Development of Human Resource Management System in Globoforce

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Development of human resource management system in Globoforce
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s note

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Table of Contents
1. Problem identification............................................................................................................3
1.1 Problem description.........................................................................................................3
1.2 System capabilities...........................................................................................................3
1.3 Business benefits..............................................................................................................3
2. Quantifying project approval factors.....................................................................................4
2.1 Table with breakdown of estimated time for project completion....................................4
2.2 Table with the summary of costs for the project..............................................................7
2.3 Table estimating annual operating costs........................................................................10
2.4 Cost benefit analysis......................................................................................................10
2.4.1 Anticipated benefits................................................................................................10
2.4.2 Estimated annual benefits.......................................................................................11
3. Perform risk and feasibility analysis....................................................................................11
3.1 Determining organizational risks and feasibility...........................................................11
3.2 Evaluating technological risks and feasibility................................................................12
3.3 Assessing resource risk and feasibility..........................................................................12
3.4 Identification of schedule risks and feasibility...............................................................13
4. Establishing project environment.........................................................................................13
4.1 Table outlining information...........................................................................................13
4.2 Description of the work environment............................................................................14
4.3 Processes and procedures that are used..........................................................................14
5. Scheduling of work..............................................................................................................15
5.1 Work breakdown structure.............................................................................................15
5.2 Gantt chart......................................................................................................................17
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................18

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1. Problem identification
1.1 Problem description
The paper mainly reflects on the development of human resource management system
for the organization “Globoforce” which is one of the HR consulting organization of
Australia. Currently, the organization uses manual system in order to manage the operations
of the organization but faces number of challenges and issues including inconsistency in data
entry, time consumption, lack of security as well as high chances of data duplication. In order
to resolve the problems as well as challenges, the organization wants to develop human
resource management system.
1.2 System capabilities
The system capabilities of the human resource management system are mainly
elaborated below:
 The HRM system will be able to centralize the database of the employees of the
organization
 The new system will be helpful in managing the problems of HR department of the
organization in an automated way
 Helps in create HR reports for various departments of the organization
1.3 Business benefits
The benefits that are achieved by the organization due to the development of HRM
are generally elaborated below:
Flexibility: The new human resource management system helps in increasing the
flexibility of work with old applications.

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Automated processes: The HRM system will be helpful in automating the entire
processes of HR department in order to smoothen the entire work flow.
Easily scalable: It is found that the development of HRM system helps in matching
fast paced HR operations in a quite scalable way.
2. Quantifying factors for project approval
2.1 Table with breakdown of time estimation
It is found that the time which is generally needed for implementing the HRM within
the organization “Globoforce” is given in the table below:
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0
Development of human resource
management system for Globoforce
organization, Australia
85 days
Mon 26-11-
18
Fri 22-03-19
1 Project initiation phase 12 days
Mon 26-11-
18
Tue 11-12-
18
1.1 Determining the business requirements 5 days
Mon 26-11-
18
Fri 30-11-18
1.2 Development of project plan 4 days
Mon 03-12-
18
Thu 06-12-
18
1.3 Testing project feasibility 3 days Fri 07-12-18
Tue 11-12-
18
1.4
Milestone 1: Initiation phase
completion
0 days
Tue 11-12-
18
Tue 11-12-
18
2 Project planning phase 25 days Wed 12-12- Tue 15-01-