1. SAMPLE Select and Implement an HR Information System
Tailor your HRIS selection based on your needs rather than industry trends.
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2. Our understanding of the problem
Does your organization have an HRIS strategy or mandate aligned to organizational and HR goals?
Have you identified a project sponsor?
Have you gone through an assessment of needs, gaps, and expectations for the HRIS before exploring the market?
Do you currently have an HRIS deployed within your organization?
Are there multiple solutions addressing HR needs?
Are organizational changes driving the need to explore a new solution?
IT teams charged with exploring the HRIS market
HR and business teams going into the selection or early implementation phases of an HRIS project
Organizations looking to review or change a specific component of HRIS
Understand the HRIS market and the type of functionality vendors provide
Assess your organizational needs through a use-case lens
Prepare for the selection and implementation stages of your project and interactions with vendors
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Your organization is in the midst of a selection and implementation process for a human resource information system (HRIS), and there is a need to disambiguate the market and arrive at a shortlist of vendors.
A shortlist of vendors has been identified, and an informed decision needs to be made not only to select one (or more) of the solutions but also to adequately prepare for a successful implementation process.
Market complexity should not equate to decision complexity. Navigating a complicated and diverse HR market will help organizations with making more informed buying decisions
No single HRIS will satisfy all needs. Thinking about the system will be used within the organization can be more important than selection itself
HRIS is a business initiative, make project success a shared responsibility. System integrators are a resource, but ownership resides internally
There is a multitude of solutions positing to provide strong capability in most areas of functionality. Differentiating between the solutions is difficult and going through a lengthy RFX process with all vendors is an inefficient approach in terms of time, effort, and cost.
There are many unstructured opinions, casting a shadow of ambiguity on the entire process, bogging down decision makers in wasteful analysis paralysis.
Follow a structured and accelerated approach to launch your HRIS project, filling in knowledge gaps in an organized way to prepare your organization to make an informed decision.
Explore the vendor landscape to understand the HRIS space, familiarizing yourself with the major players in the space and the type of capability being offered.
Benchmark your shortlist of vendors with the industry champions in the different use cases and evaluate how they fit with your organization’s identity and needs.
Acquaint yourself with the standard steps in the process to inform decisions related to successfully implementing your solution of choice.
Fast-track selection and preparation for implementation with a proven business-partnered methodology.
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4. Guided Implementation
McLean & Company offers various levels of support to best suit your needs
Guided Implementation
“Our team knows that we need to fix a process, but we need assistance to determine where to focus. Some check-ins along the way would help keep us on track.”
DIY Toolkit
“Our team has already made this critical project a priority, and we have the time and capability, but some guidance along the way would be helpful.”
Workshop
“We need to hit the ground running and get this project kicked off immediately. Our team has the ability to take this over once we get a framework and strategy in place.”
Consulting
“Our team does not have the time or the knowledge to take this project on. We need assistance through the entirety of this project.”
Diagnostics and consistent frameworks used throughout all four options
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5. Plan to Implement Solution
This blueprint walks you through the following steps to help you select your HRIS
1.3 Gather requirements and document architecture
3.1 Create product specific architecture
1.1 Understand HRIS technology
2.1 Analyze vendors in the HRIS market
3.1 Plan configuration and deployment
1.1 Assess organizational readiness
3.1 Create governance plan
2.1 Shortlist vendors
3.1 Develop HRIS deliverables
2.2 Select your vendor
2.1 Conduct a proof-of-concept and evaluate vendor solutions
3.2 Evaluate project metrics
1.2 Structure your project
Locate your starting point in the research based on the current stage of your project
Milestones
Effort
Importance
Phase
Low
Average
Launch Your Project
Select Solution
Plan to Implement Solution
Greater
Major Milestone
High
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7. Follow McLean & Company’s methodology for selection and implementation
Prior to embarking on the vendor selection stage, ensure you have set the right building blocks and completed the necessary prerequisites.
Our enterprise applications program covers the application lifecycle from the strategy stage, through selection and implementation, and up to governance and optimization.
The implementation and execution stage entails the following steps:
Define the business case
Gather and analyze requirements
Build the RFP
Conduct detailed vendor evaluations
Finalize vendor selection
Review implementation considerations 1 2 3 4 5 6
A critical preceding task is developing a strategy that makes the case for the HRIS procurement and creates alignment with corporate objectives. Use the HR Information System Readiness Assessment Checklist to ensure you have completed the necessary steps.
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8. Identify milestones for each of the three stages to track your progress
Launch the HRIS Project and Collect Requirements
Phase 1
Align HR goals with corporate objectives
Develop a strategy for the procurement and implementation of HRIS
Elicit and document HRIS requirements from different stakeholder groups
Select Your HRIS Solution
Phase 2
Complete and publish the request for proposal
Evaluate vendor responses
Develop vendor demonstration scripts
Score vendor demonstrations and shortlist viable vendors
Select the final product
Plan Your HRIS Implementation
Phase 3
Develop an HRIS implementation plan
Develop a data migration strategy
Determine project metrics to measure and track success
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9. 2.1
Review McLean & Company’s Vendor Landscape of the HRIS market to identify vendors that meet your requirements
Vendors Evaluated
Each vendor in this landscape was evaluated based on their features, product considerations, and vendor considerations. Each vendor was profiled using these evaluations and based on their performance, qualified and placed in specific use-case scenarios.
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Maintain a progressive set of HR policies & procedures
Demonstrate the business impact of HR
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