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Applying Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy to Human Capital Management
21 July 2011
 
James Holincheck   Thomas Otter  

Newer delivery models are making application strategy increasingly complicated for HR and human capital management organizations. Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy provides a framework to organize implementation plans as these strategies evolve, while ensuring the agility of the HR/HCM organization.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • The Scope of HR and HCM
    • What Is Pace Layering?
    • What Is Connective Tissue?
      • Enterprise Information Management and Analytics
      • Business Process Management
      • Application Architecture and Process Integration
    • HCM Applications
    • Classifying HCM Applications in the Right Pace Layer
      • Questions to Identify Systems of Record
      • Questions to Identify Systems of Differentiation
      • Questions to Identify of Systems of Innovation
    • Applying Pace Layering to HCM
      • Example 1: Manufacturing Organization
      • Example 2: Professional Services Firm
    • Recommendations for HCM Pace Layers
      • Guidance for Systems of Record
      • Guidance for Systems of Differentiation
      • Guidance for Systems of Innovation
    • Applications Frequently Migrate Among Layers
    • New Applications Should Be Classified at Point of Conception
    • Conclusion
  • Recommended Reading
Figures
Figure 1.
Application Pace Layers
Figure 2.
Pace Layers for a Hypothetical Manufacturer
Figure 3.
Pace Layers for a Hypothetical Professional Services Firm
Figure 4.
Hypothetical Professional Services Firm in Five Years
Figure 5.
Recommendations for Layers: HCM




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