approach.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define the different options for biennial budgets
  • Understand the configurations needed to support the biennial budget process
  • Apply best practices for biennial budgets

CGI Enterprise Intelligence360 in Action: Transparency, Mobility, and Exploration
(Business Intelligence)
215
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Basic
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Learn how some sites are leveraging the power of business intelligence tools to meet the needs of varying audiences within their organization. This session will include examples of dashboards and explorer information spaces deployed to a user community. There will also be a deeper dive into new CGI Enterprise Intelligence360 content available with release 3.10 including the transparency solution, information spaces, and mobility.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Identify and demonstrate business intelligence content that leverages CGI Advantage and non-CGI Advantage data
  • Describe the requirements for transparency demanded by public interest groups
  • Describe business intelligence trends in state and local government (mobility, self service/exploration of data)
  • Define a use case that illustrates leveraging the broader toolset and access to non-CGI Advantage ERP data to meet a customer's business needs

Turn Your CGI infoAdvantage Yugo into a Ferrari
(Technical/Admin, Business Intelligence)
216
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

The CGI infoAdvantage software suite is a highly configurable, customized, multi-tiered business intelligence solution that runs on diverse platform configurations. It is often not monitored and tuned optimally. This introductory session provides an overview of the CGI infoAdvantage architecture that should be tuned and monitored to ensure that your system is running efficiently. Monitoring and tuning for both ETL and Business Objects reporting will be covered including Business Objects Auditor, database monitoring, database tuning, and Business Objects set up.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define monitoring areas and tools recommended for CGI infoAdvantage
  • Learn methodologies for tracking down performance issues
  • Understand basics of what must be tuned at the OS level, DB level, ETL level, and report level
  • Identify what items are required for reporting tuning issues to customer support

Enterprise Readiness Best Practices
(General Interest)
217
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Business Management
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

This session reviews the key activities of successful ERP implementations and what state and local clients need to plan prior to and during an implementation. Presenters will cover CGI's recommended practices of what should be included to prepare their departments and end users to adopt the system and business processes that make CGI Advantage ERP implementations go smoothly.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to identify key activities to undertake to either increase the success of Go Live adoption or optimize the use of already implemented systems.

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Maximizing User Efficiency by Leveraging User Interface Enhancements and Other Options for Increasing Productivity
(Financial, Procurement)
221
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Release 3.8 introduced a major overhaul to the user interface (UI) across the ERP suite. Release 3.11 will see further improvements to the UI. This session will examine how existing UI options can be leveraged to enhance the experience of CGI Advantage Financial Management users. In addition, the session will explore data entry saving mechanisms and related best practices for increasing efficiency and productivity.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe the benefits of user preferences
  • Define options for increasing user productivity using user preferences

The Contract Management Lifecycle - Part 2
(Procurement, Financial)
222
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

In this session you will learn how the addition of CGI Advantage Case Management provides the opportunity to extend the contract management capabilities of CGI Advantage Procurement. Examples that will be discussed include the ability for procurement specialists and departments to work collaboratively to efficiently and consistently create solicitations, evaluate vendor responses, and award contracts. The session will also describe the natural touch points with CGI Advantage Procurement and Vendor Self Service.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Recall key features of CGI Advantage Case Management
  • Discuss the use of Case Management to streamline the end to end procurement processes

Can CGI Advantage Human Resource Management (HRM) Calculate FLSA and Other Overtime Calculations? Yes it can!
(HR/Payroll)
223
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Personnel / HR
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

CGI Advantage HRM provides multiple ways of automatically calculating FLSA and other types of site defined overtime. By utilizing these automated methods, sites can eliminate manual entry of overtime codes by employees and time and attendance staff to streamline business processes. This session will include a presentation of how to configure FLSA and client compensation overtime. Additionally, generating overtime using automated pay criteria will be covered. Presenters will demonstrate how to generate an overtime calculation and will cover the impact of calculating overtime for employees with multiple rates of pay and multiple appointments.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Recall key configurations for FLSA and client compensation overtime
  • Understand how to calculate overtime for employees having multiple rates of pay and multiple appointments

Leveraging Salary and Benefit Projections in Performance Budgeting
(Budget)
224
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Employee salaries and benefits make up the majority of public sector operating budgets making it essential to regularly monitor expenses and the resulting effect on the budget. In this session, we will discuss how salary and benefits projections within CGI Advantage Performance Budgeting can be used to ensure that costs and adjustments are effectively tracked. We'll walk through several examples of how changes can be setup and managed within the salary projection functionality.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Identify the options for salary and benefit changes
  • Understand the configurations needed to support the salary projection functionality

