Drive Real Business Value with an HRIS Strategy
An HRIS roadmap that is aligned with your organization’s priorities provides a clear path forward for both HR and IT.
- In most organizations, the HR application portfolio has evolved tactically on an as-needed basis, resulting in un-integrated systems and significant effort spent on manual workarounds.
- The relationship between HR and IT is not optimal for technology decision making. System-related decisions are made by HR and IT is typically involved only post-purchase to fix issues as they arise and offer workarounds.
- IT systems for HR are not viewed as a strategic differentiator or business enabler, thereby leading to a limited budget and resources for HR IT systems and subsequently hindering the adoption of a strategic, holistic perspective.
- Some organizations overinvest, while others underinvest in lightweight, point-to-point solutions. Finding the sweet spot between a full suite and lightweight functionality is no easy task.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Align HRIS goals with the business. Organizations must position HR as a partner prior to embarking on an HRIS initiative, aligning technology goals with organizational objectives before looking at software.
- Communication is key. Often, HR and IT speak different languages. Maintain a high degree of communication by engaging stakeholder groups early.
- Plan where you want to go. Designing a roadmap based on clear requirements, alignment with the business, and an understanding of priorities will contribute to success.
Impact and Result
- Evaluate the current state of HRIS, understand the pain points, and visualize your ideal processes prior to choosing a solution.
- Explore the different solution alternatives: maintain current system, integrate and consolidate, augment, or replace system entirely.
- Create a plan to engage IT and HR throughout the project. Equip HR with the decision-making tools to meet business objectives and drive business strategy. Establish a common language for IT and HR to effectively communicate.
- Develop a practical and actionable roadmap that the entire organization can buy into.
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A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.
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Guided Implementation 1: Conduct an environmental scan
- Call 1: Understand the importance of an HRIS strategy.
- Call 2: Structure the project. Choose the project team and finalize the project charter.
- Call 3: Align HR objectives with corporate objectives. Create a business model to identify HRIS drivers, barriers, and enablers.
Guided Implementation 2: Design the future state
- Call 1: Analyze and classify requirements.
- Call 2: Identify process owners, guiding principles, and metrics for future processes.
- Call 3: Understand solution alternatives and the implications of each.
Guided Implementation 3: Create the roadmap and finalize the deliverable
- Call 1: Prioritize roadmap initiatives. Identify dependencies and assign ownership.
- Call 2: Tips and tricks for presenting the final deliverable to stakeholders.
Contributors
- Francesca Batha, Sr. Manager, System Solutions, KPMG
- Corrado Chiaramida, Sr. Manager, Network Learning Business Management, Telecommunications company
- Larry Dean, IT Director, Hastings County
- Debbie Elliott, Principal Consultant, Elliott D & Associates
- Marlon Herry, Enterprise Applications Manager, University of Trinidad and Tobago
- Jim Meier, Director of Global Projects, Barry-Wehmiller
- Harjas Rai, Sr. HR Business Partner, Media company
- Atif Siddiqui, Sr. Partner, Cloud HCM,GroupeX
- Kim Townes, HR Director, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
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