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Over the past three years, I have helped lead the implementation of a cloud-based tool for managing contingent workers at my organization. The tool is intended to simplify and streamline hiring, managing, and paying contingent workers for our managers. Unfortunately, our organization did not have a consistent process for hiring contingent workers across its many divisions and sites worldwide. Therefore, our procurement department in North America collaborated with the IT team to find a solution to this issue, which resulted in the introduction of a cloud-based tool. However, we may have rushed the implementation process without defining the issue and creating a realistic plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Watt (2014), 44% of projects are “challenged,” 32% are “successful,” and 24% “failed.” Therefore, the author recommends understanding the correct business requirements early in the process, applying project management techniques, and monitoring project activities. We could have done a better job of defining the issue and creating a realistic plan. Although we implemented the tool within budget and on time, it was only for a small subsection of our global organization, which has multiple locations, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems, and regulations to consider. After watching a video on project management by Knolscape (2013), I learned the importance of distinguishing between a project and a program. In addition, our implementation only focused on one ERP system, leading to confusion among managers and contractors working in different ERP systems. Thus, to ensure consistency and avoid confusion, we should have implemented the tool simultaneously across all ERP systems and locations while establishing an overarching policy and procedure for managing contingent workers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, to approach this implementation as a program, we needed to create a better strategic plan, conduct stakeholder meetings, and collect data across all ERP systems. As Zettelmeyer (2015) emphasized, the most crucial skills in analytics are thinking skills rather than technical skills. Therefore, we should have defined the issue more clearly, created a realistic plan, and taken a strategic approach based on the problem we needed to solve. By doing so, we could have successfully implemented the tool across the entire organization while ensuring consistency and avoiding confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we are reassessing our approach and developing a more strategic plan to ensure the success of the remaining implementation of the cloud-based tool for managing contingent workers across our organization. In hindsight, a program would have been better than a project. It should have included stakeholder meetings, data collection across all ERP systems and locations, and the establishment of a comprehensive policy and procedure for managing contingent workers globally. Taking a more strategic approach would have made the implementation more successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Leader\u2019s Guide to Data Analytics<\/em>. (n.d.). Insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu. https:\/\/insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu\/article\/a-leaders-guide-to-data-analytics\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to Project Management. (2013). [YouTube Video]. In YouTube<\/em>. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BOU1YP5NZVA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watt, A. (2014, August 14). Project Management \u2013 The Open Textbook Project provides flexible and affordable access to higher education resources<\/em>. Opentextbc.ca; Pressbooks. https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/projectmanagement\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past three years, I have helped lead the implementation of a cloud-based tool for managing contingent workers at my organization. The tool is intended to simplify and streamline hiring, managing, and paying contingent workers for our managers. Unfortunately, our organization did not have a consistent process for hiring contingent workers across its many … <\/p>\n

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