Planning Your Migration to BusinessObjects 4.0
(Business Intelligence)
225
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Learn about the new capabilities available with BusinessObjects 4.0 (commonly referred to as BI 4.0). This session will introduce key enhancements that the CGI infoAdvantage end user and system administrator will benefit from when moving to BI 4.0. Presenters will discuss planning for a BI 4.0 upgrade, the upgrade path, system considerations, and the tools available to support an upgrade.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe BI 4.0 capabilities
  • Describe what to expect during the upgrade
  • Plan and execute the upgrade

Reduce Your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
(Technical/Admin)
226
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Computer Science
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

The session provides an overview of ECM including the market trends and best practices. We will discuss which CGI Advantage customers use ECM, how ECM can reduce total cost of ownership, and how CGI Advantage customers leverage ECM in their operations.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define ECM
  • Identify the benefits of ECM
  • Identify ways to leverage ECM with CGI Advantage
  • Identify ways to reduce the total cost of ownership with ECM

Change Management and Deployment Readiness Lessons Learned
(General Interest)
227
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Business Management
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

This session presents real CGI Advantage state and local customers who are willing to describe their wild successes and agonies of defeat while preparing their workforce for the CGI Advantage implementation. A similar session was delivered last year and was touted during the conference as one of the best sessions where attendees learned tips and techniques of other site implementations.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Identify other state and local lessons learned 
  • Identify which things are deemed "the most" important Enterprise Readiness activities that would apply or should be tried at their location for communications, training, agency readiness, overcoming resistance, and leadership alignment

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) with OpenText

(Partner Spotlight)
228
Tuesday, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Not CPE Eligible

Information is a high value asset and Government organizations have massive amounts of it to manage. This session will examine Information Governance principles and methods that bring your content, processes, and disparate systems together to improve citizen services, internal processes and information security.  It will examine how to gain the most advantage from your information while reducing risks and costs associated with it. Whether on premise or in the cloud, many Government organizations are achieving great value from their Information Governance programs.  Join us to hear how.

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Leveraging CAFR Reporting for Non-CAFR and CAFR Reports
(Financial, Business Intelligence)
231
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Accounting
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

The CAFR/Financial Reporting module was introduced in Release 3.9. This module offers the ability to automate many of the complex financial and non-financial statements. CGI Advantage Financial Management does not contain all of your necessary financial data and very little of the non-financial, or statistical data; therefore, this module provides a central repository of additional information, allowing for the elimination of many of the external spreadsheets and systems that are used in statement preparation. This session explores one of the best kept secrets in the CGI Advantage ERP suite, introducing financial managers to the module with samples for report building, selection, input of external data, and reports.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Recall configuration steps for implementing CAFR Reporting
  • Understand CAFR Reporting in CGI Advantage

Managing Inventory and Non-Capitalized Assets via CGI Advantage
(Procurement, Financial)
232
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Production
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Are you looking for opportunities to manage your inventory or track non-capitalized assets? If so, join us for this session to learn how CGI Advantage Inventory can be used to manage these processes and increase or maximize your CGI Advantage ERP investment.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Understand the general capabilities of CGI Advantage Inventory
  • Identify potential uses of CGI Advantage Inventory

Security Features and Setup Options that Human Resource Management (HRM) Users Should Know About
(HR/Payroll)
233
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Personnel / HR
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Although security is usually considered an administrative function that applies to both CGI Advantage Financial and CGI Advantage HRM, there are aspects to security administration that are unique to CGI Advantage HRM. This session will focus on CGI Advantage HRM specific security features, including HRDOC and its major components, changing user access options, generating notifications to security administration staff via personnel action processing, implementing activity folder tab based security, and masking social security numbers. Presenters will discuss the features and how to implement them, and demonstrate essential security functions from the perspective of a system end user. The session is not intended to be focused on general system security training.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define the use of the HRDOC in CGI Advantage HRM
  • Recall the HRDOC document components
  • Discuss security options for managing access to human resource management documents unique to CGI Advantage HRM system users
  • Discuss concepts which may streamline business process and eliminate manual workarounds

Performance Budgeting Report from the Field: Release 3.10
(Budget)
234
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Update
CPE Subject Area: Not CPE Eligible

Join us for a panel discussion on the latest CGI Advantage Performance Budgeting (PB) release - release 3.10! Hear from current PB and BRASS clients who are in the process of upgrading to the latest release. The panel will share insights on the new features, as well as lessons learned.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the most popular features of PB release 3.10
  • List upgrade challenges and lessons learned

Powerful Reporting Brought to Life
(Business Intelligence)
235
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

