HR Projects

HR Projects focus on delivering people, culture and HR-systems change across an organisation.

What makes these projects distinctive

HR Projects carry their own signature challenges. The ones that most often decide success or failure are employee resistance to change, data privacy of personal data, union/consultation requirements — so the plan should be built around managing exactly these.

Typical phases

1. Initiation — business case and charter
2. Planning — scope, schedule, budget, risks
3. Execution — building the deliverables
4. Monitoring & control — tracking against baseline
5. Closure — acceptance, handover, lessons learned

Sample WBS outline

• Initiation & business case
• Planning (scope, schedule, budget)
• Requirements & policy
• System/process design
• Testing
• Training & comms
• Go-live
• Testing / quality assurance
• Deployment / handover
• Closure & lessons learned

Key deliverables

• Requirements & policy
• System/process design
• Testing
• Training & comms
• Go-live

Top risks to plan for

• Employee resistance to change
• Data privacy of personal data
• Union/consultation requirements

Key roles

Typical duration

3–9 months, depending on scale and complexity.