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HRIS Implementation Pre-project Preparation

Amplify the success of your HRIS implementation project. Our expertise in HRIS implementation project preparation accompanies you in the complete structuring of your organizational architecture, upgrading of your HR data, and formalization of your business rules to guarantee a smooth transition to your new HCM solution or cutting-edge technology.

Pre-project Preparation: Gathering Success Conditions for HRIS Implementation

Transform your HRIS implementation project preparation into competitive advantage through our structured approach that eliminates risks of delays, budget overruns, and post-implementation dysfunctions.

Our comprehensive HRIS implementation project preparation methodology ensures that your organization has solid foundations before deploying your new HCM solution: enhanced position architecture, quality HR data, documented interfaces, structured project teams, and harmonized business rules across your entities and countries.

1. Our Implementa-tion Project Preparation Process

  • Targeted audit of your current position architecture including analysis of position titles, business titles, scales and classes, job descriptions, families and groups to identify gaps and enhancement opportunities before your HRIS implementation project preparation.

  • In-depth evaluation of historical HR data quality to convert with identification of duplicates, inconsistencies, and gaps to ensure optimal upload into your new HCM solution or cutting-edge solution.

  • Detailed documentation of existing and future system interfaces with technical specifications, data flows, and integration timeline to secure your HRIS implementation project preparation.

  • Strategic planning of project team staffing (back-fill) to free your key resources during critical stages of your HR technology transformation.

  • Harmonization of HR, time, and benefits business rules across your entities and countries to standardize your processes before implementing your new HRIS.

2. What You Will Achieve

  • Enhanced and standardized position architecture with complete position-based management, coherent scales and classes, updated job descriptions, and harmonized time and benefits business rules ready for your HRIS implementation project preparation.

  • Superior quality HR data cleaned, validated, and formatted according to your new HCM solution specifications with complete documentation of transformations and mappings performed.

  • Exhaustive technical documentation of system interfaces, data flows, integration calendars, and security specifications to ensure flawless HRIS implementation project preparation.

  • Structured project team with detailed back-fill plans, competency matrices, release calendars, and knowledge transfer strategies to maintain operational continuity.

  • Formalized and harmonized HR business rules across all your entities with process documentation, automated workflows, and validation criteria for your future cutting-edge solution.

3- Strategic Benefits

  • Reduction of main project failure risks through methodical HRIS implementation project preparation that anticipates and resolves organizational and technical challenges before deploying your HCM solution and especially, before the integrator teams arrive.

  • Acceleration of implementation timeline by eliminating delays related to data quality, undocumented interfaces, and non-harmonized business rules.

  • Project cost enhancement by avoiding budget overruns caused by insufficient preparation and amplifying your project team efficiency through strategic staffing.

  • Sustainable organizational transformation with standardized HR processes, coherent position architecture, and AI and automation capabilities fully leveraged in your new cutting-edge solution.

4- Profile of Clients Using This Service

  • Multinational, Canadian, Quebec, and American medium and large-sized organizations planning implementation of a new HCM solution or migration to cutting-edge technology in the next 6-18 months.

  • Companies in merger-acquisition context requiring harmonization of HR systems, processes, and business rules across multiple entities before their HRIS implementation project preparation.

  • CFO (Payroll), CHRO, HRD, Employee Experience, Shared HR Service Centre, Global Compensation, Talent Acquisition, and Training & Development directions engaged in transformation and continuous enhancement initiatives.

  • Private, public, and municipal sector organizations seeking to modernize their legacy HR systems while integrating AI and automation capabilities to improve employee experience and operational efficiency.

Why choose NexaRH to de-risk your HRIS project?

  • Specialized expertise in organizational design of critical HR functions with proven HRIS implementation project preparation methodology that guarantees solid foundations for your technology transformation.

  • In-depth experience in harmonizing HR business rules across international entities and enhancing position architecture to amplify the capabilities of your future HCM solution or cutting-edge solution.

  • Integrated approach combining technical, organizational, and change management expertise to ensure complete HRIS implementation project preparation that positions your organization for sustainable success with AI and automation.

Resources at Your Disposal

🟣 1- Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)

🟣 3- Detailed article on the evaluation and selection of HRIS solutions

🟣 2- Public directory of more than 650 HR technologies continuously analyzed and classified by NexaRH. Free registration.

🟣 4- Our four 2025 Edition maps of HRIS vendor ecosystems. Unique on the market. Free download. Available for free download.

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Digital Strategy & HR Transformation

NexaRH specializes in strategic support for organizations seeking to modernize their HR technology ecosystem with current and emerging capabilities to gain efficiency, improve business decision quality, and enhance experience.

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