Competency Assessment Framework & Core App Management System

🚀 New Features

• Comprehensive Competency Assessment Framework: Introduced a complete competency management system with customizable frameworks, assessment types, and rating scales—enabling organizations to define role-specific competencies, conduct self, manager, peer, and 360-degree assessments, and track employee skill development with industry-specific templates and behavioral indicators for systematic talent evaluation.

• Core App Management and Feature Toggle System: Implemented granular control over core workforce management modules including Shifts & Scheduling, Time & Attendance, Leave Management, Timesheets & Payroll, and Skills & Certifications—allowing administrators to enable or disable specific functionality based on organizational needs while maintaining proper dependency management and access controls.

• EPMS Predictive Analytics Engine: Added advanced predictive analytics capabilities for performance management with trend analysis, risk assessment, and forecasting models—providing data-driven insights into employee performance patterns, retention risks, and succession planning opportunities through configurable analytics dashboards and automated alerts.

• Enhanced EPMS Dashboard with Tab Navigation: Redesigned the Employee Performance Management System dashboard with role-based tab navigation and personalized content—offering administrators, managers, and employees tailored views of performance data, goals, assessments, and development plans with improved usability and faster access to relevant information.

• Industry-Specific Competency Framework Templates: Launched pre-built competency frameworks for various industries including healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and professional services—enabling rapid deployment of assessment systems with proven competency models, standardized rating scales, and best-practice behavioral indicators tailored to specific organizational contexts.

🔧 Improvements

• Enhanced Help Article Search and Organization: Improved help system with advanced search indexing, bulk reindexing capabilities, and app-based organization—providing faster search results, better content discovery, and systematic organization of documentation by application area for improved user support and knowledge management.

• Streamlined Merit Matrix Management: Enhanced merit matrix functionality with improved navigation, budget analysis tools, and export capabilities—offering better compensation planning workflows, detailed budget impact analysis, and comprehensive reporting options for more effective performance-based compensation decisions.

• Optimized Background Job Processing: Improved GoodJob worker configuration with better health monitoring, standardized retry policies, and enhanced container management—ensuring more reliable background processing for data imports, report generation, and system maintenance tasks with reduced failure rates.

• Enhanced UI Components and Navigation: Upgraded user interface components with enhanced tab styling, improved dropdown menus, and better breadcrumb navigation—providing more intuitive user experiences, consistent visual design, and improved accessibility across all application modules.

• Advanced PDF and Export Capabilities: Expanded export functionality across performance reviews, analytics dashboards, and assessment reports—enabling comprehensive data sharing, compliance reporting, and offline analysis with professional formatting and customizable report templates.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Resolved ECS Container Stability Issues: Fixed production deployment problems related to container resource allocation and worker process management—ensuring reliable application performance, preventing container restarts, and maintaining consistent service availability during peak usage periods.

• Corrected Competency Assessment Data Validation: Fixed validation issues in competency assessments that could cause data inconsistencies or assessment failures—ensuring accurate competency ratings, proper assessment workflow progression, and reliable data integrity across all assessment types.

• Enhanced Database Query Optimization: Improved PostgreSQL query performance for vector similarity searches and marketplace app queries—reducing page load times, optimizing search functionality, and ensuring responsive user interfaces even with large datasets.

• Fixed Navigation and Sidebar Rendering: Resolved sidebar display issues and navigation inconsistencies that could affect user experience on different screen sizes—providing consistent navigation behavior, proper responsive design, and reliable access to all application features.

• Improved Session and Authentication Handling: Enhanced session management and authentication flows to prevent timeout issues and improve security—ensuring reliable user sessions, proper access control enforcement, and seamless user experience across extended work sessions.

🎯 What This Means for You

• Advanced Talent Development and Assessment Capabilities: The competency assessment framework provides comprehensive tools for systematic employee evaluation and development—enabling evidence-based performance management, structured career development pathways, and objective skill assessment that supports both individual growth and organizational talent planning.

• Flexible System Configuration and Control: Core app management gives administrators precise control over workforce management functionality—allowing organizations to customize their MangoOps experience to match specific operational needs, compliance requirements, and business processes while maintaining system efficiency and user focus.

• Data-Driven Performance Management: Enhanced EPMS features with predictive analytics provide deeper insights into workforce performance and trends—supporting proactive management decisions, early identification of performance issues, and strategic workforce planning based on comprehensive data analysis and forecasting capabilities.