- Reconnecting with long-time consulting friends, vendors I have known longer than I have been married, former students, and clients
- Inspired conversations about what we do, how we do it better, and why we are so collectively passionate about how software can help businesses grow and individuals prosper
- I always leave having learned something, some years it is functional/technical know-how and other years it might be a perspective change or a piece of software that solves a common issue
It is not uncommon for us (as consultants) to get requests to restrict security for users. Totally common. What gives us pause from time to time is the role of some of the individuals that are being restricted like...
- Payroll processors
- Business analysts
- HR managers
- Financial managers
For example...
- With payroll processors- restrict their ability to see any dollar values
- For business analysts- restrict their ability to see certain financial numbers, or detail information behind them
- For HR managers- restrict their ability to see payroll information
- For Financial managers- restrict their ability to use reporting tools, like Smartlist
- Trust
- Concerns that employee will not be discrete/act professionally with information
- Executive level edicts that certain data be restricted to limited individuals
- Internal behavior that suggests employee would be upset with what they learn
- Employee is new to organization
- Training
- Concerns that the reporting that will be created will be incomplete/invalid
- Experiences where individuals "messed up" the system inadvertently
- Wanting to avoid unnecessary questions or "busy-body" behavior
More conversations from the Summit coming, but let me know your thoughts on this one. Do you agree? Disagree?
Christina Phillips is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Dynamics GP Certified Professional. She is a director with BKD Technologies, providing training, support, and project management services to new and existing Microsoft Dynamics customers. This blog represents her views only, not those of her employer.
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