This session is for report developers and people interested in getting the most out of the CGI infoAdvantage toolset. Empower managers and users with actionable decision-making capabilities to proactively identify and resolve issues early. Learn how to create information spaces to enable self-exploration of information for root cause analysis. Use advanced reporting features like drill down and input controls to focus on important information and avoid data overload.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe how to develop a simple explorer information space
  • Apply concepts to develop reports that include alerts with scorecard, drill down, drill thru with link reports, and input controls with a graph

Are You Secure?
(Technical/Admin)
236
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

This session is intended to help security administrators better understand the advanced security features of CGI Advantage and position them to implement these mechanisms with confidence to the meet complex and evolving security requirements of their site. We will give practical demonstrations on how to leverage combinations of these features to satisfy site-specific requirements. With an emphasis on the CGI Advantage Financial Management and CGI Advantage Human Resource Management applications, this session is intended empower security administrators looking to move "beyond the basics" and put theory into practice.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe how to apply "row filtering"
  • Describe how to apply "data field security"
  • Describe how to apply "organizational security"
  • Describe how to apply "user interface field security"

Minor Release Upgrade Methodology and Best Practices (Part 1)
(General Interest)
237
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Staying current with available releases is important to maintaining your organization's access to CGI maintenance services. It also allows you to take advantage of new features and functionality to support your business needs. This session focuses on the recommended upgrade methodology and best practices associated with planning and executing a streamlined, successful upgrade process. Topics include hardware planning, database upgrade approach, customizations, interfaces, forms, and report migration. If you are thinking about or currently planning an upgrade for your current CGI Advantage 3.x release, you don't want to miss this session.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • List the key success factors for a successful upgrade
  • Describe the upgrade methodology for each of the project phases

CGI's UK Local Government Experience in Business Transformation – How Not to Fail!
(General Interest)
238
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Not CPE Eligible

CGI's recent merger with Logica has infused into the company a leading provider of ERP solutions for UK local government. Using CGI's UK Local Government Framework to transform support services, CGI has helped local governments release additional funding to citizen centric services when central government funding is reduced. Transformation and change are not the same and this session will explain what distinguishes transformation from change in the UK local government context.
CGI's experience in implementing ERP solutions for UK local government demonstrates that technology is only a part of transforming support services operations, business services processes and managers' effectiveness. Too many UK local government ERP implementations have failed to deliver fully on all the expected benefits. This session will look at some of the causes in the UK and give you a practical approach to how CGI facilitated successful ERP enabled transformation.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define the difference between transformation and change
  • Describe how to apply an approach, proven in the UK, to construct and manage a successful ERP enabled transformation program
  • Define how to establish the essential business readiness to operate new ways of working

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Panel Discussion: Banking in CGI Advantage
(Financial)
241
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

The CGI Advantage Financial Management application is designed to interact with banks in many ways. Join this panel session to explore many of those automated interfaces and related best practices in areas, such as, fraud prevention for our state and local government clients. Discover new trends in areas such as electronic funds transfer and ePayables, and how those changes have been and continue to be addressed in the future direction of the product.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe all existing and planned bank functionality and interfaces
  • Describe best practices in fraud prevention and saving money

Invoicing, Tolerances and the Automated Match Process
(Procurement, Financial)
242
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Join us in this session to learn about the various options to receive and process invoices for commodity based purchase orders and contracts. In addition, you will learn how system enforced tolerances and the automated three way match process can help streamline your accounts payable environment.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Identify the current and planned future options to receive and process invoices
  • Describe how document tolerances allow variances in documents within a transaction chain
  • Define the automated match options, process, and benefits

New Ways to Track Employee Incidents and Grievances with CGI Advantage Human Resource Management (HRM) and Case Management
(HR/Payroll)
243
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Basic
CPE Subject Area: Personnel / HR
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

This session will discuss the emergence of case management and how it has evolved to supporting ERP for state and local governments today. The vision of how CGI Advantage Case Management works with the core CGI Advantage components will be presented along with a demonstration of new integration that has been introduced in the 3.10 release. Learn how the addition of CGI Advantage Case Management can be used to extend the capabilities of CGI Advantage HRM to improve and streamline business processes related to employee relations and potentially other business areas. In addition to demonstrating how to manage employee incidents and grievances, presenters will also introduce new ways for HR staff and supervisors to collaborate, so they can more efficiently and consistently manage the employee performance management process. Come join this session to see the latest evolution of the CGI Advantage ERP suite and how implementing CGI Advantage Case Management can benefit your organization.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Recall the key features of CGI Advantage Case Management
  • Describe how CGI Advantage Case Management can help streamline grievance and incident processes           

