Phase 1 Release Notes

Overview

Phase 1 of the King Revolution HRMS comprises Module 1 (Employee Management) and Module 2 (KPI Management), including a comprehensive Wave-1 pre-go-live hardening effort.

Modules Delivered

Module 1 — Employee Management

• Full employee CRUD with 8-tab wizard
• Multi-entity and multi-department structure
• Profile pictures and file attachments
• Reporting hierarchy (reports-to chain)
• CSV bulk import and export
• Emergency contacts and dependents
• Qualifications tracking (work experience, education, skills, languages, licenses)
• Activity status and employment lifecycle management

Module 2 — KPI Management

• KPI template management with weighted items (must total 100)
• KPI cycle creation with department-scoped publishing
• Multi-step evaluation workflow (Self → Manager → HR → Accept/Dispute → Complete)
• Reviewer assignment and reassignment
• Evidence file attachments on evaluations
• Finance KPI score CSV export
• KPI template CSV import

Supporting Systems

• Role-based access control (5 default roles, 30 permissions)
• Cookie-based authentication with Sanctum
• In-app and email notification system
• Notification settings management
• Actionable items (unified task queue)
• Probation review workflow
• User profile self-service

Wave-1 Pre-Go-Live Hardening

All 16 hardening tasks were completed:

#	Task	Status
1	CSV export for entities, departments, employees	✅ Done
2	Bulk employee import via CSV	✅ Done
3	KPI template import via CSV	✅ Done
4	Dashboard summary cards	✅ Done
5	Notification bell with unread count	✅ Done
6	Email notifications for workflow events	✅ Done
7	Notification settings management	✅ Done
8	Actionable items page	✅ Done
9	Probation review workflow	✅ Done
10	KPI evidence attachments	✅ Done
11	Finance KPI score export	✅ Done
12	Reviewer assignment for evaluations	✅ Done
13	Force-close evaluations	✅ Done
14	Employee deactivation handling	✅ Done
15	Reporting hierarchy (reports-to)	✅ Done
16	Profile self-service (name + password)	✅ Done

Test Coverage

• 427 passing tests across 30 feature test files
• All CRUD operations tested
• Authorization policies tested per role
• Workflow transitions tested for invalid state changes
• CSV import/export tested with valid and invalid data
• Edge cases covered (duplicate emails, weight validation, etc.)

Technology Stack

Component	Technology	Version
Backend	Laravel	12.x
PHP	PHP	8.2+
Database	PostgreSQL	15+
Frontend	Next.js	16.x
UI Framework	React	19.x
Styling	Tailwind CSS	4.x
Component Library	shadcn/ui	Latest
Auth	Laravel Sanctum	Cookie-based
RBAC	Spatie Permission	Latest
API Docs	Scramble	Auto-generated

Known Limitations

1. No self-service password reset — Users must contact Admin/HR to reset forgotten passwords
2. No SSR utilization — Frontend uses client-side rendering only
3. No data-fetching library — No React Query/SWR; manual fetch with useEffect
4. Dashboard performance — Loads all data into memory (acceptable for current scale)
5. Hardcoded thresholds — PIP < 50%, HiPo ≥ 90%, 5-point scale, 3-month probation

What's Next

Module	Status
Module 3 — Leave Management	🔜 Planned
Module 4 — Attendance Management	🔜 Planned
Self-Service Password Reset	🔜 Planned
Advanced Reporting	🔜 Planned