For selecting Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and HRMS Software is to identify and write down the requirements required in your organization this will help to identify Human Resource (HR) solutions and match the requirements identified and then later explore other functionalities available in the solution you're reviewing. When you review with available products features and options as "must haves" have focus on this in the product demo / presentations.
Tips for Comparing Solutions
After shortlisting solution available it's time for product demonstration and take the next step in your HRIS selection process. Before demo prepare an agenda and discuss the same when the demo is started or after the product demo and note down the best or worst part observed, this will help to compare at later stage the available functionalities. In demonstration ask the presenter to walk-through the full life cycle of the product i.e. budgeting, recruitment, hiring new employee, defining compensation and statutory deductions etc. and note down the one you're looking for the one you don't require. If there are specific requirement to view user interface or reports you would like to view, make sure to request a demonstration to show them.
HRIS Support Contract
As you have prepared the requirement document to evaluate the product during demonstrations, you should also document the support part after go-live, what is the maximum cap of on-site visits, maximum cap in hours for remote support, what are considered in support contracts (i.e. statutory compliance, product service packs, product improvement pack etc.) ask for online help-desk where tickets are raised and closed to track the issues and escalate the issues if not resolved after certain time frame.
Implementation team
Please ensure the implementation team is knowledgeable and has experience in implementing the solution in other similar size of your organization. Also the team should be frozen before implementation is started, so that the same team does the study and configure & implement the solution based on requirement.
Why Number of Live implemented sites of the HRIS Software Company are Important
The solution implemented to many organization matures the product in all respects, also have more functionalities which may have built over a period of time as customers requirements is also dynamic and varies organizations to organizations.
Visit Live Sites
Before moving forward for order closure ensure to visit 1-2 same sizeable company as yours and speak to respective head who owns this product and was part of implementation leader/team, see how the HRIS software solution is running live what are the issues observed while implementing, is project was implemented as per timeline decided before the project was started. Was any cost escalation happened during the implementation.
Tips for Comparing Solutions
After shortlisting solution available it's time for product demonstration and take the next step in your HRIS selection process. Before demo prepare an agenda and discuss the same when the demo is started or after the product demo and note down the best or worst part observed, this will help to compare at later stage the available functionalities. In demonstration ask the presenter to walk-through the full life cycle of the product i.e. budgeting, recruitment, hiring new employee, defining compensation and statutory deductions etc. and note down the one you're looking for the one you don't require. If there are specific requirement to view user interface or reports you would like to view, make sure to request a demonstration to show them.
HRIS Support Contract
As you have prepared the requirement document to evaluate the product during demonstrations, you should also document the support part after go-live, what is the maximum cap of on-site visits, maximum cap in hours for remote support, what are considered in support contracts (i.e. statutory compliance, product service packs, product improvement pack etc.) ask for online help-desk where tickets are raised and closed to track the issues and escalate the issues if not resolved after certain time frame.
Implementation team
Please ensure the implementation team is knowledgeable and has experience in implementing the solution in other similar size of your organization. Also the team should be frozen before implementation is started, so that the same team does the study and configure & implement the solution based on requirement.
Why Number of Live implemented sites of the HRIS Software Company are Important
The solution implemented to many organization matures the product in all respects, also have more functionalities which may have built over a period of time as customers requirements is also dynamic and varies organizations to organizations.
Visit Live Sites
Before moving forward for order closure ensure to visit 1-2 same sizeable company as yours and speak to respective head who owns this product and was part of implementation leader/team, see how the HRIS software solution is running live what are the issues observed while implementing, is project was implemented as per timeline decided before the project was started. Was any cost escalation happened during the implementation.
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