Start Making Data-Driven People Decisions
Your checklist for building your people analytics foundation.
- Ninety-one percent of IT leaders believe that analytics is important for talent management but 59% use no workforce analytics at all, although those who use analytics are much more effective than those who don't.
- The higher the level of analytics used, the higher the level of effectiveness of the department as a whole.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- You don't need advanced metrics and analytics to see a return on people data. Begin by getting a strong foundation in place and showing the ROI on a pilot project.
- Complex analyses will never make up for inadequate data quality. Spend the time up front to audit and improve data quality if necessary, no matter which stage of analytics proficiency you are at.
- Ensure you collect and analyze only data that is essential to your decision making. More is not better, and excess data can detract from the overall impact of analytics.
Impact and Result
- Build a small-scale foundational pilot, which will allow you to demonstrate feasibility, refine your costs estimate, and show the ROI on people analytics for your budgeting meeting.
- Drive organizational change incrementally by identifying and communicating with the stakeholders for your people analytics pilot.
- Choose basic analytics suitable for organizations of all sizes and understand the building blocks of data quality to support more further analytics down the line.
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We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.
What Is a Blueprint?
A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.
Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.
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Speak With An Analyst
Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 3 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.
Guided Implementation 1: Define the problem
- Call 1: Discuss your needs and chosen problem to tackle with people analytics.
Guided Implementation 2: Visualize insight
- Call 1: Review the chosen data points and dashboard plan.
Guided Implementation 3: Evaluate & refine
- Call 1: Discuss strategy for stakeholder communication and success tracking.
Contributors
- Andrew Marritt, Founder & CEO, OrganizationView
- Dennis Purcell, Chief Human Resources Officer, Skidmore Sales and Distributing, Inc.
- Faranah Sidi, Manager of HR Systems, LifeLabs
- Locke Brillhart, Senior IT Manager, Kleinfelder, Inc.
- Hillary Mandich, Analyst – Human Resources Services
- 11 anonymous company contributors
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