Probably the biggest – and potentially most risky – undertaking for any Human Resources or payroll professional is the selection of new software. Additionally, it is almost inevitable that they will be involved with it at some point in their career.

The litany of failures in this area has been alarmingly high, from selecting the wrong systems in the first place all the way through to ineffective implementation; all of this against a heavy cost to the organisation in both financial terms and lost opportunities. Denis Barnard is a consultant specialising in the selection of HR & payroll systems, and other HRIS, and is acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading experts in the field.

Drawing on many years of experience, he gives crucial insight to the actions needed to minimise the risks inherent to this type of project, as well as a step-by-step blueprint of how the right result can be achieved. Written in a style aimed to demystify the relatively unknown, this is a “must have” for the practitioner’s bookshelf.

Introduction; Chapter 1 - Background; Chapter 2 - About HR Software; Chapter 3 - Project Preliminaries; Chapter 4 - “How Owns the Software?” ; Chapter 5 - Making the Business Case; Chapter 6 - The Project Initiation Document; Chapter 7 - Immediate Activity 1; Chapter 8 - Immediate Activity 22; Chapter 9 - Immediate Activity 3; Chapter 10 - The Product Specification; Chapter 11 - Finding Vendors; Chapter 12 - Tendering ; Chapter 13 - The Selection Process; Chapter 14 - The Decision; Chapter 15 - The Project Plan; Chapter 16 - Configuration; Chapter 17 - Internationa; Chapter 18 - The New Software; Chapter 19 - Things That Can Go Wrong; Chapter 20 - Endgame; GLOSSARY; APPENDICES; Appendix One - Sample Hybrid Tender Document; Appendix Two - Sample Process Map - Leaver; Appendix Three - Supplier Demonstrations – Sample Scenarios; Appendix Four - The Big Five Benefits of an HR System;