Transparency: How to Get Information Out
(Budget)
244
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

With the growing trend towards increasing government transparency, the question of how to get information out to constituents becomes even more important. Join us for this session where we will discuss what information sites are currently presenting and how effective the process has been. Hear from Wake County, NC about their award winning "Wake WATCH" site and learn the process and steps they took to get information out. We'll also investigate the challenges and technological limitations that have been encountered and discuss various options to overcome these obstacles. Presenters will also discuss some recommendations of how information can be entered in CGI Advantage Performance Budgeting (PB) to help to facilitate this process.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define the different types of data that are being shared with constituents and the format of the data
  • Understand best practices for collecting data within PB to easily consolidate and present the information externally

Diving into Dashboards Planning and Creation Strategies
(Business Intelligence)
245
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

The CGI infoAdvantage dashboard opens up a new world of reporting and communication possibilities using a rich, interactive, graphical user interface. This session dives deeper into features and benefits of the CGI infoAdvantage dashboard, such as the ability to easily view progress, the ability to focus on high-level trends and measures, how to drill down into the details, and the ability to make reports and dashboards readily available in CGI Advantage.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe how to incorporate dashboards and reports into CGI Advantage
  • Identify the new dashboards available in release 3.10
  • Understand how to add a drill down URL to a dashboard
  • Understand how to use business intelligence workspaces for dashboards and reports

Mobile Computing Best Practices
(Technical/Admin)
246
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Computer Science
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, are rapidly becoming a staple in our lives. This session discusses CGI's strategic direction for supporting mobile devices. Learn about the differences between native, hybrid and mobile web applications, mobile security, mobile user interface design best practices, mobile development & deployment best practices, monitoring, analytics and current trends in enterprise mobility.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define CGI's mobile device support direction
  • Apply concepts to plan for handling security of mobile applications
  • Define native, hybrid, and mobile web apps and demonstrate an understanding why CGI has chosen its strategy
  • Describe best practices in designing user interfaces for a mobile app
  • Understand mobile app development and deployment best practices
  • Identify tools and current trends in managing enterprise mobility

Minor Release Upgrade Methodology and Best Practices: Report from the Field (Part 2)
(General Interest)
247
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Not CPE Eligible

Part two of this two-part series features your peers discussing their real-life experiences with utilizing the advised upgrade methodology (presented in Part 1) and the benefits realized through this approach. Hear how partnering both CGI and client resources resulted in ensuring the optimal planning, execution, and subsequent go-live phases of an upgrade from one minor release of CGI Advantage to another. Project specifics from inception to completion will be shared to paint a complete picture of the lifecycle of a successful upgrade engagement.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe the CGI Advantage upgrade methodology
  • Recall approaches and best practices to ensure upgrade success

HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage: Storage for the Next Era
(Partner Spotlight, Technical Admin)
248
Tuesday, 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Not CPE Eligible

In 2012, HP acquired 3PAR for $2.4 Billion making it the largest acquisition in the company’s history.  Since then, 3PAR has become HP’s flagship SAN solution seeing 75%+ Y/Y growth.  The portfolio offers a wide range of models ideal for clients of all industry and size sharing the same OS, Management, Support, and Advanced Tier 1 Functionalities.  This session will take you through the various features that make 3PAR the most innovative solution to support server virtualization, deliver IT as a Service, and accelerate new application deployment such as CGI’s Advantage.

In this session we will provide you with a high level overview of how 3Par lets you serve unpredictable and mixed workloads, support unstructured and structured data growth, meet your file and block storage needs, and your object storage needs as they emerge.  We will discuss how 3PAR continues to be the most efficient SAN in the industry through its unique thin provisioning capabilities allowing for decreased capacity requirements. We will also review how 3PAR continues to top SPC-1 performance benchmarks through its distinctive architecture.

In this era, organizations are constantly battling with a “do more with less” mentality while data growth continues to skyrocket.  3PAR was specifically designed to meet these challenges while providing IT with a simplified platform for management.  At the conclusion of this session, you will walk away with a great understanding of why 3PAR continues to be the preferred SAN platform by the CGI Advantage team.

