PLAYBOOK

Make SAP SuccessFactors Your 2026 Employee Experience Engine

Use this 2026 guide to move SAP SuccessFactors beyond workflows and approvals. See how leading enterprises extend core modules with an experience layer for recognition, communication, feedback, and total rewards, and learn how to redesign your landscape so employees and managers actually feel the value in their daily work.

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What's inside

  • A clear view of where most SuccessFactors landscapes stall today, and the specific gaps between “process-complete” and “experience-ready” HR.
  • Practical patterns for embedding recognition, feedback, total rewards, and communications directly into modules like Employee Central, Performance & Goals, Compensation, and Learning.
  • Reference architectures that show how an SAP certified experience layer connects to SuccessFactors, BTP, and existing HR systems without breaking your clean core.
  • An EX maturity model for SAP customers, with concrete milestones for adoption, personalization, automation, and measurement.
  • Example use cases and playbook style actions you can apply in 2026 to improve engagement, manager effectiveness, and retention using the SAP stack you already own.