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Agenda
• The Definition Of A Pilot Program
• Why More Companies Are First Piloting
Before Buying
• What Can Be Successfully Piloted [And What
Cannot]
• Questions To Ask Your Vendors
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Transitioning to HR Tech: The Power of Pilot Programs
- 1. The Power of HR Tech Pilot Programs Jeanne Achille Naba Ahmed With: Moderated by: TO USE YOUR COMPUTER'S AUDIO: When the webinar begins, you will be connected to audio using your computer's microphone and speakers (VoIP). A headset is recommended. Webinar will begin: 12:30 pm, PST TO USE YOUR TELEPHONE: If you prefer to use your phone, you must select "Use Telephone" after joining the webinar and call in using the numbers below. United States: +1 (415) 655-0052 Access Code: 302-224-810 Audio PIN: Shown after joining the webinar --OR--
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- 4. About Jeanne Achille Jeanne Achille chairs the Women in HR Tech Summit. As Founder and CEO of The Devon Group, she has more than 25 years of HR technology sales, marketing and PR experience. She has helped design and launch thousands of products in the HR tech category including sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, HRMS/payroll, relocation, talent management, succession planning and coaching solutions. Follow her on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn. About Naba Ahmed Naba went to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and majored in Journalism and minored in Integrated Marketing Communications. After working as Editor-in-Chief at the campus newspaper, she became interested in developing content across multiple platforms, and now works as a Content Marketing Specialist at Aggregage, providing some of the most interesting thought-leaders across a wide variety of industries with a space to celebrate the diversity, depth, and experience of their professional cultures, personalities, and passions.
- 5. 5 Agenda • The Definition Of A Pilot Program • Why More Companies Are First Piloting Before Buying • What Can Be Successfully Piloted [And What Cannot] • Questions To Ask Your Vendors The Power of HR Tech Pilot Programs
- 6. 6 Best practices: Taking a page from academia, enter the feasibility study: • Whether large or small, if it touches the workforce, consider testing its feasibility first • Each culture is different in terms of change management, resiliency and Innovation • What does success look like in your organization?
- 7. 7 • Project Scope – the business problem to be solved +/or the value to be achieved • Current Analysis – how are you addressing this issue today • Requirements – time, energy, budget • Approach – one vendor or multiple vendors? Who will manage the program? Who will own the program? • Evaluation – what measurements are meaningful and at what point in the process? • Conclusion – is the next step to go forward, modify or abandon?
- 8. 8 • HR’s focus is on the employee population • Try before you buy – test innovation in a safe environment • Waterfall to Agile methodology – let’s be real: HR doesn’t score a lot of attention from IT Reasons Why…
- 9. 9 Technology can be scary, messy and exhilarating • Payrolling using cryptocurrency • Automated interview scheduling • Sourcing without human intervention • People analytics
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- 11. 11 What Can Be Successfully Piloted: • Global Payroll • Assessment Testing • Sourcing & Recruiting Solutions • Interview Tools • Employee Communications Solutions • Onboarding
- 12. 12 Proceed With Caution: • Time and Attendance • Compensation Management • Integrated Talent Management • Enterprise Learning & Development • Benefits Management
- 13. 13 Questions: • Does my preferred vendor offer pilot programs? If not, why not? • Will a pilot help determine solution fit by providing enough data and results? • What does the eventual migration to full production look like? • How will employees and managers react? • Can HR manage this pilot without support? • Does the potential value justify the disruption?
- 14. 14 “Pilot programs are often indicators of the long-term relationship a client will experience with a solution provider.” -Global VP, HR Technology Vendor
- 15. 15 Q&A https://www.hrtechcentral.com/webinar-series/transitioning-to-hr-tech/ https://www.recruitingbrief.com/webinar-series/transitioning-to-hr-tech/ https://www.humanresourcestoday.com/webinar-series/transitioning-to-HR-tech Naba Ahmed With: Moderated by: Founder & CEO, The Devon Group and Women in HR Tech Summit Chair, U.S. & Singapore Linkedin page: in/jeanneachille/ Twitter ID: @jeanneachille Website: http://devonpr.com/ Jeanne Achille Editor, Human Resources Today & Recruiting Brief Linkedin page: /in/naba-ahmed Twitter ID: @hrposts/ @recruitingbrief/@hrtechcen Website: www.aggregage.com