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Maximizing Cash In-Flow from Accounts Receivable
(Financial)
251
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

The Accounts Receivable module includes some of the more under-employed functionality in the CGI Advantage ERP suite. Attend this session to see how some of this functionality can be used to facilitate increased collection of outstanding debt and improve your overall cash position. Payment plans, finance charges and vendor intercepts are three of the mechanisms that will be explored for the collection of outstanding debt.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe how payment plans allow customers to pay back an outstanding receivable over an extended period of time
  • Recall the process for assessing penalties and interest to past due receivables
  • Describe how vendor intercepts are being used to collect outstanding debt without receiving cash directly from the customer

The Art of Procurement Reporting: A Panel Discussion
(Procurement, Financial)
252
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Overview
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

CGI Advantage captures a wealth of procurement information, but are you able to get to that information when you need it? This panel discussion will describe the strategies and categories of reports and dashboards that are being used by your CGI Advantage colleagues to assess and improve their procurement organizations.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe the reporting and dashboard strategies that are being utilized at sample client organizations
  • Define the categories of reports and dashboards that are produced at the sample organizations
  • List the benefits of sharing experiences via the CGI Advantage Artifact Library

Getting to Know PAM in CGI Advantage Human Resource Management (HRM) and CGI infoAdvantage
(HR/Payroll)
253
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Personnel / HR
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

This session will provide an overview of PAM with a focus on how to reconcile results that are generated by the process using the standard online inquiries in CGI Advantage HRM and by using CGI infoAdvantage reports and ad hoc queries. Presenters will cover how both CGI Advantage HRM and CGI infoAdvantage can be used in a collaborative way to reconcile the distribution of payroll related details. CGI will demonstrate the new drill down reporting capabilities now supported by CGI infoAdvantage in release 3.10 during the session

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Use online inquiries to reconcile payroll accounting management results incorporating baseline CGI infoAdvantage reports and ad hoc inquiries
  • Describe the payroll accounting management process

A Look at Outcome Based Budgeting
(Budget)
254
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Advanced
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

With the increasing pressure to align spending with priorities, many governments are redesigning the way they build their budgets, and make investment decisions. The new design is an outcome-based budget that helps to aid decision makers in prioritizing dollars that align with the requested services. Join us for a discussion on outcome based budgeting, a look at the functionality within CGI Advantage Performance Budgeting that can assist in taking this alternate view on budgeting, and hear from clients who are moving towards this methodology.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Understand the basic concepts and principles of outcome based budgeting
  • Describe system configuration options to support budgeting based on outcomes
  • Apply best practices for outcome based budgeting

Maximizing Workflow Features and Functions in CGI Advantage Human Resource Management (HRM)
(HR/Payroll)
255
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Personnel/HR
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Typically CGI Advantage workflow is considered a system administration function that applies to both CGI Advantage Financial and CGI Advantage HRM. However, there are aspects to workflow administration that are unique to HRM, like the Supervisor worklist.  There are other features like the send page document function and setting workflow generated notifications for non-approver and additional roles that can be utilized in slightly different ways in HRM. Presenters will discuss the features and how to implement them and demonstrate essential workflow functions from the perspective of a system end user.  This session is not intended to be focused on general workflow configuration training.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe CGI Advantage workflow and identify components unique to CGI Advantage HRM
  • Recall concepts discussed which can be utilized to streamline business processes and eliminate manual processes

Take the Ugh Out of Upgrading with CGI Accelerate
(General Interest)
257
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Specialized Knowledge and Applications
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Do you want to take advantage of recent product improvements to improve efficiency? Are you concerned with prior release or third party product support timeframes? Are you strapped for the time and resources to take on an upgrade? If these challenges are familiar, then attend this session to learn how CGI Accelerate provides quality, time-saving services and deliverables to implement your upgrade faster than ever before. The session will provide an in-depth overview of the CGI Accelerate process, detailing how it is used to compress CGI Advantage upgrade timelines, validate CGI Advantage compatibility releases, and/or assist with new functionality implementations. Clients that have utilized CGI Accelerate will describe their experiences. Finally, you will have the opportunity to discuss available options for developing a strategy that revolves around CGI Accelerate.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Describe the CGI Accelerate service
  • Discuss how CGI Accelerate fits into an overall upgrade plan
  • Identify the project phases where clients can achieve savings to reduce time required to go live
  • Describe how CGI Accelerate can be used for other situations, such as implementing CGI Advantage archiving functionality

Tracking Indirect Costs: Using Cost Allocation, Overhead, and Internal Costing
(Financial)
258
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Intermediate
CPE Subject Area: Finance
Duration in hours : 1.0 hour
Onsite credits : 1.0 credits

Charging indirect costs is an important way to track the full cost of delivering services and to maximize reimbursements from grantors. CGI Advantage provides a number of methods to capture indirect costs. Learn about the tools in the software that you have and how to apply each one based on real-life business scenarios from the CGI Advantage community.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session the attendee should be able to:

  • Define indirect costs and why they are important to track
  • Describe the major tools in CGI Advantage for indirect costs, when they apply, and where to go for more information